Ceramic Plunger Pump (Piston) for High-Pressure Filter Press Feed

Ceramic plunger pumps deliver the 1.6-3.0 MPa pressure required by membrane filter presses, with abrasion resistance that beats steel by 10x. When and how to specify them.

Ceramic plunger pumps deliver the 1.6-3.0 MPa pressure required by membrane filter presses, with abrasion resistance that beats steel by 10x. When and how to specify them.

Heavy-duty centrifugal slurry pumps handle the abrasive, high-solids feed conditions of mining filter presses. Hard metal vs rubber-lined construction, wear rates, and selection criteria explained.

Progressing cavity (PC) pumps are the gold standard for moving high-viscosity sludge, shear-sensitive fluids, and high-solids feed into filter presses. Here is how they work and when to specify them.

AODD pumps are the workhorse for feeding filter presses with corrosive slurries, abrasive sludge, and shear-sensitive fluids. Learn when they outperform centrifugal pumps and how to size them correctly.

Filter pressing pressure, cake thickness, and filter cloth tension are the three parameters that decide cake moisture and cycle time. This article walks through tuning them for printing/dyeing wastewater, mineral tailings, and pharmaceutical streams.

Side-by-side comparison of chamber, diaphragm, and plate-and-frame filter presses by throughput, cake moisture, automation level, capex, and maintenance—so you can match the press type to the project.