Abstract: An apparatus configured to separate substances comprising: a frame structure; a hollow drum, wherein the hollow drum is driven in rotation and comprises a perforated circumferential surface and an at least partially open end side; a press belt wrapped around the perforated circumferential surface; a product intake wedge, wherein the product intake wedge guides a product flow into the apparatus; a support apparatus comprising a support element, wherein the support element is located on a side of the press belt opposite the hollow drum; and a device configured to discharge separation material pressed through the perforated circumferential surface, wherein: the separation material is pressed into a hollow space of the hollow drum, the separation material is pressed from the end side of the hollow drum, and a cooling device cools the separation material with a cryogenic cooling medium.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to separate substances comprising: a frame structure; a hollow drum, wherein the hollow drum is driven in rotation and comprises a perforated circumferential surface and an at least partially open end side; a press belt wrapped around the perforated circumferential surface; a product intake wedge, wherein the product intake wedge guides a product flow into the apparatus; a support apparatus comprising a support element, wherein the support element is located on a side of the press belt opposite the hollow drum; and a device configured to discharge separation material pressed through the perforated circumferential surface, wherein: the separation material is pressed into a hollow space of the hollow drum, the separation material is pressed from the end side of the hollow drum, and a cooling device cools the separation material with a cryogenic cooling medium.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for separating substances of different flowability that are mixed together, the apparatus and method comprising a frame structure, a hollow drum driven in rotation and mounted on the frame structure and the hollow drum has a perforated circumferential surface and a partially opened side, a press belt driven in rotation and wrapped around part of the circumferential surface and can be pressed against the hollow drum, a product intake wedge configured to guide a product flow into a space between the hollow drum and the press belt in an inlet region, and a support apparatus for the press belt comprising at least one support element located on a first side of the press belt opposite the hollow drum, and a disinfection device assigned to the press belt and configured to disinfect parts of a surface of the press belt.