Screw press for compressing and dewatering a suspension

A screw press that is usable as a dewatering device for compressing and dewatering a suspension, the screw press comprising:

• a press chamber in which a screw shaft is mounted such that the screw shaft is surrounded by a screen jacket and is rotatable about a screw shaft axis, the screen jacket being fastened to a screen jacket holding device within the press chamber, the screen jacket holding device including at least one beam running through the press chamber and arranged parallel to the screw shaft axis, the screen jacket being formed of a plurality of multipart screen baskets configured to receive a plurality of screen basket inserts, each multipart screen basket of the plurality of multipart screen baskets including a semi-cylindrical first screen basket half shell and a semi-cylindrical second screen basket half shell, the first screen basket half shell and the second screen basket half shell each having a flange running along a basket length of the first screen basket half shell and the second screen basket half shell;
• at least one pivot hinge disposed between the first screen basket half shell and the second screen basket half shell, the at least one pivot hinge being disposed between the at least one beam and the plurality of multipart screen baskets, the at least one pivot hinge connecting the at least one beam to the first screen basket half shell and the second screen basket half shell via the respective flanges of the first screen basket half shell and the second screen basket half shell such that the first screen basket half shell and the second screen basket half shell are pivotably movable relative to each other and, in a swung-open state, unimpeded access to the plurality of screen basket inserts is enabled;
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• a basket lug disposed on each of the first screen basket half shell and the second screen basket half shell on a side of the first screen basket half shell and the second screen basket half shell facing away from the at least one pivot hinge, the basket lug being releasably fastened to a bracket of the screen jacket holding device by a bolt in a closed state of the first screen basket half shell and the second screen basket half shell.