RB filter

Rubber belt, vacuum filtration

Last updated Nov 2025

A robust rubber belt vacuum filter designed for continuous, high-capacity dewatering in demanding mining and metallurgical applications. Engineered for heavy-duty operation, it delivers efficient cake washing, low energy consumption, high availability, and reliable long-term performance.

Continuous, high-capacity vacuum filtration for efficient dewatering in demanding mining applications.

Continuous high-capacity processing

Designed for heavy-duty applications with continuous filtration and high tonnage capacity, helping maximize production throughput

Efficient cake washing & dewatering

Delivers superior separation performance through efficient cake washing and continuous filtration

Low operating costs

Low energy consumption and reduced maintenance requirements help lower overall operating costs

Reliable, automated operation

Fully automatic, flexible operation combined with maximum availability ensures dependable performance in demanding environments

Benefits

Designed for rough conditions and high capacities, Metso RB filters provide superior performance in continuous separation and cake washing. These filters offer a wide variety of benefits for your process, including good cake washing, continuous and visible processing, fully automatic and flexible operation, and relatively high speeds.

Continuous filtration
Automatic and flexible operation
Efficient cake washing
Visual processing
Maximum availability
Improved safety
Low energy consumption
Low maintenance costs
Long lifetime production

Applications

Iron ore
Tailings
Minerals
Metallurgical

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Metso RB filter

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.