PRESSURE LEAF FILTERS

Clean processes - Continuously

THE TOTAL FILTRATION
APPROACH
Filtration Group has an extensive product range. Our options range from
filter components like filter elements, cartridges, filter housings and
modules for large system installations. Tell us your application, and we will
advise which product would fit best to support your application.

Our Heritage
With over 70 years of experience in the application of horizontal and
vertical Pressure Leaf Filters, Cricket Filters and several other types of
filters, Amafilter Group provided a unique spectrum of filtration and
separation solutions.

MAHLE acquired the Amafilter Group in 2008, adding the expertise,

synergy of technology and filter products of Amafilter, LFC, Nowata,
Vanpipe and Eurofiltec to its industrial filtration portfolio.

Late 2016 Filtration Group completed the acquisition of the industrial

filtration business of MAHLE. This acquisition gives customers more
choice and flexibility in how they can utilize filtration to make their
environments cleaner, safer and more productive.
Your Partner in Filtration
We understand our customer‘s increasingly demanding and complex process and environmental
requirements. Drawing from one of the industry‘s broadest in-house technology bases, our market
specialist application engineering teams are able to design a total filtration solution for you. We are globally
positioned with production facilities and regional sales offices in Europe, the USA and Asia. Additionally, in
many countries we have agents and distributors.

We believe in partnering with our customers to chemicals, intermediates up to ultra fine

provide total filtration solutions throughout the life chemicals. Filtration Group has decades of
of your filters. Our laboratory can help to optimize experience in being able to supply innovative
your filtration process and streamline your filtration technologies to provide optimized
efficiency. We offer a complete design, testing, solutions for the chemical processing industries’
commissioning and service together with full current and future challenges. Our products and
customer support. We also supply filter spares, services are designed to provide producers of
elements, leaves and equipment upgrades for chemicals with the highest consistency and
most types of filtration equipment. quality. The removal of any contaminants is
essential in avoiding any costly re-work and in
improving product yield.
Quality and cleanliness of product
and plant are the basis of hygienic Food and Beverages
operation In most processes of the Food and Beverage
industries large volumes of products need to be
Chemical - and food processing industries place handled. The quality and cleanliness of both the
highest requirements on process quality, product and the plant are paramount to hygienic
cleanliness, systems reliability and products operation and process. Filtration Group offers
quality. In this respect, our process filtration solutions for the different requirements of
solutions are used, for example, in the production individual manufacturers, offering efficiency and
of sugar, cocoa or edible oils, for the removal of economy together with reliability.
activated carbon, catalyst recovery or for quality
improvement. Our extensive product range can be utilized for all
areas of the food and beverage market, ranging
They filter the finest particles and contaminations from coarse clarification to sterile filtration, for the
from the products and contribute effectively to removal of microorganisms. Sterile conditions
maximum hygiene, quality and product recovery. allow the manufacturer to improve shelf life,
consistent quality and reduction in the addition of
Chemical Industries preservatives and protection of the final product.

The Chemical market faces various filtration

challenges. These can include the quality of bulk
The result of over 70 years of filtration
expertise in various markets
Optimum performance in both liquid and gas applications and vessel
construction

Filtration Group has been providing integrated solutions for the oil and gas industry and for biofuel
producers around the globe for over a decade. We are one of only a few filtration companies that can
provide total filtration solutions required to address the unique challenges associated with the oil, gas and
petrochemical industry and with biofuel production.

Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industries

Filtration Group offers a broad range of outstandingly effective and economic products for crude oil
separation and waste water deoiling. Our systems are supremely reliable and require very little
maintenance. All systems can be manufactured and fitted in compliance with ASME U-stamp, British
Standard and TRCU regulations. Our Systems can be made suitable for ATEX environments and can be
expanded with additional safety precautions.

Main Applications
l Oil derivatives and additives
l Amine
l Down well injection
l Waste water
l Produced water
l De-oiling
l Fuel oil
l Crude oil
l Sea water filtration
l Fuel gas treatment
l Glycol

Biofuels
Biofuel production presents unique filtration challenges. The quality of incoming feedstock used in biofuel
production can vary widely. Converting inconsistent feedstock to high quality, pure, renewable fuels that
meet ASTM standards requires extensive filtration expertise to apply the appropriate technologies in a
process. Filtration Group can provide a complete analysis of the processes in your plant and recommend
the correct filtration and separations technologies and products to deliver the required quality at an
economical cost.

Main filtration processes in biofuel production:

l Filtration of incoming feedstock such as cold pressed seed oils for pure vegetable oil, fuel, crude
rendered fat for fuel application and pre-treatment of refined oil.
l Filtration of clay, carbon and silica absorbents from refined oil.
l Removal of haze and sterols from methyl ester(biodiesel).
l Filtration of glycerin to remove solids such as activated carbon.
l Final product filtration.
Pressure Leaf Systems
The Filtration Group pressure leaf filter is a filter
with a large specific filtration area due to the
shape of the filter elements. A pressure leaf
filter produces high filtrate clarity after the
clarification run.All kinds of filter aids can be
used in our pressure leaf filters. Our innovative
Pressure Leaf Filter is well known for e.g.
Edible Oil, Gelatin, Oleo Chemical, Mining
applications, metal plating bath filtering and
Amine cleaning in the Oil & Gas market.

