CN217139444U - Filter press - Google Patents

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CN217139444U
CN217139444U CN202220712988.4U CN202220712988U CN217139444U CN 217139444 U CN217139444 U CN 217139444U CN 202220712988 U CN202220712988 U CN 202220712988U CN 217139444 U CN217139444 U CN 217139444U
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周文琪
吕旻修
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The utility model discloses a filter press, including the frame, be provided with in the frame: the filter pressing device comprises a filter pressing box, a filter pressing cylinder and a filter pressing assembly are arranged in the filter pressing box, the filter pressing assembly is provided with a filter pressing space capable of being opened and closed, the filter pressing space is communicated with a water filtering channel, the filter pressing cylinder is positioned in the filter pressing space, two ends of the filter pressing cylinder are respectively connected to two side walls of the filter pressing box, a feeding pipe is arranged on the filter pressing cylinder, and a plurality of filter holes are formed in the side wall of the filter pressing cylinder; the pressing plate can enter or exit from one end of the filter pressing cylinder; the breakwater, its can close or open the other end of pressing a section of thick bamboo, and the breakwater is just being provided with the wash port to pressing a side of straining a section of thick bamboo, is provided with drainage channel on the breakwater, and wash port and drainage channel communicate each other, the utility model discloses when filter-pressing the material, owing to can directly discharge all around from the water of extruding the material, whole filter-pressing process efficiency is higher, the effect is also better.

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Filter press
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a sludge treatment equipment especially relates to a pressure filter.
Background
Traditional pressure filter is the mode of unilateral pressure material usually, extrudes the inside moisture of material through the extrusion, because the delivery port that will filter water discharge in the pressure filter is located the bottom side in extrusion space usually, and the material is discharged from the delivery port after the water that extrudes to all around need flow downwards at the atress, so the efficiency of filter pressing is lower, is difficult to further improve to the humidity of the material everywhere that obtains is inconsistent, and the filter pressing effect is relatively poor.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The present invention is directed to a filter press, which solves one or more of the problems of the prior art and provides at least one of the advantages of the present invention.
The utility model provides a solution of its technical problem is:
a filter press, includes the frame, be provided with in the frame: the filter pressing device comprises a filter pressing box, a filter pressing cylinder and a filter pressing assembly are arranged in the filter pressing box, the filter pressing assembly is provided with a filter pressing space capable of being opened and closed, the filter pressing space is communicated with a water filtering channel, the filter pressing cylinder is located in the filter pressing space, two ends of the filter pressing cylinder are respectively connected to two side walls of the filter pressing box, a feeding pipe is arranged on the filter pressing cylinder, and a plurality of filter holes are formed in the side wall of the filter pressing cylinder; a platen that can enter or exit the press cartridge from one end thereof; the water baffle can close or open the other end of the pressure filter cylinder, a drain hole is formed in one side face, opposite to the pressure filter cylinder, of the water baffle, a drainage channel is formed in the water baffle, and the drain hole is communicated with the drainage channel.
The technical scheme at least has the following beneficial effects: when the materials are required to be subjected to filter pressing, the water baffle closes the port of the filter pressing cylinder, the materials can be conveyed into the filter pressing cylinder from the feeding pipe at the moment, the filter pressing assembly is closed, the filter pressing collet is arranged in a filter pressing space, then the pressing plate enters the filter pressing cylinder to compress the materials in the filter pressing cylinder, the materials are extruded to the periphery after being extruded, the materials can be extruded from the filter holes in the side wall of the filter pressing cylinder and can also flow into the drainage channel from the drainage hole on the water baffle to be discharged, after the extrusion is completed, the water baffle is far away from the filter pressing cylinder, the port of the filter pressing cylinder is opened, the pressing plate can continue to push the materials out from the port of the filter pressing cylinder, then the filter pressing cylinder is withdrawn and reset, the filter pressing assembly is opened, and therefore when the materials are subjected to filter pressing, water extruded from the materials can be directly discharged from the periphery, the whole filter pressing process is higher in efficiency and better in effect.
