Custom Flexible Connectors, Sleeves, Tubing, and Industrial Process Supplies

Reduce Dust Leaks | Improve Equipment Flexibility | Extend Connector Life

We help identify and implement the right Siftex solution for flexible process connections, custom sleeves, welded and sewn connectors, flexible tubing, industrial hoses, catch cloths, screener balls, and replacement connector components. From food processing and pharmaceuticals to chemicals, plastics, agriculture, and other bulk material handling industries, Siftex products help manufacturers improve product containment, reduce downtime, minimize dust leakage, and increase equipment reliability.

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Welded Connectors • Sewn Connectors • Flexible Sleeves • ClearFlex Tubing • Rubber Tubing • Industrial Hoses • Catch Cloths • Screener Balls

Siftex Screen-Cleaning Balls

Help keep screen openings clear from below the mesh.

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Siftex Screen-Cleaning Balls — Siftex: Screen-Cleaning Balls. Manufacturer equipment example.

Screen-Cleaning Balls for your process

Help keep screen openings clear from below the mesh.

Siftex Better Balls are used in suitable ball-tray screening arrangements. Their movement beneath the screen helps dislodge material from openings. Ball size, resilience, material and the tray arrangement must suit the screen and product.

Example: Review screen blinding where an existing ball-tray deck needs suitable replacement balls.

Also known as: Sifter balls, mesh-cleaning balls, deblinding balls, Better Balls.

Address mesh blinding

cleaning action takes place beneath a suitable screen.

Match the ball to the deck

diameter, hardness and resilience influence behaviour.

Review material contact

wear, chemistry and detectability requirements guide the compound.

How It Works

Place suitable balls in the designed tray

Screen motion moves the balls

Ball contact helps clear material from the mesh

Typical Materials & Industries

Food powders

review product contact and contamination-control requirements.

Dry bulk screening

ball-tray and mesh details determine the fit.

Industrial powders

abrasion, temperature and chemical exposure influence material choice.

Application & Process Context

Connection dimensions, offset and movement, product and cleaning chemistry, temperature, pressure or vacuum, abrasion, and any material-compliance documentation needed.

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Configuration & Application Review

Equipment duty: Help keep screen openings clear from below the mesh.
Selection basis: Connection dimensions, offset and movement, product and cleaning chemistry, temperature, pressure or vacuum, abrasion, and any material-compliance documentation needed.
Available configuration review: Ball diameter, Compound and hardness, Gum rubber or selected elastomers, Polyurethane or silicone choices, Selected metal-detectable polyurethane, Material documentation.
Application verification: No. Detectability depends on fragment size and the actual detector and product conditions. Validate the selected material with your inspection system and maintenance procedure.

Options to discuss

Ball diameter
Compound and hardness
Gum rubber or selected elastomers
Polyurethane or silicone choices
Selected metal-detectable polyurethane
Material documentation

Application Questions

Does metal detectable mean every fragment will be found?

No. Detectability depends on fragment size and the actual detector and product conditions. Validate the selected material with your inspection system and maintenance procedure.

What should I send RTS for a review?

Connection dimensions, offset and movement, product and cleaning chemistry, temperature, pressure or vacuum, abrasion, and any material-compliance documentation needed.

PDF Literature & Technical Resources

Confirm the complete quoted equipment, operating conditions and selected options for your application.

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Use a welded sleeve

Welded Flexible Connectors >>

Join process equipment with a tailored flexible connection.

Example: Connect an equipment outlet to a moving machine while reviewing dust containment.

Also known as: Welded sleeves, flexible process connectors, custom transitions.

Use a sewn fabric

Sewn Flexible Connectors >>

Use selected fabric construction for a moving process connection.

Example: Connect a sifter discharge with a custom fabric sleeve suited to the movement.

Also known as: Siftsox, sewn sleeves, fabric connectors, sifter socks.

See the product flow

Clear-Flex SDX Connectors >>

Keep the material path visible through a selected flexible connector.

Example: Observe a dry-material transfer through a clear flexible connection.

Also known as: Clear polyurethane connectors, transparent sleeves, Clear-Flex SDX.

Select a rubber sleeve

Seamless Rubber Tubing >>

Choose a rubber sleeve around the product and operating conditions.

Example: Replace a flexible sleeve where the existing compound is affected by wear or cleaning chemistry.

Also known as: Seamless rubber sleeves, rubber connector tubing, elastomer sleeves.

Contain conveyor spills

Under-Conveyor Catch Cloths >>

Contain crumbs and loose material beneath a conveyor.

Example: Collect bakery crumbs under a conveyor instead of allowing them to fall across the area below.

Also known as: Bakery crumb catchers, catch cloths, under-conveyor containment.