Sterilizing Plate and Frame

[cpelz]

For people filtering in the 2-3 micron range, is significant dropping of the yeast necessary (i.e. finings) or are any of you simply cold crashing a few days and running the filter without problems?

We run 30 bbl. lagers through a 40x40 filter with 49 K-300 sheets (nominally 2.7 micron) with no problems. No finings, but lagered for more than a few days. YMMV, as it probably depends a lot on you yeast and it's health.

[GlacierBrewing]

For people filtering in the 2-3 micron range, is significant dropping of the yeast necessary (i.e. finings) or are any of you simply cold crashing a few days and running the filter without problems?

yup, we're crashing for a minimum of two days then filtering through k-300 pads, no finings other than irish moss in the kettle.
prost!
dave