Plate Shifter Retrofit: Reduction in Press Cycle Time & Operating Costs

Dan Murphy – Field Service and Aftermarket Parts Manager

The Micronics Solution: Plate Shifter Retrofit

Our service personnel recently went into a Micronics customer operation where the filter press shifter was broken, inoperable, and quite frankly, parts to repair the shifter in-kind were difficult to source.

Micronics designed a cost-effective electro-hydraulic automatic plate shifter to replace the old air-operated semi-automatic plate shifter. We coupled the retrofit plate shifter with brand new filter plate handles for use with the plate shifter for a total shifter solution on an existing filter press.

Results Achieved: Reduction in Press Cycle Time & Operating Costs

The overall result was a reduction in press cycle time, a reduction in the number of operators required to run the press, and a safer operation!

Retrofitting the customer’s filter press with an automatic plate shifter eliminated the need for operator intervention during filter cake discharge. In fact, with the Micronics retrofit solution, the estimated savings is more than $20,000 in operating expense reduction per year.

The customer is very happy with Micronics’ creativity in providing a cost-effective filter press solution with improved efficiency, safety, and ergonomics. You can count on Micronics for filter presses, filter cloth, plates, on-site service, and a robust inventory of spare parts and accessories to ensure more press up-time. The Micronics Engineered Filtration Group has decades and decades of experience in economically solving complex filtration challenges.

Contact Us for solutions to your company’s filtration challenges. Whether your interest is in plate shifters or other options for improving your filter press equipment, Micronics is interested in your story & putting our problem-solving skills to work!