As a further improvement of the technical scheme, the filter pressing component comprises an upper die and a lower die, an upper avoidance groove is arranged on the bottom surface of the upper die, a lower avoidance groove is arranged on the top surface of the lower die, the filter pressing space is formed between the upper avoidance groove and the lower avoidance groove, an upper water accumulation groove is arranged on the bottom surface of the upper avoidance groove, a plurality of upper water accumulation grooves are arranged on the upper water accumulation groove along the length extending direction of the filter pressing cylinder, an upper connecting channel is arranged in the upper die, all the upper water accumulation grooves are communicated with the upper connecting channel, the water filtering channel comprises an upper water outlet channel and a lower water outlet channel, the upper water outlet channel is arranged on the upper die, the upper water outlet channel is communicated with the upper connecting channel, a lower water accumulation groove is arranged on the bottom surface of the lower avoidance groove, a plurality of lower water accumulation grooves are arranged along the length extending direction of the filter pressing cylinder, a lower connecting channel is arranged in the lower die, all the lower water collecting grooves are communicated with the lower connecting channel, the lower water outlet channel is arranged on the lower die, and the lower water outlet channel is communicated with the lower connecting channel. The upper die and the lower die are close to each other until abutting against each other, so that the side wall of the filter pressing cylinder is wrapped in the filter pressing space, water discharged from the filter hole firstly enters the upper water collecting groove or the lower water collecting groove, the water in the upper water collecting groove enters the upper connecting channel and then is discharged from the upper water discharging channel, the water in the lower water collecting groove enters the lower connecting channel and then is discharged from the lower water discharging channel, and therefore a water discharging flow path for discharging water from the side wall of the filter pressing cylinder is provided.
As a further improvement of the above technical solution, a first lifting hydraulic cylinder and a second lifting hydraulic cylinder are arranged on the filter press box, the upper die is connected to the first lifting hydraulic cylinder, the first lifting hydraulic cylinder can drive the upper die to move up and down, the lower die is connected to the second lifting hydraulic cylinder, and the second lifting hydraulic cylinder can drive the lower die to move up and down. The first lifting hydraulic cylinder and the second lifting hydraulic cylinder are utilized to provide driving force to respectively drive the upper die and the lower die to move up and down, so that opening and closing are realized.
As a further improvement of the technical scheme, the bottom surface of the filter-pressing box is provided with a plurality of water discharge outlets. The water extruded from the filter pressing space can be discharged from a drainage outlet at the bottom of the filter pressing box, so that the water can be conveniently collected.
As a further improvement of the above technical solution, a first horizontal hydraulic cylinder is arranged on the frame, the pressing plate is connected to the first horizontal hydraulic cylinder, and the first horizontal hydraulic cylinder can drive the pressing plate to enter or exit the pressing cartridge. Namely, the first translational hydraulic cylinder is used for providing driving force to drive the pressing plate to move in a translational way, so that the pressing cylinder can enter or exit.
As a further improvement of the above technical solution, a second horizontal hydraulic cylinder is arranged on the frame, the water baffle is connected to the second horizontal hydraulic cylinder, and the second horizontal hydraulic cylinder can drive the water baffle to close or open the other end of the pressure filter cylinder. Namely, the second translational hydraulic cylinder is utilized to provide driving force to drive the water baffle to perform translational motion, so that the port of the filter pressing cylinder is closed or opened.
As a further improvement of the technical scheme, the filter press box is provided with an observation port, and a cover plate is detachably connected in the observation port. When the filter pressing is carried out on the materials, the cover plate can be opened, and the filter pressing condition can be observed through the observation port.
As a further improvement of the technical scheme, a discharge port is arranged on the top surface of the frame and connected with a discharge pipe, and the discharge port is positioned under one end of the water baffle plate just opposite to the filter pressing cylinder. The material is pushed out from the filter pressing cylinder by the pressing plate, and the material can directly fall to the discharge hole and is guided and collected by the discharge pipe.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below. It is clear that the described figures represent only some embodiments of the invention, not all embodiments, and that a person skilled in the art can also derive other designs and figures from these figures without inventive effort.
Fig. 1 is an overall front view of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the filter pressing assembly of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic view of the water baffle structure of the present invention.
