No matter what tunnel washer you’re using, the downstream equipment is equally important to overall system performance. This article presents a brief, high-level overview of extraction methods. In general, there are two types of extraction equipment commonly used in batch tunnel systems. The first is a batch press extractor; the second is a centrifugal extractor.

BATCH PRESS EXTRACTORS

Press extractors are really quite simple machines as far as the function they perform. They accept a load from the tunnel into a round basket and then squeeze water out of the goods by means of a hydraulic ram with a ...