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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1999
Bjarne Ekberg, Turku, FI;
Göran Norrgård, Pargas, FI;
Juan A. Gallego Juárez, Madrid, ES;
Germán Rodriguez Corral, Madrid, ES;
Luis Elvira Segura, Madrid, ES;
Outokumpu Oyj, , FI;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for making the drying of materials, particularly finely divided materials, more effective, in which method, of a slurry containing liquid and solids there is made a filter cake ( ) onto the surface of the filter medium ( ). According to the invention, the filter cake ( ) and the oscillator ( ) are arranged, in relation to each other, so that in between the filter cake ( ) and the oscillator ( ), there is generated an acoustic field by virtue of a mechanical contact between the filter cake ( ) and the oscillator ( ) or a structural element ( ) connected to the oscillator.