Why Are Vibrating Screens Widely Used in Solid Waste Treatment and Aggregate Production Lines?

Why Are Vibrating Screens Widely Used in Solid Waste Treatment and Aggregate Production Lines?

Vibrating screen is one of the main types of industrial screening equipment. 

There are many mechanical screening solutions for solid waste disposal, 

recycling and aggregate production lines. However, vibrating screen provides 

many unique advantages, making it a wide choice for various industrial applications.

What is a vibrating screen?

As the name implies, the design of vibrating screen is based on the principle 

of transferring vibration to the screening surface, so as to separate and 

classify different particles according to size. 

No matter how the machine is designed, the principle is the same: 

vibration will destroy the surface tension between particles, thus forcing them 

to separate. The particles with too small size are called "fine particles" and fall 

down through the screening surface. At the same time, oversized particles are 

carried on the screen surface. This is an important application in many industries, 

especially mineral processing.

Unique advantages of vibrating screen 

Due to its unique design features, vibrating screen is more widely used in 

solid waste treatment and aggregate production lines than other screening 

equipment. We will further describe these advantages in detail below.

Improve processing and material quality

Although some screening equipment is more suitable for different materials, 

vibrating screen has many advantages in aggregate and mining material processing. 

Vibrating screen equipment is particularly sophisticated, which can meet the fineness 

requirements of these industries. Their design creates the force required to separate 

oversized particles from fines, making it easier to recycle products even when dealing 

with materials that require significantly smaller separation sizes. This leads to higher 

yields and improved overall quality of screened products.

Reduce operating costs

Vibrating screens are known for their rugged design. Due to the simple working principle 

and streamlined design of modern machines, the price of vibrating screen is generally 

cheaper than other types of screening machines. This will reduce the initial investment 

of the project to a certain extent.

In addition, compared with more complex machinery, vibrating screen can operate 

with lower energy consumption, thus saving the continuous operating cost for enterprises. 

Also, as the higher frequency vibration is directly transmitted to the screening surface, 

it is only necessary to replace the screening medium regularly. This helps to save 

maintenance and repair costs that are typically associated with the selection 

of other screening equipment.

Less maintenance and downtime

Maintenance and downtime caused by repairs or equipment failures can result in 

significant loss of productivity and profits. Many types of screens will experience 

severe wear, especially in demanding applications such as aggregate processing. 

However, the vibrating screen has the advantage of less maintenance and downtime. 

This is the result of their design, whose center is to transfer the vibration force 

only to the screening surface.

In addition, the design and manufacture of high-quality vibrating screening equipment 

make other parts of the machine less affected by vibration force. In more complex designs, 

the machine is constructed to allow adequate absorption and damping of vibrations 

outside the screen medium. This has less overall wear on the machine, further 

reducing downtime and maintenance.

Higher screening efficiency

Although there are various screening equipment on the market, vibrating screen is an 

ideal choice when operation requires a simple solution that can handle higher feed flow. 

In fact, the vibrating screen has a high working efficiency at a continuous high flow rate. 

For other types of screening equipment, the same material throughput may result in 

clogging of the sieve or slower material feeding.