In the drawings: 100-frame, 200-filter press box, 210-filter press cartridge, 220-inlet pipe, 230-press plate, 240-water baffle, 241-drain hole, 242-drain channel, 310-upper mould, 311-upper avoiding groove, 312-upper water collecting groove, 313-upper connecting channel, 314-upper water outlet channel, 320-lower mould, 321-lower avoiding groove, 322-lower water collecting groove, 323-lower connecting channel, 324-lower water outlet channel, 410-first lifting hydraulic cylinder, 420-second lifting hydraulic cylinder, 500-first horizontal hydraulic cylinder, 600-second horizontal hydraulic cylinder and 700-discharge pipe.
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The conception, the specific structure, and the technical effects produced by the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the embodiments and the accompanying drawings to fully understand the objects, the features, and the effects of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments, and other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without inventive labor based on the embodiments of the present invention all belong to the protection scope of the present invention. In addition, all the connection relations mentioned herein do not mean that the components are directly connected, but mean that a better connection structure can be formed by adding or reducing connection accessories according to the specific implementation situation. All technical characteristics in the invention can be interactively combined on the premise of not conflicting with each other.
Referring to fig. 1 and 3, a filter press includes a frame 100, wherein the frame 100 is provided with: the filter pressing box 200 is internally provided with a filter pressing cylinder 210 and a filter pressing assembly, the filter pressing assembly is provided with a filter pressing space which can be opened and closed, the filter pressing space is communicated with a water filtering channel, the filter pressing cylinder 210 is positioned in the filter pressing space, two ends of the filter pressing cylinder 210 are respectively connected to two side walls of the filter pressing box 200, the filter pressing cylinder 210 is provided with a feeding pipe 220, and the side wall of the filter pressing cylinder 210 is provided with a plurality of filter holes; a pressing plate 230 that can enter or exit the inside of the pressure filter cartridge 210 from one end of the pressure filter cartridge 210; and a water baffle 240 capable of closing or opening the other end of the filter pressing cylinder 210, wherein a drain hole 241 is formed in a side surface of the water baffle 240 facing the filter pressing cylinder 210, a drain passage 242 is formed in the water baffle 240, and the drain hole 241 is communicated with the drain passage 242.
As can be seen from the above, when the material needs to be filter-pressed, the water baffle 240 closes the port of the filter pressing cylinder 210, at this time, the material can be fed into the filter pressing cylinder 210 from the feed pipe 220, the filter pressing assembly is closed, the filter pressing cylinder 210 is clamped in the filter pressing space, then the pressing plate 230 enters the filter pressing cylinder 210 to compress the material inside the filter pressing cylinder 210, the water is extruded to the periphery after the material is extruded, the material can be extruded from the filter holes on the side wall of the filter pressing cylinder 210, the water can also flow into the drainage channel 242 from the drainage hole 241 on the water baffle 240 to be discharged, after the extrusion is completed, the water baffle 240 is far away from the filter pressing cylinder 210, the port of the filter pressing cylinder 210 is opened, the pressing plate 230 can continue to push the material out from the port of the filter pressing cylinder 210, then the filter pressing cylinder 210 is withdrawn to reset, the filter pressing assembly is opened, and thus, when the material is filter pressed, the water extruded from the material can be directly discharged from the periphery, the efficiency of the whole filter pressing process is higher, The effect is also better.
