During the manufacturing process of bulk chemicals, food stuffs, and food ingredients, a problem that can occur is the hazard posed by non-metallic foreign material. Foreign material can be inadvertently introduced to the final product because the material cannot be isolated with metal detector and magnetic traps. The conventional solution was to use vibratory separators such as screening decks take up considerable space, can be mechanically challenging, and expensive to integrate with existing processes, especially closed contained systems. However, today, innovations in security screening technology have resulted in more efficient and cost effective material security screening sifters.

Today, technological innovations in processing has lead to better screening equipment to separate, capture, and remove small amounts extraneous matter from batch processing of powders. The gentle action of the sifter break ups loosely agglomerated solids without generating any unwanted dust or fine material. New sifting equipment solutions have resulted in a sifter that fits in tight, height restrictive areas giving it an advantage over conventional vibratory sifters. In addition there are models available in various construction materials, surface finishes, and models are available for explosion containment, pressure and vacuum applications.

Benefits of advanced sifter technology solutions include: reduces difficult, sticky, heat-sensitive agglomerates into pieces, crumbs or powders of uniform size, continuously without excessive heat build-up or screen blockage, preserves quality of fragile products, replaces labour intensive, and expensive manual processes. The sifting equipment is effectively used in such industries as: Pharmaceutical for delumping raw materials exiting bulk bins, Food for separating raisins or dried fruits into undamaged individual pieces, deagglomerate powders from spray driers, sizing crumbs prior to flakers, and for Cosmetic/Chemical industry for deagglomerating pigments, delump detergent agglomerates, and delump metal powders etc.

Designed for high-capacity in-line security screening and delumping application, the new sifters available are an all stainless steel design containing revolutionary to security screening equipment technology. Centrifugal acceleration ensures a continuous flow of material through the screen openings while at the same time retaining impurities. The finished product is discharged 360