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Filtration Continuous filtration should not be attempted if 1/8 in. cake thickness cannot be formed in less than 5 min. Processes are classified by their rate of cake buildup in a laboratory vacuum-leaf filter. Rapid, 0.1-10.0 cm/s; medium, 0.1-10.0 cm/min; slow, 0.1-10.0 cm/h. H I N T S  A N D  R U L E S Drying and Solids Conveyors for Particular Solids Cooling Towers Compressors and Vacuum Pumps Crushing and Grinding Extraction, Liquid-Liquid Crystallatisation from Solution Filtration Heat Exchangers Mixing and Agitation Particle Size Enlargement Piping Pumps Reactors Refrigeration Size Seperation of Particles Utilities, Common Specifications Vessels (Storage Tanks) C O N T A C T   G L Y D E