The regeneration time between the filtration

cycles is short. The design of the pressure leaf
filter keeps maintenance to a minimum.

A Pressure Leaf Filter is a very economical

filtration solution.

Pressure leaf
l The rigid filter leaves are double sided and made of stainless steel.
l The filter leaves have five layers of stainless steel wire mesh.
l Small internal volume
l Low pressure drop
l No deposits in leaf due to constant flow
l The top layer of screen can be customized to the application.
l The leaf spacing is 75 mm to allow for precoat and long filtration times.
l The filter leaves are individually mounted on a central manifold, this allows for any or all filter leaves
to be removed easily and quickly.

System possibilities
A pressure leaf filter system is fully enclosed.

There is always positive pressure on filter medium, necessary for volatile liquids.

The vertical filters require only a small footprint. Our vertical filter systems are standard equipped with a
cover lift assembly. Other cover lift assembly types are available on request.

The horizontal pressure leaf filter can be built in larger units than the vertical type. Horizontal pressure leaf
filters can also be delivered as tandem units to save even more floor space.

In a horizontal pressure leaf system the bundle with filter leaves is moved outside the filter tank with an
electric / hydraulic system during cake discharge. The bundle is retracted from the tank or the tank can be
moved away from the bundle. The choice is yours.

Because the filter is fully opened during cake discharge it is easy to monitor the condition of the cake, to
check that the filter cake has been fully released from the filter leaves and to check the condition of the
filter leaves after cake discharge.

Most Filtration Group filter systems can be fully automated. All Pressure Leaf Filter systems can be made
with a heating jacket in order to maintain elevated process temperatures.
Advantages
The pressure leaf filter is a closed filtration
system and can be fully automated (depending
on the process). The regeneration time
between the filtration cycles is short. The
pressure leaf filter itself has no rotating parts,
keeping maintenance to a minimum. These
advantages result in an economical filtration
solution.

General
l Proven technology
l Easy access for cake removal
l The filter plates are easy to clean
l Reinforced filter elements (longer life
time)
l Reinforced design
l Special self-sealing cover gasket

Vertical Pressure Leaf Filters

l Small footprint, large filtration surface.

Horizontal Pressure Leaf Filters

l Huge filtration surface
l Stainless steel cladded tank rings
l Self-sealing, quick release, leak proof
jacketed filtrate manifold coupling
l The leaf spacing is 125 mm to allow for
precoat and long filtration times.
Secondary components and options
Dry Cake Discharge
Filters with dry cake discharge are used e.g. for
the filtration of activated carbon or animal fat.
These systems create the least product waste
(residual liquid content can be reduced to 20%
for specific applications). Filters with dry cake
discharge can also be used, when the solids
are the product and the customer wants it as
pure as possible (washing is an option).

The big valve at the bottom guarantees a proper

discharge of the dried cake.
l The filter cake is discharged by a
pneumatic vibrator, through a large
butterfly valve.
l Filter cake is normally dried before
discharge.
l The filter cake can be dried with compressed air, inert gas or steam.

Wet Cake Discharge

Filters with wet cake discharge are perfectly suitable for applications where either the cake formation is too
low for dry discharge, the disposal is cheap (regeneration for wet discharge is shorter) or the product needs
to be transportable by pump.

Special oscillating high impact jet headers sweep the mesh.

l Filter media with low micron ratings are possible for wet discharge
l Clear filtrate from start
l The cake is sluiced through the discharge outlet.
l The headers also wash the filtering mesh.

Cake breakers
Filtration Group cake breakers are developed to help improve cake discharge. A cake breaker assists a
- well separating and compact - cake to break into smaller pieces.

Cake breakers are a reliable solution to ensure a complete discharge of the filter. Filtration Group should
evaluate your filtration process and provide advice regarding suitabilty.

Filter leaf service

l Re-screening of filterleaves: As new filterleaves for a lower price.
l Cleaning of filterleaves: Extend the life, efficiency and the maintenance interval of your filterleaf
set.
Filtration Group BV Filtration Group s.r.o.
Hanzeweg 21 Heydukova 321
7241 CS Lochem Strakonice 38601
Netherlands Czech Republic
Phone: +31 573 297 777 Phone: +42 0383 372 209
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Filtration Group Process Inc. Filtration Group sp.z.o.o.

428 North Elm Ul. Ślężna 146/148
74048 Nowata, Oklahoma Wrocław 53-111
United States Poland
Phone: +1 918 273-2204 Phone: +48 71 33 71 888
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Filtration Group SAS Filtration Group Kft

18, rue de l‘Esterel BP 40175 - Silic Batthyany ter 4
94563 Rungis Cedex Kisber 6BD
France Hungary
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Filtration Group Ltd Filtration Group BV

Emperor Court Poststr. 34A
Emperor Way, Crewe Business Park 40764 Langenfeld
Crewe CW1 6BD Germany
United Kingdom Phone: +49 2173 39965 750
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