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Author: James Stewart

Capabilities – Underdrains

Types

  • Conical
  • Filter Cap
  • Flat
  • Lateral

Slot Size

  • .005″ to .018″

The properly designed underdrain must:

  • Be structurally sound.
  • Allow maximum vessel capacity of granular media.
  • Uniformly support the load over its entire surface area.
  • Retain the finest granules and resist clogging.
  • Provide minimum pressure loss and/or uniform drainage.
  • Be of corrosion-resistant material to insure long service life, especially in inaccessible locations or hazardous service.
  • Permit backwash, regeneration in place or hydraulic discharge.
  • Eliminate the need for subfill.

Applications

  • Activated Carbons
  • Catalysts
  • Desiccants
  • Ion Exchange Resins
  • Molecular Sieves
  • Sand
  • Silica Gels
  • Other Packing Materials

Certification

  • A.S.M.E.

Industries Served

  • Beverage
  • Cement
  • Chemical
  • Corn milling
  • Fluid treatment
  • Food processing
  • Mineral processing
  • Petrochemical
  • Petroleum
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Pulp and paper
  • Sugar
  • Waste water treatment
  • Water Treatment
  • Well water and irrigation

Capabilities

Applications

  • Carbon Retention
  • Catalyst Retention
  • Center Pipes
  • Collectors
  • De-Watering
  • Distributors
  • Filter Elements
  • Filter Leaf Chambers
  • Filter Support Cores
  • Flow Distribution
  • Intake Screens
  • Outlet Baskets
  • Reactor Screens
  • Resin Traps
  • Trap Filters
  • Underdrains

Materials

  • Plastic
  • Stainless Steels

Applications

  • Carbon Retention
  • Catalyst Retention
  • Center Pipes
  • Collectors
  • De-Watering
  • Distributors
  • Filter Elements
  • Filter Leaf Chambers
  • Filter Support Cores
  • Flow Distribution
  • Intake Screens
  • Outlet Baskets
  • Reactor Screens
  • Resin Traps
  • Trap Filters
  • Underdrains

Industries Served

  • Beverage

Cement
Chemical
Corn milling
Fluid treatment
Food processing
Mineral processing
Petrochemical
Petroleum
Pharmaceuticals
Pulp and paper
Sugar
Waste water treatment
Water Treatment
Well water and irrigation

Capabilities

Benefits

  • Better throughput
  • Easy to rescreen
  • Longer lasting
  • Stronger

Materials

  • Alloys
  • Plastic

Key Elements

  • Binder & Closure
  • Chamber
  • Filter Medium
  • Outlet Fitting

Leaf Design

  • Designed to provide maximum strength and flow at minimum pressure drop within the filter chamber.
  • Furnished with a permanent or field replaceable closures and with a filtrate outlet to match the manifold.
  • Smooth edge binders provide strength, filtrate collection space and protection for fabrics against excessive wear.
  • Supplied bare or covered.

Replacement Leaves Available For:

  • Bird Machine Bowser (Process Filters)
  • Buffalo Filters
  • DeLaval
  • DeSola-Suchar
  • Dupps
  • Eimco
  • Enzinger (Duriron)
  • Funda
  • Goslin Birmingham
  • Hercules
  • Idrex
  • Industrial
  • Keene
  • Kelley
  • LFC (AMA filter)
  • Niagara® (Ametek)
  • Northe-American
  • Passavant
  • Pronto
  • Schenk
  • Seitz
  • Shriver
  • Sparkler
  • Sweetland (Dorr-Oliver)
  • U.S. Filter

Industries Served

  • Beverage
  • Biofuels
  • Cement
  • Chemical
  • Corn milling
  • Fluid treatment
  • Food processing
  • Mineral processing
  • Oil Feed
  • Petrochemical
  • Petroleum
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Pulp and paper
  • Sugar
  • Waste water treatment
  • Water Treatment
  • Well water and irrigation

Specifications

MODEL NO. FILTER AREA (ft2) NO. OF TUBES
20 / 50 / 14 50 14
20 / 65 / 18 65 18
20 / 80 / 22 80 22

 

NOZZLE   SERVICE
N1   Inlet/Drain
N2
  Outlet/Recirculation
N3   Cake Outlet
N4   Vent
N5
  Pressure Gauge Connection
N6
  Instrument Connection
N7
  Instrument Connection

 

DIM SIZE (INCHES)
A 20
B 80 1/2
C 39 3/8
D 35 1/2
E 31 3/4
F 67

Industries Served

  • Beverage
  • Biofuels
  • Cement
  • Chemical
  • Corn milling
  • Fluid treatment
  • Food processing
  • Mineral processing
  • Oil Feed
  • Petrochemical
  • Petroleum
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Pulp and paper
  • Sugar
  • Waste water treatment
  • Water Treatment
  • Well water and irrigation

Specifications

Size: To 1,175 square feet
Leaves: Vertical leaf
Bottom outlet filter leaves
Tanks: Vertical with conical bottom
Features: Dry Cake Discharge
Optional Sluice
Options:
Cake discharge
Dry cake vibration (standard)
Wet cake by sluicing

Industries Served

  • Beverage
  • Biofuels
  • Cement
  • Chemical
  • Corn milling
  • Fluid treatment
  • Food processing
  • Mineral processing
  • Oil Feed
  • Petrochemical
  • Petroleum
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Pulp and paper
  • Sugar
  • Waste water treatment
  • Water Treatment
  • Well water and irrigation

Call Us

TEL: 201.236.1720
FAX:  201.236.0291

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Treatment Specialties
25 Arrow Road
Ramsey, NJ 07446