Want to reduce blinding?

What is it?

This is the #1 problem we help solve.

Blinding (or the closing) of a screen surface aperture is regularly encountered when screening fine, damp material.

It commonly begins with ‘sticky’ fine material gathering or collecting at specific locations on the screen surface (usually at the corners in square mesh or the stringers/dividers/wire itself for piano wires/harps). Once a blinded patch sets in, it often spreads - resulting in either partial or complete blocking of the screen surface. Screening must then be stopped and the surface cleaned before production can continue.

It results in frustration. decreased productivity and wastes time and money.

What’s the solution?

Often the most effective approach to reducing or eliminating blinding starts with selecting and installing a more appropriate screen surface on the deck above or before the deck that is blinding. This is done first to ensure the feed material for the problem deck is optimised. Once the feed material is appropriate, we work to fine tune the deck that is blinding. Fine tuning includes harmonising the selection of screen surface/aperture/wire diameter/wire type with the feed material and blinding characteristics faced.

How can Symphony Wire help?

You need to talk to someone who knows screening and will listen to your needs. Symphony Wire will consider your application and aspirations before we recommend a screening solution.

Because it’s about much more than just a screen for a machine.