Cleaner Balls

Sifter Cleaner Balls for Screen Cleaning

Polyurethane, rubber and silicone sifter cleaner balls that keep your screens from blinding, including metal detectable balls with a stainless core, in sizes from 5/8" to 2".

Abrasion Resistant

Polyurethane cleaner balls.

FDA and Food Grade

Polyurethane, neoprene, silicone.

Metal Detectable

T430 stainless core.

5/8" to 2"

Balls and cubes.

Prevent Blinding

How Sifter Cleaning Balls Work

Cleaner balls sit on a ball tray under the sifter screen. As the sifter vibrates, the balls bounce against the underside of the mesh and dislodge particles that wedge in the openings or build up on the wire. That steady screen cleaning keeps the mesh open.

The goal is to prevent blinding. Blinding means loss of capacity and more overs, so product that should pass through the screen ends up rejected. Choosing the right ball material for your product, temperature and sanitation needs keeps the screen clean without contaminating the process.

Cleaner balls work with the screening media and frames in your sifter, and we can supply all three.

Warning Signs

Signs You Need New Cleaner Balls

  • Screens blinding between cleanings

  • Loss of capacity through the sifter

  • More overs than normal

  • Balls worn flat, cracked or undersized

  • Ball pieces found downstream

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Cleaner Ball Types

Choose a cleaner ball by abrasion, food contact, temperature and metal detection needs. Send us your sifter and ball tray details and we will match the size.

Ball Type Core Properties Sizes
Polyurethane Non-magnetic or T430 magnetic stainless Most abrasion resistant; resists oil, moisture and chemicals; FDA approved; colors available 5/8" to 2"
Polyurethane Metal Detectable T430 stainless Core mass never changes, so pieces stay detectable Ask us
Polyurethane Pan Cleaners Ask us Polyurethane pan cleaners for sifter pans Ask us
White Neoprene Rubber None Food grade; resists fats, oils, ozone and weather 5/8" to 2"
Black Neoprene Rubber None Non-food applications 5/8" to 2"
Black EPDM Rubber None Resists abrasion, weather and ozone; medium to high temperature 5/8" to 2"
Hi-Temp None Food grade silicone for high temperatures Ask us
Polyurethane Cubes Non-magnetic or T430 magnetic stainless Cube shape in polyurethane Ask us
Metal Detectable

Metal Detectable Cleaner Balls

In food and pharmaceutical sifting, a broken cleaner ball is a contamination risk. Our polyurethane metal detectable cleaner balls have a T430 magnetic stainless core, so pieces can be found by metal detectors or pulled out by magnets downstream.

Because the core is stainless steel, its mass never changes, and the polyurethane shell gives the same abrasion, oil, moisture and chemical resistance as our standard polyurethane balls. Polyurethane cubes are also available with the same T430 core.

Cutaway of a polyurethane metal detectable sifter cleaner ball showing its stainless steel core

T430 stainless core

Magnet and detector friendly

FDA approved polyurethane

Balls and cubes

Get a Quote

What to Send for a Cleaner Ball Quote

Send us these details, or a sample ball, and we will quote the right cleaner balls.

Send Us Why It Matters
Sifter Make and Model So the balls fit your ball tray.
Ball Size and Quantity Diameter from 5/8" to 2", and how many per tray.
Product Food, pharmaceutical or industrial, for the right material.
Operating Temperature For EPDM or Hi-Temp silicone.
Metal Detection If you need a T430 stainless core.
Industries

Cleaner Balls by Industry

Sifter cleaner balls for food, pharmaceutical, milling, coating and industrial screening.

Food Processing

Pharmaceutical

Milling

Powder Coating

Manufacturing

Metal Working

Oil Field

Wastewater Treatment

FAQs

Cleaner Ball Questions

Tell us your sifter, product and temperature, and we will recommend the right ball.

Sifter cleaner balls sit on a ball tray below the screen. As the sifter vibrates they bounce against the underside of the mesh and knock loose particles that would otherwise blind the screen. Blinding means loss of capacity and more overs, so cleaner balls help keep your screens working at full capacity.

Polyurethane cleaner balls are the most abrasion resistant. They also resist oil, moisture and chemicals, are FDA approved, and come in sizes from 5/8" to 2" in a range of colors.

Metal detectable cleaner balls are polyurethane balls with a T430 magnetic stainless steel core. If a ball breaks apart, the pieces can be picked up by metal detection or magnets downstream. Because the core is stainless, its mass never changes.

Polyurethane cleaner balls are FDA approved, white neoprene rubber balls are food grade, and Hi-Temp balls are made from food grade silicone. Black neoprene rubber balls are for non-food applications.

Black EPDM rubber balls are suited to medium to high temperatures, and Hi-Temp balls are made from food grade silicone for high temperature applications.

Polyurethane and rubber cleaner balls are available from 5/8" to 2" in diameter. Polyurethane cubes are also available, non-magnetic or with a T430 magnetic stainless core.

Screening and Classifying

More Screening Products

Screens, frames and parts for sifters and separators.

Screening Media

Stainless steel and nylon mesh.

Vibratory

Screens for vibratory separators.

Round & Pretension

New screens and re-screening.

Frames

Wood and metal sifter frames.

Need Sifter Cleaner Balls?

Send us your sifter model, ball size and product, and we will quote your cleaner balls.