The AX Screening System
Overview
The AX Screening System has been developed to deliver significant improvements in performance, cost effectiveness and HSE compliance, based on the experience gained over the years by the principals involved in Axiom.
As with the AX-1 Shaker itself, the design concept was developed from the principles of functionality, to deliver step-change performance.
There are three key differentiators of the AX Screening System:
- Support frame: Unlike many other formats, the structural support for the screen is retained within the shaker basket at all times – thereby reducing manual handling over comparable screening systems. The screens rest upon removable extrusions which can easily be replaced to maintain optimum screen location.
- Screen panels: Since the support frame provides the necessary rigidity, the pre-tensioned panels can now be manufactured without the requirement for the bulky and heavy frames common to other systems.
- The AX screen panels are approximately half the weight of comparable composite framed screens and one third that of metal framed screens. View image
- The lighter panels reduce the risk of handling accidents.
- The panels connect together, removing the need to stretch into the back of the shaker to remove the rear panels.
There is reduced waste when the panels ultimately need to be disposed of.
- Screen to Screen Sealing: The AX screens are fitted with an interlocking hook and cam system which pulls the screens together, as the pneumatic clamping system inflates. The interlocked screens are located over a sealing bar between the screen interfaces – thereby reducing the risk of whole fluid bypassing the screens (as is the case with alternative screening systems).
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