FiberPrep SPM-600

Unithas0.2MMSlottedbasket

5FoilRotorDesign

HasMechanicalseal

BeltDriven

SerialNumber:SPM-118

Unitis316SS

TheSPMpressureScreenincludesacylindricalplatecontainedinapressurizedcase,arotatingfoilassembly,aunitizedbase,sheavesandbelts,motormountingbracketonsliderailsanda200hpdrivemotor.

Thepressurizedcaseisessentiallysflangedcylinderwithadomedtopclosure.Thestandardcasehasapressureratingof60psi(4bars).Thereare3connectionstothemainbodyofthecase.Theyarejoinedtothecasecylinder.Thelargerupperconnectionisforincomingstockwhilethesmallerconnection,nearthebottomisanoutletforrejects.Thelowerportionofthecaseisforcollectingacceptedstock(accepts)afteritpassesthroughthescreenplate.Theacceptsoutletconnection,inthedomeofthecase,bleedsentrappedairfromthepressurescreen.

ThedrivemotorismountedverticallyonanL-shapedmotorbasewhichmountsonasliderail.SmatchedsetofV-beltsconnectsthemotorandpressurescreen.

Incomingstocktobescreened,entersthecasethroughtheupperinletconnectionandisimmediatelyacceleratedbythefoilassemblysweepingaroundthescreen.Theresultantcentrifugalforcethrowsheavydensecontaminantsawayfromthescreenplateandagainstthesidesofthecasewheretheyareflushedoutthroughtherejectsoutlet.Stockflowisinward(centripetal)throughthescreenplate.Acceptedstockcollectedinthecentercompartmentflowsdownwardandouttheacceptsconnection.Duetotheactionofthefoilassembly,thetangentialvelocityacrossthesurfaceoftheplateexceedstheinwardcentripetalflowvelocitybyafactorofabout10.Thiscausesstocktoapproachthescreenplateatanextremelylowangleandsignificantlyreducestheeffectivesizeofthescreenplateopeningsand,therebyincreasesscreeningefficiency.

Rejectmaterialmigratesspirallydownwardthroughtheoutercompartmentandouttherejectsconnection.

Thescreenidessentiallyselfcleaningbecauseofthehydrodynamiccharacteristicsofthehydrofoil.Eachfoilgeneratedahighnegativepressurepulsethatnotonlybreaksupthefibermatformedovertheplate,butalsoliterallypullslodgedparticlesfromthescreenplateanddepositstheminthefastmovingtangentialflowaroundthescreen.Ifparticlesaredense,centrifugalforceslingsthemtotheouterwallwheretheyarecollectedattherejectsoutlet.

Theventatthetopofthehousingbleedsoffalowflowofstockand,withit,anyairthatmaybeentrainedintheinletstream.Somelightfloatingparticlesmaybecarriedoffwiththisstreamandshouldberejected,Theventmustbeopenduringstartupofthescreen,butmaybeclosedorthrottledduringoperationaftertheinitialairinthesystemhasbeenbledoff.

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