For testing of the separation characteristics of solid/liquid suspensions, BOKELA has a laboratory and test field with an area of ca. 320 m2 with specially developed test facilities in laboratory scale up to pilot scale for

• vacuum- and pressure filtration

• steam pressure filtration

• dynamic cross flow filtration

• sieve classification

• backwash filtration

• press de-watering

• filtering centrifugation

• sedimenting centrifugation

• slurry pre-treatment

• thickening

• counter current washing

• chemical and physical product tests

These test facilities are equipped with modern measurement technique and data recording. The most test facilities are transportable enabling to carry out tests also at the customer's site.

The established process know how and the special test apparatus gives BOKELA the possibility to determine the decisive parameters with a strongly reduced test expenditure and with small product samples.