Got an old filter press thats having issues and I'm wanting to fix them
So I have a filter press at my work place that we run the waist sludge from titanium chem milling through and as a tech with little experience with presses I'm a little stuck on the cause of my problem.
Problem:
We just replaced the filters in our system about a month ago and ever since its come out a lot more consistent but fairly wet. The last two or three filters are the consistency I'm looking for but the rest is just hard enough to fall out of the frame without sticking too much. From what I'm guessing I'm running the pumb too slowly for the first half of the process but if I go too quickly the filters will come free from the frame and I have to take most of a work day to clean and re-seat then.
Im kind of at a loss as to what to do here because the press is delaying the rest of my job.
Extra info on the Filter press:
press is probably about 25 or more years old the previous filters where 10 years old if my boss is to be believed and he hadn't replaced them sooner because he says the press manufacturer is no longer in business. We had to get the filters custom made and I'm constantly having to re-seat them every other time I open the press.