Lauter Tun Wedge Wire Screen False Bottoms
Wedge wire screen is the preferred false bottom for lauter tun tanks in many breweries.
The stainless steel wedge wire screen can be made in sections to fit through any manway.
We produce False bottom lauter tun and mash tun wedge wire screens for breweries, distilleries, and wineries, fulfilling this important component of the lauter tun, where the lautering process occurs.
Constructed high-quality stainless steel wedge wire screen— with a custom slot opening sizes and screen configurations — our lautering screens provide strength, quality, and reliability in this key stage of the brewing, distilling, and winery process.
Benefits of Wedge Wire
When it comes to brewing or distilling, wedge wire screens are the preferred, state-of-the-art construction for false bottoms. The unique V profile of the wire components ensures that solids stay where they belong — while enabling filtration and proper flow for easy extraction for recirculation, turbidity testing and, eventually, boiling. With wedge wire, clogging is much less likely to occur, meaning that all steps of the lautering process can be carried out efficiently and with minimal need for adjustments or in-process maintenance by staff.
Wedge wire is also the simplest type of lauter screen construction to clean and maintain. Further, it can be easily manufactured in sections to allow for simple addition and removal — whether for maintenance or manway access.
In terms of materials, stainless steel is an ideal choice for lautering screens for several reasons:
Strength
Food/beverage grade approval
Ability to be easily cleaned
Durability
Wedge Wire False Bottom VS Perforated False Bottom
Their structural characteristics determine their differences.
Wedge wire screen: V-shaped wire structure, welded with T-shaped support wire, its advantages are:
1- Compared with the perforated plate, the structure is firm and the compression resistance is strong, and difficult to deform.
2- Large opening area.
3- Fast flow rate.
4- Stable gap size.
5- Not easy to block, easy to clean.
The advantage of the false perforated bottom is its low price, which is more suitable for home brewing,
And wedge wire false bottom is generally used in industrial beer brewing, choose the most suitable product according to the use environment.
