When Is a Stainless Steel Filter Press Justified?

A stainless steel filter press is justified when chloride, acid, high-salinity brine, or food- and pharma-grade hygiene would corrode carbon steel and raise lifetime cost or contamination risk. Carbon steel remains the economical default for municipal sludge and many neutral industrial slurries. Switch to stainless when corrosion or product purity outweighs the higher material price. […]