KLEENair Vacuum Grain Screener
We've displayed the KLEENair unit for
the past six years at the NATIONAL FARM MACHINERY SHOW in Louisville,
KY. Visiting with hundreds of producers at the show made us aware of the
great amount of confusion regarding the different types of grain
cleaners being offered for cleaning grain as it leaves a grain dryer.
For example, the Kongskilde, Farm Fans, Super B, and GSI grain cleaners
are ASPIRATOR type cleaners, which suck air in through the discharging
grain column and pull light fines (like bees wings) in with the air, and
then blows them away. An ASPIRATOR cleaner does a fairly good job of
removing bee's wings, and light fines, but it doesn't do much about
removing fines. If all you want to do is remove bee's wings, the
ASPIRATOR type cleaner may be all you need.
The KLEENair Vacuum Grain Screener is
significantly better than the ASPIRATOR Cleaners because of the
SCREENING ACTION where the Nylon Tipped, Hanger-Bearing Auger moves the
grain across a perforated tube, enclosed in a heavy metal hopper, which
has a vacuum environment inside. Broken kernels, cracks, splits, fines
and bees wings are screened here, drawn out, and blown away by the
high-pressure blower. The fines are totally enclosed from the KLEENair
Screener to the fines storage equipment. This helps keep the area around
the dryer clean and free from blowing debris.
We encounter many grain producers who
have purchased ASPIRATOR type cleaners hoping to clean and remove broken
kernels and fines and were subsequently disappointed since this is a job
they won't do very well. The KLEENair Vacuum Grain Screener was
specifically designed to clean fines and bee's wings simultaneously. The
KLEENair Blower is also different than the blower used on other
ASPIRATOR type cleaners, in that it moves less volume of air at higher
pressure. Therefore it can transfer product further with less wear.
We designed our KLEENair Screener unit
to be rugged and solid, with heavy gauge material to provide many years
of trouble-free use. The KLEENair units are reliable. Operators tell us
they aren't even aware the KLEENair is attached; it simply runs when the
dryer runs. Customer reports have been favorable, for instance:
(1) "It keeps the area clean and
free from trash blowing around the yard".
(2) A customer reported he could
control the FM percentage by the rate he fed grain to the Self-Powered
KLEENair (from in-bin storage). He wanted to haul 1% FM in and claimed
he was able to do it. (Note: we also manufacture a Self-Powered KLEENair
with removable screens for cleaning all types of grains)
(3) One of our oldest KLEENair Dealers
commented recently that the KLEENair really had no competition since the
KLEENair is the only unit on the market with both screening and
aspirating capability. He has sold them for several years and installs
them on nearly all dryers he sells. He reports that selling the KLEENair
unit after selling the dryer is easy, once he explains what it does, how
it does it, and how little it costs.
Our KLEENair Vacuum Grain Screener
gives you a lot more VALUE for dollar spent than any other grain cleaner
on the market. You get more for your money, both in terms of equipment
and performance.
Our new SELF-POWERED KLEENair Vacuum
Grain Screener was designed for situations where the KLEENair cannot be
attached to the unload auger of a dryer. The SELF-POWERED unit is
slightly over 8' long; it includes a 2' long inlet auger and a 2' long
discharge auger. It has REMOVABLE SCREEN sections and screens are
available in any screen size you may require. It comes complete with
shielded grain inlet, grain discharge outlet, and electric drive motor
with drive kit. The three HP "Little Bertha" Blower and Motor
Assembly are recommended for this unit. The ASPIRATOR Kit and the VAC
CLEANUP ACCESSORY KIT are available for the SELF-POWERED units.
The ASPIRATOR KIT option is available
for folks who want to both screen and aspirate. It can be added to a new
or existing KLEENair Screener providing you have the 3 HP "Little
Bertha" Blower option. The standard 1 HP blower does a good job of
blowing fines and bees wing away from the screening operation, or it can
handle the ASPIRATING job alone, however it requires the additional
power of the "Little Bertha" 3 HP blower to do both screening
and aspirating simultaneously.
The 3 horsepower "Little Bertha"
Blower improves the cleaning action of any KLEENair Screener by
providing more airflow, more vacuum, and more cleaning power. The
standard one horsepower unit requires 4" tubing to take fines away.
The three horsepower, "Little Bertha" requires 6" tubing.
Both 1 HP (4" line) and 3 HP (6" line) blowers are capable of
moving screenings 100' or more from the screener.
There is a lot of interest in our
KLEENair high-pressure blowers for miscellaneous ASPIRATING operations.
For example: (1) aspirating at the discharge area of a dryer, (2)
aspirating at the head or boot of bucket elevators, (3) aspirating from
the receiving pit, (4) aspirating at the distributor of a bucket
elevator to exhaust moist air and prevent condensation into spouting and
bins, and (5) aspirating at the wet grain inlet of grain dryer to remove
bees wing and trash.