Sanitary screener achieves high rates
A new low-profile sanitary screener from Kason Corporation Europe is claimed to reduce minimum height requirements and offer high throughput rates.
The Vibroscreen Flo-Thru model K24-1FT-SS employs two unbalanced-weight gyratory motors mounted on opposing exterior sidewalls of the unit, instead of one motor positioned beneath the screening chamber, reducing minimum height requirements significantly. The 610mm diameter screener is constructed of stainless steel finished to industrial, food, dairy and pharmaceutical standards.
Mounted on suspension brackets, the design also allows vertical alignment of the top inlet and bottom outlet, allowing on-size material to descend through the screen in a straight-through path at high rates into mobile vessels on the plant floor. Oversize material is ejected through a spout at the periphery of the screen.
Loosening the quick disconnect clamp ring assembly that connects the top and bottom frame sections allows the screen to be readily changed, or the screener to be disassembled rapidly for thorough wash down.
The unit is designed with an optional suspension-mount feature, and is equipped with a ball screen anti-blinding device, consisting of elastomeric balls held captive between the upper operating screen and a coarse, lower ball screen. The vibratory action of the screener causes the balls to bounce against the underside of the operating screen and dislodge near-size material lodged in screen apertures.
Other Flo-Thru low-profile screeners currently available range in diameter from 460 to 2135mm.