As shown in fig. 2, as a further embodiment of the filter pressing assembly, the filter pressing assembly includes an upper die 310 and a lower die 320, an upper avoidance groove 311 is provided on a bottom surface of the upper die 310, a lower avoidance groove 321 is provided on a top surface of the lower die 320, the filter pressing space is formed between the upper avoidance groove 311 and the lower avoidance groove 321, an upper water collection groove 312 is provided on a bottom surface of the upper avoidance groove 311, a plurality of upper water collection grooves 312 are provided along a length extending direction of the filter pressing cylinder 210, an upper connection channel 313 is provided in the upper die 310, all the upper water collection grooves 312 are communicated with the upper connection channel 313, the water filtration channel includes an upper water outlet channel 314 and a lower water outlet channel 324, the upper water outlet channel 314 is provided on the upper die 310, the upper water outlet channel 314 is communicated with the upper connection channel 313, and a lower water collection groove 322 is provided on a bottom surface of the lower avoidance groove 321, the lower water collecting grooves 322 are provided in plural along the length extending direction of the filter pressing cartridge 210, a lower connecting passage 323 is provided in the lower mold 320, all of the lower water collecting grooves 322 are communicated with the lower connecting passage 323, the lower water outlet passage 324 is provided on the lower mold 320, and the lower water outlet passage 324 is communicated with the lower connecting passage 323. The upper die 310 and the lower die 320 are closed when approaching each other until abutting against each other, so that the side wall of the filter pressing cylinder 210 is wrapped in the filter pressing space, water discharged from the filter holes firstly enters the upper water collecting tank 312 or the lower water collecting tank 322, the water in the upper water collecting tank 312 enters the upper connecting channel 313 and then is discharged from the upper water outlet channel 314, and the water in the lower water collecting tank 322 enters the lower connecting channel 323 and then is discharged from the lower water outlet channel 324, thus providing a water outlet flow path for discharging water from the side wall of the filter pressing cylinder 210.
Go up to realize opening and shutting between mould 310 and the lower mould 320, have the driving piece promptly and drive its activity, in this embodiment, be provided with first hydraulic lift cylinder 410 and second hydraulic lift cylinder 420 on the filter-pressing case 200, go up mould 310 connect in on the first hydraulic lift cylinder 410, first hydraulic lift cylinder 410 can drive go up mould 310 up-and-down motion, lower mould 320 connect in on the second hydraulic lift cylinder 420, second hydraulic lift cylinder 420 can drive lower mould 320 up-and-down motion. That is, the first and second hydraulic lifting cylinders 410 and 420 provide driving force to respectively drive the upper and lower dies 310 and 320 to move up and down, thereby achieving opening and closing.
In order to facilitate the collection of the squeezed water, in this embodiment, the bottom surface of the filter press box 200 is provided with a plurality of drainage outlets. The water extruded from the filter pressing space can be discharged from a drainage outlet at the bottom of the filter pressing box 200, so that the water can be conveniently collected.
The pressing plate 230 can enter or exit the filter cartridge 210, i.e. it has a driving member to drive it to move, in this embodiment, a first flat hydraulic cylinder 500 is disposed on the frame 100, the pressing plate 230 is connected to the first flat hydraulic cylinder 500, and the first flat hydraulic cylinder 500 can drive the pressing plate 230 to enter or exit the filter cartridge 210. That is, the first translational hydraulic cylinder 500 is used to provide a driving force to drive the pressing plate 230 to move in a translational manner, so as to enter or exit the pressing cartridge 210.
Similarly, the water baffle 240 can close or open the filter pressing cylinder 210, that is, a driving member is provided to drive the filter pressing cylinder to move, in this embodiment, a second horizontal hydraulic cylinder 600 is provided on the rack 100, the water baffle 240 is connected to the second horizontal hydraulic cylinder 600, and the second horizontal hydraulic cylinder 600 can drive the water baffle 240 to close or open the other end of the filter pressing cylinder 210. Namely, the second translational hydraulic cylinder 600 is used for providing driving force to drive the water baffle 240 to move in a translational manner, so as to close or open the port of the filter pressing cylinder 210.
In some embodiments, the filter press box 200 is provided with a viewing port in which a cover plate is removably attached. When the filter pressing is carried out on the materials, the cover plate can be opened, and the filter pressing condition can be observed through the observation port.
In order to collect the materials obtained after the filter pressing, in this embodiment, a discharge port is disposed on the top surface of the frame 100, the discharge port is connected to a discharge pipe 700, and the discharge port is located right below one end of the filter pressing cylinder 210, which faces the water baffle 240. The pressure plate 230 pushes the material out of the filter cartridge 210, which can fall directly to the discharge port and be collected by the discharge tube 700.
The lifting hydraulic cylinder and the translation hydraulic cylinder are driving parts which provide linear reciprocating motion, the driving force of the linear reciprocating motion is provided by utilizing hydraulic pressure, and in practical application, driving sources such as an air cylinder, an electric screw rod and the like can be directly used in a replacement mode.
