Eii ess engg, providersmanufacturers of filter equipment, offers candle filters. Inside a pressure vessel there are the filter consists of a number of candles inside a pressure vessel. Each candle is coatedcovered with a suitable high pressure filter cloth which snuggly fits around the curved surface during filtration. During the back wash cycle, the filter cloth is lifted from the curved surface and this movement causes the cake residue to be thrown off by this movement. The candle filter is available both, for slurry discharge as well as dry cake discharge. Candle filterit can operate with or without filter aid. The bigmain advantage ofwith the candle filter is the efficiency in back washing which thoroughly cleans the entire cake from the candle in a closed circuit within a short time .And now the filter is ready for the next operatio n. It the filter is available in carbon steel or stainless steel. Due to the absence of moving parts inside the filter, maintenance and spare parts needsrequirements are practically nil.
