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Metal Pipeline Strainers  Installation Considerations Application for Y Strainers Introduction to Basket Strainers Applications for Basket Strainers How to Choose a Basket Strainer How to Size a Basket Strainer Types of Basket Strainers Basket Strainers - How to Choose Basket Strainers - Magnetic Inserts Proper Basket Selection and Care

Magnetic Inserts for Strainer Baskets   An interesting accessory for a strainer basket is a magnet insert. In systems where there is wear of iron or steel parts against each other there are often microscopic iron or steel particles present in the fluid. This happens in cooling or lubricating lines to bearings, in oil passing through gear boxes, and in ink processed on roller mills for example. These tiny particles can sometimes pass through the finest mesh screen. A way to catch them is to install a magnet as an insert in the strainer basket. Such inserts should be designed so all the fluid passes over it and thus comes in contact with the magnet. The magnetic element should be powerful enough to lift several times its own weigh, otherwise it will not catch and hold the metal particles. Alinico is probably the best material. Finally, the magnet should be encased in an inert material like stainless steel to prevent corrosion.   Back to Hayward  Back to PEP Copyright HAYWARD Industrial Products, Inc. 1999