Drum- versus discfilters

Drum and discfilters are compared on this page.

Drum and discfilters have some similarities but also a few differences. The meaning of this page is to try to give some insight in those filtration types.

Underneath, in table 1, you can find some qualities about drum and discfiltration.

Drumfiltration	Discfiltration
big flow	big flow
removal from parts to prevent fragmentation	big filtration surfave, till 90 m²
delivering with or without tank	suitable for finefiltration
gravity is the driving force	gravity is the driving force
delivering in 20 standard sizes	delivering in 10 standard sizes
drum consist out of stainless steel or steel which withstands acid and akali.	2 to 3 times more filtration surface than drumfiltration at the same size of the filter
for use in extremely corrosive circumstance, the drum can be deliverd in titanium and the tank in GRP.	oppurtinity to place extra filter, maximum of 10
low and easy maintance	low and easy maintance
selfcleaning	the filter contains out of stainless steel 304 or 316 and the cloth out of polyester.

Table 1: Qualities of the filters

There are some applications of the filters listed in table 2.

Drumfiltration	Discfiltration
Prevent fragmentation	Recycle water
Inline filtration	Effluent polishing
	Finefiltration of intake water
	Other applications where qualities of this filter are needed.

Tabel 2: Applications of the filters

You can find an overview of the filtersystems.

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