Cleaning with brushes

Spiral brushes with inward-facing bristles made of plastic, steel or stainless steel are an effective tool for simple cleaning tasks such as removing scale residues, powder drawing agents and dust. The spiral brushes offered by GEO are available in 3 standard diameters. The inward-facing fill is usually overlapping. Brush diameter and fill thickness determine the degree of hardness. Variants with a core hole complete the diverse range.

Brushing machines with rotating spiral brushes are compact systems for the mechanical in-line treatment of round materials. For this purpose, the material passes through a spiral brush fixed in a rotating unit. The rotation boosts the wiping effect of this proven tool and effectively reduces the dirt build-up on the bristles. Depending on the application and material the brushes can have synthetic, brass or steel bristles.

The system consists of a sturdy steel frame with a conically downward shaped working box with exhaust connector. Inside the chamber is the rotation unit for holding a spiral brush. The chamber is fitted with a lid. If required, an air wipe can be installed behind it to finally blow off loose residual particles.

Removed contaminants are collected in the box and can be discharged by means of a suction device, connected to the exhaust connector. Finally, loose residual particles are blown off with a compressed air nozzle. To change the used spiral brush, the two-part rotation unit is opened and a new brush is clamped in place. 

The compact brushing system DRB SCS has a similar structure as the big brother DRB WCS. Concentrated on a small work box with docked control cabinet, the unit requires only about 420 mm of space.

The DRB WCS and DRB SCS brush cleaning units are successfully used for:

• Removal of scale residues, metal particles and dust
• Reduction of drawing agent residues such as calcium and sodium stearate
• Reduction and uniform leveling of release agents such as talcum on insulated conductors