Great Western Manufacturing is proud to announce the Qi-Series, our latest advancement in sifting technology. The Qi, Quick Inspection, Sifter is designed for effortless inspections without compromising on performance. Featuring a new retractable sieve design, it enables a single employee to efficiently inspect sieves, screens, gaskets, cleaners, and domes in a fraction of the time.
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Qi Gravity & Inline Sifter
- Minimized downtime and labor with user-friendly drawer-style sieves that allow for easy inspections.
- The Tru-Balance drive eradicates a need for a massive foundation.
- Gentle gyratory sifting.
- Wide range of capacity. Multiple models use from 2 to 9 sieves.
- Adaptable to a wide range of products, capacities, number of separations, and screen sizes.
- Easily customized to suit your installation requirements.
- Every unit test run and balanced prior to shipping.
- Easy installation.
- Low power requirements.
An important benefit of the reliable Tru-Balance drive is that no massive foundation is required. Usually constructed for floor mounting with a top inlet and top discharge, custom configurations for downward directed discharges and multiple floor layouts are easily accommodated.
Its compact, space saving design with light weight components enable the sifter to be easily dismantled for inspection, maintenance or cleaning. The sieve rings and screen trays nest-together and are stacked one on top of the other on the lower dome. The number of sieves required is based on the product, conveying rate and sieve mesh size for each application.
A pneumatic sieve compression system and draw rods compress the stack of sieves between the upper and lower domes and create an air-tight unit. The upper and lower domes are connected to the drive components which are supported on the two sides within a tubular frame.
The Qi Tru -Balance Sifter uses standard motors and V-belts to turn the two counterweights positioned on the left and right sides of the machine. These weights straddle the machine’s center of gravity and counterbalance the mass of the rotating sifter housing. This unique drive mechanism invented by Great Western ensures a smooth, balanced operation and minimizes building structural demands. The shake stays in the sifter! Mechanically, there are no gear boxes that can leak, and no sifter knuckles to wear out. Using pneumatics, the upper drive frame is raised to open the sifter or lowered to compress and seal the sieve stack.
Gravity flow Qi 36
- Nominal Ø 36” (Ø914mm)
- Net screen area 5ft²/sieve (0.46m²/sieve)
- Models with 3 to 9 sieves
- Net sieving area from 15 to 45 ft² (1.39 to 4.18 m²)
- One 1-½ HP (1.1 kw) motor with V-belt drive
- Drive guards • Inlet support bracket and floor stubs are optional
- Tailings canister is optional
- Rates to 1,035lbs/min (470kg/min) on hard wheat flour with 30 mesh screens
Qi 36 Inline
- Nominal Ø 36” (Ø914mm)
- Net screen area 5ft²/sieve (0.46m²/sieve)
- Models with 2 to 6 sieves
- Net sieving area from 10 to 30 ft² (0.93 to 2.79m²)
- One 1-½ HP (1.1 kw) motor with V-belt drive
- Drive guards
- Up to Ø6” conveying lines
- Inlet support bracket and floor stubs are optional
- Improved tailings canister with manual butterfly valve
- Rates to 625lbs/min (284kg/min) on hard wheat flour with 30 mesh screens
Our pneumatic sieve compression and modular interlocking frame simplifies your sanitation and maintenance.
- Sifter can be opened, sieves pulled out and/or removed completely, maintained, and reassembled in minutes and without any specialized tools, minimizing downtime.
- Pneumatic sieve clamping system allows fast disassembly. When the drawers are closed, the sieves and screen trays simply interlock with one another.
- Using pneumatics, the upper drive frame is raised to open the sifter or lowered to compress and seal the sieve stack. The pneumatics maintains constant compression while the machine is in operation.
- Our drive and frame carriers are engineered to minimize gasket wear and eliminate leaks.
- Stainless steel sieve and product contact zone construction allows cleaning to be accomplished with dry brushing, air cleaning, water wash down, or steam cleaning.
- Dust tight gasketed construction. No suction requirements.
- Smooth crack and crevice free bottom dome with easy access to outlet transitions for thorough cleaning.
- Upper and lower drive carriers remain attached to the drive mechanism.
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