Auxiliary Equipment

Filter Presses

A filter press is used anywhere there is a need to separate heavy solids from a liquid. Most times the slurry will be pumped from the bottom of a clarifier cone or a sludge thickening tank into a filter press. The end result of the particulate accumulated from a filter press becomes a filter cake.

The Filter Press has been the focus of Met-Chem manufacturing for many years. We have built a solid reputation for building quality Filter Presses, Clarifiers, Sludge Dryers, Complete Waste Treatment Systems, Filter Cloths and Filter Press Plates. Our filter presses have been used in a variety of industries from plating and metal finishing to chemical and food processing to name a few. Met-Chem Filter Presses feature heavy duty steel construction with polypro gasketed plates. These filter presses can be manufactured with manual or automatic closures, but always with a hydraulic cylinder for sure, high pressure closing. Met-Chem's filter presses are always expandable for larger future capacity by adding longer sidebars and additional plates.

Clarifiers

Clarifiers settle out solids into slurry by gravity feeding the wastewater from the top of the unit directly to the bottom, and forcing the water back up through the plate packs. Solids settle in the bottom cone section as thick slurry.

The inclined parallel plate Clarifiers, manufactured by Met-Chem, are used as part of a wastewater treatment system for solids settling, are constructed of carbon steel with coal tar epoxy lining on the inside, and epoxy coating on the exterior. The internal plate pack is set at 60% for optimum settling and is constructed of a epoxy-coated steel shell with plastic plates.

Sludge Dryers

The cake from a filter press can be reduced by as much as 4:1 by utilizing a sludge dryer.

Sludge Dryers manufactured by Met-Chem are designed for small, medium and large quantity sludge generators. These units can fit under the filter press for direct loading or can be located elsewhere in the plant. The sludge is dried by the heated liner of our unit while it is broken-up and circulated by our spiral blade system. The dryer liner uses indirect heat sources from either steam, electric strips or gas fire. Our preheated airflow system draws the moisture off the top of the internal dryer and out through our wet scrubber system. After 4-6 hours of drying time the reduced sludge is removed by simply opening our discharge panel underneath our units for gravity discharge into a container. A conveyor auger is available as an option to remove the sludge upward if the disposal container is elevated above the dryer.

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Waste Treatment Systems

Met-Chem's talented fabrication team is capable of manufacturing standard and custom control panels, stands, tanks, or almost anything you may need in your plant, be it for waste water, plating, anodizing, metal finishing or chemical process facilities.

Met-Chem manufactures and installs all parts of complete waste treatment systems as well as component parts. The Met-Chem installation crew can also provide rigging services and equipment installation to comply with federal regulations and military specifications. We can also remove or relocate existing equipment and are happy to offer trade-ins or outright purchases on used equipment.

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