A screw press includes a filter casing having inlet and outlet sections and a filter section therebetween. A screw is mounted in the casing for conveying a solid-liquid mixture from the inlet section to the outlet section while compressing the solid-liquid mixture and forcing at least part of a liquid content thereof to be expelled out of the filter casing. The casing and the screw are of modular construction. The filter section has at least first and second serially interconnectable filter sections, and the screw has at least first and second serially interconnectable screw sections respectively disposed in the first and second filter sections for joint rotation as a unitary component. The first and second screw sections have a continuous screw flight having a flight outside diameter. The first and second screw sections are detachably coupled to one another by a coupling provided at the outside diameter of the flight.

Apparatus for pressing and drying a pre-defined amount of waste includes a metal main frame positioned to provide rigid support, and a body mechanically linked to the main frame through a plurality of linkage plates. The apparatus also includes an inlet vertically mounted on the body and a twin screw assembly to press and dehydrate the pre-defined amount of waste. A plurality of mesh screens is rigidly linked to the main frame along the longitudinal axis of the apparatus to remove compressed liquid. The body is also designed to support rotation of the twin screw assembly, and the inlet includes an ingress cross-sectional opening to receive the pre-defined amount of waste.

A device for sludge treatment comprises a supporting frame of an external casing defining a treatment chamber provided with one inlet opening of the sludge to be treated; one discharge opening of the treated sludge; at least one auger element housed within the treatment chamber, and adapted to move the sludge to be treated along a direction of advancement; and filtration means located internally to the treatment chamber and surrounding the auger element; at least one anodic element associated with the auger element, and application means for applying a potential difference between the anodic element and the filtration means, generating an electric field adapted to interact with the sludge to be treated to produce an electro-osmotic process.

An embodiment of a screw press separator for separating a slurry containing solid and liquid components has a housing and a cylindrical screen, which is arranged in the housing and on which a longitudinal direction and a circumferential direction are defined. The screen is rotatable about the longitudinal direction. The separator also includes a screw arranged inside the screen for pressing out the slurry, the screw being rotatable about the longitudinal direction, at least one retaining element arranged in the housing, at least one actuator adapted to move the at least one retaining element between a locking position and a freewheeling position, and at least one stop connected to the screen. The separator is configured so that the screen is rotationally fixed in at least a circumferential direction in the locking position and the screen co-rotates with the screw in the freewheeling position.

An elongated scraper profile is provided, preferably for a dewatering device that serves the purpose of dewatering sludge. The scraper profile features a lip section extending in the direction of the longitudinal extension of the scraper profile, which serves the purpose of scraping sludge components from a screen surface. The scraper profile features a fastening section extending in the direction of the longitudinal extension, which serves the purpose of fixing the scraper profile with the assistance of a retainer assembly. The scraper profile also features an intermediate section connecting the lip section and the fastening section, whereas the intermediate section is flexibly formed in a direction running perpendicular to the longitudinal extension, such that the lip section is moveable in the direction of the fastening section.

A device according to various embodiments for preparing wet grain can include at least a first screw configured to receive wet grain. A second screw receives the wet grain from the first screw. At least one of a compressing element and a dehydrating element is included with at least one of the first screw and the second screw to cause a physical property change to the wet grain.

The present invention provides a multi plate screw press sludge dewatering machine and a helical shaft thereof. The multi plate screw press sludge dewatering machine includes fixed rings, movable rings, the helical shaft, a sludge inlet tank and a sludge discharging tank; the helical shaft adopts a variable diameter variable pitch helical shaft, a lead angle arrangement sequence of a helical blade of the whole helical shaft is gradual reduction from the sludge discharging tank to the sludge inlet tank, and the lead angle arrangement sequence is gradually reduced from 16-22 to 6-14; a pitch of the helical shaft is gradually increased along a direction from the sludge inlet tank to the sludge discharging tank; a diameter of a shaft body of the helical shaft is gradually increased along with a direction of the sludge discharging tank from a position of a shaft length; and blockage prevention plates are arranged on two sides of the bottom of the helical blade. The helical shaft in the present invention is specially designed, so that the pitch is more reasonable, a helical angle is gentler, frictional resistance when sludge passes through the helical shaft may be effectively reduced, and phenomena of shaft blockage and shaft sticking of the sludge may be reduced.

A screw filter press comprising a screw shaft, having at least one coil turn and two screw shaft ends. The shaft axis is parallel to the gravity vector and is supported by screw shaft upper end connected to a rotary drive. The screw shaft is enclosed a filter area by a cylindrical filter tube, with openings and which is adjacent radially to a filtrate space, to which underpressure is applied. The sliding tube radially surrounding the screw shaft is the same inner diameter as the filter tube. Radial play occurs between at last one coil turn adjoining the filter tube proximate to the filter tube inner wall.

A plug screw feeder (1) comprises a plug screw (10) with a thread (12) and a plug screw housing (20) surrounding the plug screw. The plug screw housing comprises an inlet opening (24) in a side of the plug screw and in a vicinity of a first axial end (18) of the plug screw. The plug screw is arranged for feeding lignocellulosic biomass material (99) from the inlet opening to a second axial end (19) of the plug screw when being rotated. The thread, in at least a part of an inlet section (15) of the plug screw, presents a jagged peripheral rim (14A) with an inwards directed leading edge. The inlet section is defined as the section of the plug screw passing the inlet opening during rotation. A feeding arrangement and system for treatment of lignocellulosic biomass material comprising such a plug screw feeder is also disclosed.

The present disclosure describes embodiments of a twin-screw press for extracting vegetable oils, and a process for extracting vegetable oils and/or seeds. Particularly, the twin-screw press provides a reduction in machine cost and maintenance due to low operating torque requirements and allows an improved operation with the oil extraction being greater than the oil loss. This is a consequence of allowing lower processing temperatures and pressures due to the geometry of the screw and the gap that it has with the draining element of the press cage. This also permits reducing the possibility of material jamming or co-rotation of the cake in the press.