Revamping
New Filtration Capacities by Optimisation

Optimisation and modernisation of filter plants by filter revamping is a clever method to eliminate bottlenecks in production plants and to make running filters suitable for new production targets – fast and profitable.

The benefits of this BOKELA service are convincing:
  • filter capacity increases of 50% up to 150%
  • improved profitability and product quality by better cake washing, better cake dewatering and cake discharge, longer filter cloth lifetime, reduced energy consumption etc.
  • minimal costs for peripheral & supplementary equipment, no new buildings
  • return on invest period of less than 1 year

BOKELA is the No.1 expert in filter revamping world-wide.

With our well proven filter optimisation program we upgrade filter plants, with considerable improvements, in:
  • the ore and minerals industry,
  • the chemical industry, 
  • pharmaceutical industry
  • food industry 
  • municipal sewage plants
  •  etc. 

To help our clients making their decision, we elaborated the 3-step optimisation program for auditing, analysing and optimising of filter plants.

 

The 3-Steps Optimisation Program

 

First Step

 

 - bench scale filtration tests

- field tests on the running filters
 

Second Step

 

 - outcome of the restrictions on the actual filter design

- proposal for the optimisation and filter modification
 

Third Step

 

 - filter modification by the client

- re-start of the upgrated filter with BOKELA

BOKELA have already carried out 56 filter revampings world-wide.

Our reference list comprises a comprehensive variety of filter types like disc filters, drum filters, pan filters, belt filters, filter presses, Kelly filters, Niagara filters etc.

 

In Practice - Exemplary References

Disc Filters for Aluminium Hydroxide Filtration

Drum Filters for Red Mud Filtration

Belt Filters for Paper Pulp Filtration