MEP ural EnieingProeees Sieve BendMEP Mier! Engineering Proseee SIEVE BEND OVERVIEW [MEP olfer a wide range of Sieve Bends for use in many processes and industries, they are used in high capacity, wat screening applications for the purpose of the classification and dewatering of different formes of mineral. Our Statie Siove Bends ‘are the result of sixty years experience in supplying complete plants and systems, (Our Statie Sieve Bends are supplied complate with feed boxes, profile wedge wire decks, wear surfaces and flow diverters, (ur products are manufactured using high quality mild steel and can be supplied With, if required, galvanised support frames with a renge of abrasion resistant linings to suit the application or custamer preferenct ‘Standard Sieve Bend units are available in 1.0m to 3.0m widths in 0.5m increments, GENERAL PRINCIPLES In general terms the Sieve Bend is used where there is high proportion of water With the solids ~ Ibis therefore suitable, eg. ae pare of the process toremove Contaminants from sand! or to carryout a dewatering function in advance of say & slurry centrifuge when dewatering coal fines, ‘The material that passes through the scracn surfoce is approximately half the size of the volume of undorsize and the amount of near size ‘material in the feed detormines the separations size, as well as the volume that passes through the screen. ‘A sieve bond has benefits over 2 flat sieve screen as the curved panels induce ‘centrifugal forces that force the slurry onto the sereen surface. When dewatering and classification of particles <0.25mm a lower percentage of solids concentration willinereae efficiency. ‘The dewatering abilty of the sereen is determined by the percentage of open ares. ‘The wedge wire profiles used provide up to 50% more open area because of the narrower wire profi Feed boxes are designed to reduce the kinetic energy inthe feed slurry before ‘cascading onta the screens surface