A filter for filtering liquid, comprising: a cylindrical housing; and a multiplicity of discs positioned perpendicularly to a height of the cylindrical housing, each of the multiplicity of discs comprised of a first number of cassettes, wherein each cassette is shaped as a truncated sector having a wide end and a narrow end, the cassettes arranged such that a perimeter of the disc is formed by the wide end of the first number of cassettes, and wherein each of the first number of cassettes is connected to a housing at its wide end, and each cassette having an opening along the wide end, wherein during filtration, liquid being filtered flows over the multiplicity of discs towards the perimeter of the multiplicity of discs.

The present invention relates to a filtering panel (100) for a disk filter and a disk filter for water purification, comprising a metal filter cloth (16, 116) such as a stainless steel filter cloth, pre-tensioned in both warp and weft directions and fastened to a frame (10, 110) comprising a peripheral portion (11, 111), which is integral with an inner grillwork (12) and which divides the inner area of the peripheral portion (11, 111) into fields (15, 115). The frame (10, 110) comprises a plastic material reinforced with glass fibers or carbon fibres such as polypropylene loaded with fibreglass in an amount of at least 20 weight percent. Each field of the grillwork (12, 112) has an area not exceeding 10% of the inner area of the peripheral portion (11, 111). The pre-tensioning of the filter cloth (16, 116) in both directions is from at least 20% of the yield stress of the cloth (16, 116). Further the present invention relates to a disk filter comprising said filtering panels (100) and method of making said filtering panel (100).

A filtration device for filtering cooking oil is provided. The filtration device may include a hub and one or more filtration units having a central aperture to coupleably receive the hub. Each of the one or more filtration units may include a first upper filter sheet including a water insoluble or partially water insoluble material or combination of materials that convert or at least partially convert free fatty acid in the cooking oil to soap and a second upper filter sheet arranged adjacent to the first upper filter sheet and coupled thereto. The second upper filter sheet can include a material or combination of materials that remove or at least partially remove the soap from the cooking oil to produce filtered cooking oil. The one or more filtration units can be in fluid communication with the hub through which filtered cooking oil may be removed from the filtration device.

A filtration device for filtering cooking oil is provided. The filtration device may include a hub and one or more filtration units having a central aperture to coupleably receive the hub. Each of the one or more filtration units may include a first upper filter sheet including a water insoluble or partially water insoluble material or combination of materials that convert or at least partially convert free fatty acid in the cooking oil to soap and a second upper filter sheet arranged adjacent to the first upper filter sheet and coupled thereto. The second upper filter sheet can include a material or combination of materials that remove or at least partially remove the soap from the cooking oil to produce filtered cooking oil. The one or more filtration units can be in fluid communication with the hub through which filtered cooking oil may be removed from the filtration device.

The invention relates to a system for detecting damages of filter fabric (8) with continuous disc filters (1) where the system comprises of pressure sensor element (41) that is attached into a filter sector (5) so that it measures the pressure inside (11) the filter sector and is connected with a CPU (42) and a radio unit (43) that periodically transmits the measured pressure values to a receiver (R) that receives the transmitted measurements and compares the measurements using processing means (55) with previously received values and detects damages by detecting significant pressure difference.

A filter element has: a carrier element permeable to fluid and having a support surface, the support surface having a surface area increasing contour; and a filter medium deposited onto the support surface of the carrier element forming a filter layer adapted to the surface area increasing contour.

A filter element has: a carrier element permeable to fluid and having a support surface, the support surface having a surface area increasing contour; and a filter medium deposited onto the support surface of the carrier element forming a filter layer adapted to the surface area increasing contour.

A method of manufacturing a filter element includes: providing a carrier element, which is permeable to fluid, including a support surface having a surface area increasing contour; immersing the carrier element into a suspension of water and ingredients for a filter medium; depositing the filter medium onto the support surface by applying a vacuum suction through the carrier element so as to form a uniform layer of suspended filter medium onto the support surface; stopping the depositing of the filter medium onto the support surface when a thickness of the layer reaches a desired thickness so as to form the filter element; and removing the filter element from the suspension.

A method of manufacturing a filter element includes: providing a carrier element, which is permeable to fluid, including a support surface having a surface area increasing contour; immersing the carrier element into a suspension of water and ingredients for a filter medium; depositing the filter medium onto the support surface by applying a vacuum suction through the carrier element so as to form a uniform layer of suspended filter medium onto the support surface; stopping the depositing of the filter medium onto the support surface when a thickness of the layer reaches a desired thickness so as to form the filter element; and removing the filter element from the suspension.

The invention relates to a filter device, comprising a filter housing (10), which has an inlet (12) for unfiltered medium and an outlet (14) for filtered medium and which accommodates an exchangeable filter element (16). When unfiltered medium flows through said filter element from the outside in, it flows through both a hollow cylindrical element material (18) and an element material (22) which closes the hollow cylinder (18) at one free end (20) of the hollow cylinder. At the other free end (24) of the hollow cylinder, an element cap (26) having a central opening (28) is used to discharge filtered medium to the outlet (14) in the filter housing (10), the outlet being connected to the central opening (28). Each element material (18, 22) is accommodated seal-free in the filter housing (10) for incident flow on all sides, from the outside in.