Screens and Elements

Ulbrec has unique capability in manufacturing screens and filter elements from woven, perforated and multi-layer sintered stainless steels, wedge wire, duplex and super duplex stainless steels and exotic copper-nickel and copper-nickel-chromium alloys.

Screen Set

Protection for High Value Equipment

Engineered to order Ulbrec screens endure in challenging applications including in high temperature, high pressure, cryogenic, high viscosity, highly corrosive, reversing and pulsating flow. Ulbrec Conical Protector and screen designs are optimized using Best Available Technology for:
  • Flow area & distribution / turbulence / pressure drop / noise
  • Natural frequency
  • Mechanical integrity

Mechanical Integrity

Using proprietary processes and design methods, Ulbrec Engineers To Order solutions that provide segment leading mesh adhesion & protection, fatigue resistance and impact resistance

Energy Efficiency & System Effects:

Ulbrec Conical Protector designs embody leading edge understanding of the effects of shape, thicknesses, mesh characteristics and fluid velocity profile on the pressure drop and turbulence induced by conical strainers in piping systems Ulbrec's historical test data and extensive application experience is a critical enabler of the complimentary computational simulation and analysis.

Construction Options

Ulbrec has designed and manufactured thousands of Engineered to Order conical strainers, in a wide array of construction options. ASME RF and RTJ flanges | Octagonal or circular base element | Sandwiched mesh | Sintered meshes | Wedge wire and mesh | Nose supports | Integrated pipe spool, cone and DP monitoring assemblies etc