Screen efficiency

1. Keep the screens clean.
2. Ensure that slots or holes are not narrowing due to pitch deposition.
3. Perform regular mechanical inspection of the foils and maintain proper clearances.
4. Perform regular inspection of the baskets.
— check size of holes or slots.
5. Perform regular mechanical inspection of gearbox, glands and drive.
6. Perform regular checks on rejects and also the sump.
— ensure that rejects are put over a secondary screen and are not returned directly to system.
7. Monitor and record inlet and outlet pressures.
— correct pressures are essential.