American Filter

...The most typical vacuum filter is a continuous rotating cylindrical vacuum filter commonly known as an Oliver filter. The bottom of the cylindrical filter is immersed in the slurry, and filtration is performed by creating negative pressure inside, and the cake on the cylindrical filter cloth is mechanically scraped off or collected by pressure (Figure 2). Various types have been developed as alternatives to this cylindrical filter, such as the American filter, in which disk-shaped filter leaves are arranged on a skewer and the bottom is immersed in the slurry, and the Oliver filter, in which the disks are immersed horizontally in the slurry. (d) Centrifugal filter A model in which a filter medium is attached to the cylindrical wall of a centrifuge, and filtration is performed simultaneously with centrifugation. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "American filter" is listed below.

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…最も典型的な真空ろ過機はオリバーフィルターと通称される連続回転円筒型真空ろ過機で，スラリー中に円筒ろ過機の下部を浸漬させ，内側を負圧にしてろ過を行い，円筒状ろ布上のケーキは機械的かき取り，あるいは加圧によって回収する(図2)。この円筒ろ過機の代りに串ざし状にディスク状のろ葉を並べ，その下部をスラリーに浸すアメリカンフィルター，このディスクを水平にしてスラリーに浸すオリバーフィルターなど，さまざまの形式のものが開発されている。(d)遠心ろ過機centrifugal filter　遠心機の円筒壁にろ材を張り，遠心分離と同時にろ過を行う機種。…

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