Mainteno® online-cleanable strainer retrofit
A choking strainer on a continuous line replaced with an online-cleanable configuration, removing the shutdown from the cleaning routine.
The application
A strainer on a continuous process line choking often enough that cleaning it meant isolating, cooling and opening the body — in practice, a planned production stop each time.
What was engineered
A Mainteno® configuration selected for the medium and the fouling behaviour, with back-flushing from a blowdown connection, and a scrapper arrangement where the deposit would not flush off.
Result on the plant
Screen cleaning became a valve operation carried out with the line live. Downtime avoided is counted directly from the cleaning frequency the plant was running before the change.