Screening Media Resists Impact Damage and Pegging
Major Wire Industries claims its Flex-Mat 3
Double-Wire high-performance, self-clean-ing screen helps mining operations in-crease production when screening high-impact, heavy and abrasive material on top
decks. The side-by-side wire design adds a
slight spring to the wire that absorbs
impact from heavy material or when it is
dropped from a longer distance. Flex-Mat 3
vibrating wire technology, combined with
this side-by-side wire design, increases
screen capacity and throughput, while
eliminating pegging on top decks and the
“popcorn effect” often seen when single
wire is used to screen high-impact and
heavy materials. Flex-Mat 3 Double-Wire’s
two wires lie flat against each other, so
crimps do not protrude upward and inter-fere with material flow, and the flat screen
surface extends wear life up to three times
when compared with traditional woven wire
with high wear spots.
According to the manufacturer, its Flex-Mat 3 Double-Wire uses the same screen
media technology as traditional Flex-Mat
3, which provides up to 30% more screen
capacity than woven wire and up to 50%
more screen capacity than polyurethane
and rubber panels. Polyurethane strips
bond individual wires as they run from
hook to hook and allow them to vibrate
independently at different frequencies,
eliminating blinding, pegging and clog-ging. In addition, the independently vibrat-ing wire technology increases product
throughput by up to 40% over traditional
woven wire and polyurethane or rubber
panels. Flex-Mat 3 Double-Wire is avail-able in wire diameters up to 3/8 in. (9.5
mm) and opening sizes up to 4 in. (101.6
mm). Made from OptimumWire, which is
manufactured with high carbon and man-ganese content to provide an optimum
combination of ductility, hardness and ten-sile strength, Flex-Mat 3 Double-Wire is
less susceptible to breaking in high-impact
conditions with highly abrasive materials.