(Duravant: Downers Grove, IL) -- Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, introduces its new #16 air cleaner. Removing extraneous vegetable matter (EVM), dirt, and other lightweight materials, this system cleans product of debris to improve product quality and line efficiency. Key’s redesigned air cleaner features a new fan, motor, screen, and chamber configuration to enhance sanitation and reduce maintenance while increasing airflow capacity and spreading air velocity more evenly across the product screen.

“At Key, we partner closely with customers to develop new solutions to their production problems. Our new air cleaner was driven by one customer’s desire to remove even more debris for a cleaner product. While we designed this system primarily to improve performance, we looked for opportunities to maximize sanitation and maintenance, too,” says Jack Lee, president of Key Technology Americas. “Predictive modeling software was crucial in the development of this air cleaner. Computational fluid dynamics enabled us to model the airflow to put together a revolutionary design backed by real data.”

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