How to increase the capacity?

Having to stop screening to clean or change-over causes no end of frustration. In one application in regional Victoria, the site previously had to stop machines every day for up to 40 minutes to clean screens that were blinding due to high levels of dust. Introducing Tufflex onto the screen deck has negated this requirement, increasing the production uptime by about 160 hours per year, providing savings in labour and through increased production capacity of more than $200,000 per annum.

A New Zealand site was previously limited to production during seven months of the year, as the cold and damp climate was causing the screens to blind up. The Tufflex screens, particularly those that are only partially welded and which give off a secondary vibration effect, have the capacity to self-clean, providing the site with the capacity to run all year round. Thus, the cost of the replacement screen isn’t the only metric to measure; this site has had a 35 to 40 per cent improvement in production capacity, allowing it to service customers throughout the year.