Abstract: A method for cleaning pressure filters by means of a backwash cleaning gas or liquid supplied into the pressure vessel and impulsively pressed through the filter fabric of filtering elements to remove the filter cake deposited on the filter fabric during the filtering process.
Abstract: An arrangement for fastening filter candles and filter apparatus provided therewith includes a collecting pipe which is composed of several T-shaped pipe pieces. Each of the pipe pieces has a substantially horizontal portion and extending therefrom a second portion which has a free end part provided with a groove. Each of the filter candles has an upper part provided with a flange portion which is engageable into the groove to obtain a tight attachment of the filter candle to the collecting pipe.