NEW MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT

FMB-TYPE
BAND

FOR

MULTISTAGE
EFFICIENT

FILTERS
CLEANING

WITH

A PAPER

OF

C OOLANTS-LUBRICANTS
M. ya.
and A.

Meshengisser,
A. Nakonechnyi

G.

G.

Kotlyarov,

UDC 66. 065.3

In the cold milling of m e t a l s a cooling and lubricating fluid (CLF) is supplied to the zone of contact
between the tool and the m a t e r i a l which e l i m i n a t e s the heat and r e d u c e s the friction coefficient. During
r e c i r c u l a t i o n the C L F gets qnickly contaminated by a b r a s i v e s , shavings, s c a l e s , and other products. It
h a s been shown in [1, 2] that the quality of the s u r f a c e t r e a t e d depends to a l a r g e extent on the purity of the
C L F . The s e t t l e r s , s i e v e s , and m a g n e t i c s e p a r a t o r s used to r e m o v e m e c h a n i c a l i m p u r i t i e s f r o m C L F a r e
not sufficient to provide the d e s i r e d d e g r e e of purification. An FMB-type m u l t i s t a g e filter with a p a p e r
band has been designed at the U k r N I l k h i m m a s h [3] for the purification of C L F (Fig. l a ) .
C o m p a r e d with the usual s i n g l e - s t a g e band f i l t e r s , the FMB f i l t e r s p o s s e s s a n u m b e r of advantages:
a l a r g e r filtering s u r f a c e , higher productivity, a lower building m a t e r i a l content, and s m a l l s i z e . The
t i m e r e q u i r e d f o r the r e p l a c e m e n t of a spent p a p e r band is only 15-20 s e e . The FMB filter is based on the
design of the FPAKM f i l t e r p r e s s [4] (Fig. lb), with h o r i z o n t a l m u l t i s t a g e a r r a n g e m e n t of the f i l t e r plates
between the top end plate 2 and the bottom end plate 5. The supporting plate 6 c a r r i e s the m e c h a n i s m 7 for
the tightening of the f i l t e r p l a t e s . The s c r e e n 3 in loop f o r m p a s s e s in a zigzag between the plates and is
m o v e d by the m e c h a n i s m 1. Between the b r a n c h e s of the s c r e e n r o i l s of f i l t e r p a p e r 4 a r e supplied to each
plate,

Filtrate outlet
b
Fig. 1.

FMB filter: a) e x t e r n a l view; b) s c h e m e .

T r a n s l a t e d f r o m Khimicheskoe i Neftyanoe Mashinostroenie, No. 9, p. 4, S e p t e m b e r , 1974.

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The FMB filter o p e r a t e s as follows. The filter is switched on and the tightening m e c h a n i s m tightens
the filter plates. The dirty C L F p a s s e s through the collector, and filters under the p r e s s u r e of the supply
pump through the f i l t e r and the s c r e e n e n t e r s the c h a m b e r s thus formed. The filtrate leaves the filter
f r o m the draining c h a m b e r and through the appropriate collector. The mechanical impurities r e m a i n on
the p a p e r s u r f a c e . As: the m e c h a n i c a l i m p u r i t i e s on the p a p e r accumulate, the filtering p r e s s u r e inc r e a s e s . When the m a x i m u m p e r m i s s i b l e p r e s s u r e is reached the supply of C L F is interrupted and c o m p r e s s e d a i r is supplied to d r a i n the liquid f r o m the filtering c h a m b e r s . When this operation is finished,
the tightening m e c h a n i s m r e l e a s e s the plates and the band drive shifts the used paper f r o m the space between the plates and f r e s h p a p e r is supplied into the space between the plates f r o m the p a p e r rolls. A new
filtering c y c l e then s t a r t s . The operation of the filter is fully automated. The maintenance man has 0nly
to r e p l a c e the p a p e r rolls, which needs to be done e v e r y 5-10 days.
Technical

Data

for

the

FMB

Filters
FMB-5

Filtering s u r f a c e in m 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Maximum filtering p r e s s u r e in k g / c m 2 . . . . . . . . .
Band width in m m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gap between the plates in m m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
P o w e r consumption of the e l e c t r i c m o t o r s in kW:
for the tightening m e c h a n i s m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
for the s c r e e n m o v e m e n t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dimensions in m m .
length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Weight in kg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

FMB-10 FMB-20
t0
6.0
8OO
25

20

5.5

5.5
0.6

6.4

2385
1795
1750
4450

2700
1775
2650
5565

3200
1950
3000
7500

The FlVIB f i l t e r s a r e now available in three dimensions. They are produced by the , P r o g r e s s , c h e m i cal engineering plant at B e r d i c h e v . These multistage filters can be applied s u c c e s s f u l l y for the cleaning
of emulsions used on cold rolling mills for steel sheet and milling lines in engineering plants, of the soda
solution used in grinding, and of aqueous solutions of surfactants and m i n e r a l oil. The filters usually work
with type A cotton p a p e r and type B v i s c o s e paper, manufactured by the Shigonsk paper mill. P a p e r A r e moves p a r t i c l e s down to 20-30 um and paper B down to 30-50 pm, Approximately 40,000 rubles per annum
can be saved by using a single FMB filter for the purification of C L F . T h e i r use i n c r e a s e s the quality of
the s u r f a c e treated and the productivity. The design of the FMB filters r e p r e s e n t s a new and p r o g r e s s i v e
solution in filter design and has been patented in many c o u n t r i e s .
LITERATURE
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[. P. Woolach, wRecent advancements in the filtration of rell coolants for cold rolling o p e r a t i o n s , "
I r o n and Steel Engineer, 43, No. 8, 117 (1966).
I. S. E r m a k o v , M. Ya. Me-'-shengisser, G. M. Kochkin, F. N. Shakhov, G. G. Kotlyarov, D. D.
Shelyubskii, V. P. Sobbatovskii, and V. A. Egorov, A u t h o r ' s Certificate No. 337141, Otkrytiya,
Izobreteniya, P r o m y s h l e n n y e Obraztsy, T o v a r n y e Znaki, No. 15 (1972).
I. S. E r m a k o v , M. Ya. Meshengisser, G. M. Kochkin, and F. N. Shakhov, Author, s Certificate
No, 148018, Izobreteniya, P r o m y s h l e n n y e Obraztsy, T o v a r n y e Znaki, No. 23 (1966).

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