Traversing Showers
Traversing shower systems offer streak-free cleaning with reduced water use.
Features/Benefits
- Ultra high-pressure shower jets completely clean fabrics without streaking - Streak-free sheets at the reel - for more tonnage of a more salable product
- High-pressure spray reduces water consumption by up to 95% - reduced water treatment costs; reduced wastewater flows and treatment costs
- Integral air jet dries applied water - less moisture in dryer section means reduced drying requirements and reduced dryer operating costs
- Simplified, self-contained design - expensive, maintenance-intensive cantilevers and exposed cross-machine cabling are eliminated
- High-efficiency 40w/24v operation - low running costs, high operator safety
- Operational flexibility - can be programmed for continuous cleaning or spot cleaning
- Can be linked to PLC or mill wide DCS controls - complete integration of cleaning function into the papermaking process
Applications
- Forming fabrics
- Top-wire formers
- Pick-up felts
- 3rd and 4th press felts
- Suction or grooved rolls
- Dryer fabrics
- Machine clothing with stubborn pitch, stickies, or hot melts
Specifications/Performance
| Conventional Showers | UHP Showers | |
| Pressure (psi) | 30 | 1600 |
| Nozzle (in) | .040 | .010 |
| Flow (gpm) | .515 | .067 |
| Power (watts) | 40 | 40 |