Larox® RT filter

Horizontal vacuum belt filter

Larox® RT horizontal vacuum belt filter offers safe and optimized multi-step processing in a single unit for a wide range of complex Industrial & Chemical Processing Industry applications

1.6 – 63 m² filtration area

High availability with low OPEX

Up to 30% less water usage with counter current washing

Planet Positive

Up to 35% saving in energy usage compared to drum filters

Planet Positive

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Larox® RT and Larox® RT-GT filters offer fully continuous multi-step processing in a single unit for various different applications.

Benefits

The cloth is supported by a rigid vacuum tray and the filter is capable of cake washing in both co-current and counter-current modes. The filter handles a wide range of feedstocks and produces high-purity products cost effectively.

Separates slurries into filter cake and clear filtrate continuously
Washes co-current and counter-current filter cake
Increases dry solids content through mechanically compressing the filter cake
Uses hot gas (air or steam) and infrared energy for thermal drying of the cake

Applications

Bio-processing
Chemicals
Foodstuffs
Metallurgy
Petrochemical
Pharmaceuticals
Rubber and plastics
Waste processes

Testing capabilities

Metso’s filtration expertise is built on almost one hundred years of R&D and process knowledge, and is supported by the company’s globally unique Dewatering Technology Center (DTC) in Lappeenranta, Finland. The DTC plays a crucial role in Metso’s filtration solution innovations and acts as a hub for close university cooperation related to separation technology research. Metso has performed over 14,000 filtration tests and has delivered over 5,000 filters around the world.

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The Metso Filtration Services team strives to deliver the best possible availability, performance and quality whilst optimizing costs. Our filtration solutions aim to eliminate environmental and societal risks at our customer operations. Our filtration experts ensure safety and quality are built into everything we do from R&D and engineering to parts and services.