Machines in Blow room

Part II
 Coarse cleaning
equipment

Axi- flow Mono cylinder

Step cleaner
cleaner cleaner

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 General design feature
• Material is processed while it is in free flight
• The striking elements are widely spaced
• There is no undue compression to the material as it is undergoes processing
• The opening efficiency of these machines are poor/ mild
• Cleaning efficiency is excellent
• The opening/ cleaning element is housed within a cylindrical low pressure
chamber so that
• dust can’t escape the chamber as air pressure is more outside
• housing provides safety to the operators
• tufts thrown by centrifugal force of the beating elements remain within the chamber

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SRRL Cleaner / step cleaner
Design feature
• Consists of a series of drums with 4 rows of striking elements (fingers) arranged in an inclined
plane
• Grid bars cover lower 25% part of individual drum chamber
• Baffle plates prevent from creating circular air current by deflecting the air generated by the
rotating drums.
• Drums are enclosed in a rectangular chamber

Drum Technical data

6
Inclination angle of drums : 45- 600,
Baffle 5 Drum diameter: 10 inch ( 25.4cm)
plate
4 Tuft Finger height : 4 inch (10cm),
exit
Tuft 3 Grid bar cover: 25% of circumference
entry
2 Grid
Distance between drums : 19 inch ( 48 cm ) ,
bars Speed: 500- 600 rpm
1
Surface speed at striker tip : 800 - 860 m/ min ,
CE% = 9 - 12%

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Working principle of step cleaner
Drum
6
Baffle 5
Tuft plate
4 Tuft
Drum Drum exit
Tuft 3
entry
2 Grid bars

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 Drum
6
Drum arrangement Baffle 5
plate
4 Tuft
Tuft 3 exit
entry
2 Grid
u 6 bars
Dr 1
m
Tuft
5 exit

4 C. Angular configuration
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affl
B ate id Tuft
pl 3 Gr rs
ba entry
Baffle plate
2
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Tu ntry

Dr
1

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2
1

6
4
3

5
Tuft exit

Grid bars
A. Horizontal configuration
B. Vertical configuration

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Axi- flow/ dual roller cleaner
Inle
t
Tuft Adjustable
guide
Design feature
• Two drums are mounted parallel to each other within a
rectangular chamber
B A
• Drum surface is riveted with 6 / 8 rows of striking
elements ( fingers 10 cm) projecting out perpendicularly
• Spikes are arranged in spiral on drum surface
Trash particles • The lower surface of the drum is covered by a series of
grid bars
Technical data
Drum diameter = 40 – 60 cm • There are inlet and outlet to the machine.
Length of strikers = 10cm • Adjustable guide avoid circulation of tufts
Rotational speed = 400 rpm
• Dead air space below the machine for trash
Air velocity : Inlet & outlet :
= 1200 ft/ min ( 365 m/min or 6.1 m/s)
accumulation
Surface speed at striker tip = 760 m/min • Machine is connected to suction pump
Production rate = 500Kg/h
CE% = 15 - 22.5 %

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Opening principle 30 cm
Path of air stream

outlet
• Buffeting during free Inlet
flight
Path of tuft

Grid
bar
Dead air chamber

1 3

Inlet Tuft Adjustable

guide
2

B A

Trash particles

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 Mono cylinder cleaner Hood

let
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Inlet

• Design feature
Drum
• Similar to axi- flow cleaner but
having only single drum with strikers
on it
Grid
• Opening principle
• Beating during free flight

Guide plate

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 Uniclean Material Material
Exit Entry
Waste
Working principle
• It is a cleaning and de-dusting machine for all types of cotton.
• Impurities are gently treated and effectively removed.
Baffle plate

Perforated plate
Method of operation
• The material enters via pipe Beater
• The baffle plates guide the tufts in a spiral several times over the
beater
• The beater acts on the tufts in suspended state Grid

• The waste is removed periodically via the stripper roller through Waste
the pipe at regular interval determined by the pneumatic waste
transport system.
Stripper
• The cleaned material is drawn off and transported to the next
machine
• Part of the incoming transport air is drawn off via the perforated plate

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IITD 11
 Duo cleaner
1. Double cleaning rolls
Independent speed setting of the beaters
High de-dusting surface of  1,6 msq
2. Independent adjustable grid
Grids total surface: 2.24 sqm
Two different waste chambers
Independent setting of the grids
Working width 1600 mm for each beater

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