While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the details of the embodiments shown, but is capable of various modifications and substitutions without departing from the spirit of the invention.

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1. A filter press, characterized by: including frame (100), be provided with on frame (100):
the filter pressing device comprises a filter pressing box (200), wherein a filter pressing cylinder (210) and a filter pressing assembly are arranged in the filter pressing box (200), the filter pressing assembly is provided with a filter pressing space capable of being opened and closed, the filter pressing space is communicated with a water filtering channel, the filter pressing cylinder (210) is located in the filter pressing space, two ends of the filter pressing cylinder (210) are respectively connected to two side walls of the filter pressing box (200), a feeding pipe (220) is arranged on the filter pressing cylinder (210), and a plurality of filter holes are formed in the side wall of the filter pressing cylinder (210);
a platen (230) that can enter or exit the press cartridge (210) from one end of the press cartridge (210);
the water baffle (240) can close or open the other end of the filter pressing cylinder (210), a drain hole (241) is formed in one side face, opposite to the filter pressing cylinder (210), of the water baffle (240), a drainage channel (242) is formed in the water baffle (240), and the drain hole (241) is communicated with the drainage channel (242).
2. A filter press according to claim 1, wherein: the filter pressing component comprises an upper die (310) and a lower die (320), wherein an upper avoidance groove (311) is formed in the bottom surface of the upper die (310), a lower avoidance groove (321) is formed in the top surface of the lower die (320), a plurality of upper avoidance grooves (311) and a plurality of lower avoidance grooves (321) form the filter pressing space, an upper water accumulation groove (312) is formed in the bottom surface of the upper avoidance groove (311), the upper water accumulation groove (312) is communicated with the upper connecting channel (313), the water filtering channel comprises an upper water outlet channel (314) and a lower water outlet channel (324), the upper water outlet channel (314) is arranged on the upper die (310), and the upper water outlet channel (314) is communicated with the upper connecting channel (313), the bottom surface of the lower avoidance groove (321) is provided with a lower water accumulation groove (322), the lower water accumulation groove (322) is provided with a plurality of water accumulation grooves along the length extending direction of the filter pressing cylinder (210), a lower connecting channel (323) is arranged in the lower die (320), all of the lower water accumulation grooves (322) are communicated with the lower connecting channel (323), the lower water outlet channel (324) is arranged on the lower die (320), and the lower water outlet channel (324) is communicated with the lower connecting channel (323).
3. A filter press according to claim 2, wherein: be provided with first hydraulic cylinder (410) and second hydraulic cylinder (420) on filter-pressing case (200), go up mould (310) connect in on first hydraulic cylinder (410), first hydraulic cylinder (410) can drive go up mould (310) up-and-down motion, lower mould (320) connect in on second hydraulic cylinder (420), second hydraulic cylinder (420) can drive lower mould (320) up-and-down motion.
4. A filter press according to claim 1, wherein: the bottom surface of the filter-pressing box (200) is provided with a plurality of drainage outlets.
5. A filter press according to claim 1, wherein: the rack (100) is provided with a first horizontal hydraulic cylinder (500), the pressing plate (230) is connected to the first horizontal hydraulic cylinder (500), and the first horizontal hydraulic cylinder (500) can drive the pressing plate (230) to enter or exit the pressing filter cylinder (210).
6. A filter press according to claim 1, wherein: the rack (100) is provided with a second horizontal hydraulic cylinder (600), the water baffle (240) is connected to the second horizontal hydraulic cylinder (600), and the second horizontal hydraulic cylinder (600) can drive the water baffle (240) to close or open the other end of the filter pressing cylinder (210).
7. A filter press according to claim 1, wherein: be provided with the viewing aperture on filter-pressing case (200), detachably is connected with the apron in the viewing aperture.
8. A filter press according to claim 1, wherein: the top surface of the frame (100) is provided with a discharge port, the discharge port is connected with a discharge pipe (700), and the discharge port is positioned under the pressure filter cylinder (210) and just opposite to one end of the water baffle (240).
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