Strudex Sieve Plates: Unmatched Versatility and Durability for Your Screening Process

Strudex rubber sieve plates combine a resilient working surface with a choice of five mounting configurations: bolt-on, sleeve-and-pin, snap-in, tensioned and hold-down. These alternatives allow the rubber surface to be connected to different deck arrangements. The supplied plate is a defined combination of openings, section and attachment, selected to separate the required fraction while receiving impact and abrasive material contact.

Technical Parameters

One screening material, five different connection principles

The rubber body and the connection perform different tasks. Rubber provides a surface that can yield under contact and recover; apertures provide the material passages. The mounting arrangement locates that surface on the screen and establishes how it works with supports and neighboring components. The range offers alternative configurations for those interfaces, rather than a single plate that can be exchanged freely between all five systems.

Choose the rubber surface for the separation and contact

Rubber resilience can provide cushioning under particle impact and movement around the openings. That response can assist release of lodged near-size material, while the surface and aperture edges resist continuing abrasive contact. The useful configuration depends on the compound and shape together. More flexibility, more solid section or a larger opening each changes a different part of the panel’s behavior and should be evaluated against the process objective.

• Impact exposure: describe the credible particle, drop and contact concentration. The section receiving the first strike can face a different demand from a region farther down the deck. Retain sufficient working structure around openings and attachment zones for that local duty.
• Material passage: set the required product grading and consider particle shape, near-size content and moisture. An opening that admits more material may also change the passing fraction. Useful performance means suitable products, not just a higher quantity crossing the surface.
• Blockage: distinguish particles wedged inside apertures from fines adhering across them. Rubber response, geometry and the environment contribute differently to those mechanisms. A wet clay coating should not be treated as the same problem as a hard near-size particle lodged in a clear opening.
• Installed area: include solid margins, retaining components and supports when assessing available passage. The nominal area of a plate does not establish how much of the assembled deck is both open and exposed to the feed.

Make connection choice serve the operating arrangement

For an existing screen, the established support and retaining geometry provide the starting point. Keeping that interface can allow the working rubber or opening pattern to be reviewed without changing the rest of the assembly. A change to a different mounting principle is a broader component-system decision: supports, joints, retained edges and the replacement method must form a coherent proposed arrangement before media is ordered.

Specify a complete plate configuration

1. Identify the connection principle and its mating geometry, then define the panel outline, section and openings. This separates fixed installation dimensions from the geometry selected for particle separation.
2. Select the rubber requirement with the feed contact and product objective. Where several deck positions use different configurations, preserve those identities instead of treating the whole plant as one interchangeable plate size.
3. Define the required retaining components in the purchase scope. State which items are supplied, renewed or retained so the complete assembly can be assessed without assuming every panel order automatically includes all hardware.
4. Agree acceptance around the selected configuration. Critical dimensions differ between a bolt pattern, pin engagement, snap profile, tensioned edge and hold-down contact, while every arrangement still needs the intended material passages and controlled joints.

The buyer payoff is a choice of connection without losing sight of the screening task. A convenient changeout is useful when it restores a secure surface that continues to produce the required fraction. Likewise, a durable rubber face remains valuable only while its openings, support and retention are suitable. Evaluating those functions together gives the mounting choice a practical basis in the plant.

Product FAQ

Can one sieve plate use all five mounting arrangements?

The five methods describe alternative configurations across the range: bolt-on, sleeve-and-pin, snap-in, tensioned and hold-down. The supplied panel must match the selected deck connection. Define that configuration on the order rather than assuming a single plate is interchangeable between all five systems.

Which mounting approach gives the shortest changeout?

The complete changeout depends on access, panel size, worn hardware, support condition and the deck design. Compare removal, inspection, installation and restart work together. A mounting label alone does not establish the labor required, and secure retention must remain part of the decision.

Does ordering panels include every fastening component?

The purchase scope should explicitly identify the panels and any required pins, sleeves, bars or other retaining components by reference and quantity. Distinguish parts being renewed from serviceable items retained on the deck. This gives procurement a complete package to compare without assuming automatic hardware inclusion.

Should mounting or rubber selection be decided first?

For an existing deck, establish the retaining interface and support geometry before changing the screening surface. Then review the rubber response and opening layout against the feed and product requirement. For a new arrangement, develop the media and supporting system together as a defined installation.