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NOVOX® OD

FOR DEPTH FILTER SHEETS AND/OR PRECOAT FILTRATION - WITHOUT GASKETS IN THE FILTER STACK

Characteristics

The NOVOX® OD is a high precision stainless steel plate & frame filter designed and built for industrial applications. Unique design of the NOVOX® OD allows efficient handling without the need for gaskets in the filter stack – inlet/outlet tubes are formed within the stack itself, sealed by the filter sheets. This feature promotes ease-of-use benefits for the operator by eliminating the need for gasket removal or replacement.

High precision construction of the plate & frame assembly, and the hydraulic closing mechanism, combined with high-performance FILTROX filter sheets, contribute to significantly reduced driploss.

Working principle (plate and frame filter)

Plate and frame filters allow large filtration areas on a relatively small footprint. The filter area is separated in single plates which form stacks. Every other plate and frame has an inlet or an outlet for the filtrate. The filtration is performed parallel over the whole surface.

Schematic view of a precoat filter-setup

AP / EP: Supporting outer plates
KLEL: Plates / Elements on permeate side
TR: Draff frames, for precoat filtration or large filter cakes
S: Sheet

Applications

There is a broad field of applications for the NOVOX® OD Series filter. Industrial applications demanding both high quality filtration and documentation can benefit from the high performance set-up and certificates of the NoVOX OD i.e. pharmaceutical and/or biotech processes. The NoVOX OD filter can successfully operate in processes with high filter cakes as well as precoat filtration.

Operating Conditions (Filter)

Max operating temperature = 140°C
Max pressure = 8 bar
Max differential pressure (inlet-outlet) = 6 bar

Limiting factor for the Δmaxpinlet-outlet): 6 barΔp of a sheet filtration is the sheet grade and the application.

Sheet Sizes

The NOVOX® OD is available for two different nominal sheet sizes:

NOVOX Sheet Format (mm)
400 OD 400 x 400
600 OD 600 x 600

Both NOVOX 400 OD and NOVOX 600 OD are available in three different support (chassis) lengths for different sizes of the filter stacks and thus for different filter area sizes.

Technical data
NOVOX 400 OD 600 OD Unit
filter area per sheet 0.14 0.33 m2
width per plate (element) 8 8 mm
width per draff frame 40 40 mm
void volume per plate 1.1 2.4 liter
void volume per draff frame 5.7 13.5 liter
weight per plate (element) 2.5 11.6 kg
weight per draff frame (40 mm) 6.4 45 kg
weight support size 1 476 1’477 kg
weight support size 2 498 1532 kg
weight support size 3 530 1574 kg
max. liquid volume size 1 81 374 liter
max. liquid volume size 2 156 581 liter
max. liquid volume size 3 228 740 liter
Dimensions

 

NOVOX OD Filter is available in 2 models; each model is determined by the filter sheet size it accepts; 1) 400 mm filter sheet, and 2) 600 mm filter sheet. Each model of the NOVOX OD filter is available in 3 different chassis lengths (size 1-3).

The technical drawings below describe a NOVOX 600 OD.

The letters are assigned to dimensions of the various models in the corresponding spreadsheets below.

The drawings can also be used for the NOVOX 400 OD, although its shape is slightly different from the 600 model.

The 400 model is equipped with wheels instead of feet. Value "E" in the technical drawing indicates the lengthwise wheel distance.

NOVOX 400 OD Size 1 Size 2 Size 3 NOVOX 600 OD Size 1 Size 2 Size 3
DN x 40 40 40 DN x 50 50 65
A 1’569 2’100 2’753 A 2’640 3’530 4’060
B 636 1’168 1’680 B 1’397 2’087 2’617
C 460 460 600 C 600 800 800
D 886 1’418 1’930 D 1’715 2’405 2’935
E 1’184 1’715 2’228 E 1’780 2’470 3’000
F - - - F 789 989 989
G 194 194 194 G 374 374 414
H - - - H - - 1’350
I 540 540 540 I 909 909 909
K 1’429 1’429 1’429 K 1’498 1’498 1’498
Filtrox Quality Assurance

Filtrox assures the best quality control according to international standards:

  • ISO 9001 (Quality Management)
  • ISO 14001 (Environmental Management)
Certificates and Special Documentation

Typically for pharmaceutical or near pharmaceutical applications we provide the following documents on request:

  • FDA Certificate
  • EU Guideline 89/392/EWG
  • Material certificate 2.2 or 3.1 B (only for material in direct contact with the product)
  • Surface roughness (< 0.8 µm)
Optional certificates

Optional we can provide the following certificates:

  • Guideline ATEX 94/9/EG
  • Pressure vessel guideline DGR 97/23/EG
  • Ferrite measurements
  • Welder certificate
  • Color penetration test
  • Pickle protocol
Connections

Available types:

  • Triclamp
  • Dairy fitting
  • Special
Material
  • Material in contact with product: stainless steel 316L/316 Ti
  • Other parts: stainless steel 304
NOVOX 600 OD, plates and draff frames, equipped with filter sheets.
pdf Download of Technical Info Sheet

Please download the technical info sheet from here.