Spencer Strainer Systems

• Maximize Productivity
• Reduce Cost
• Protect the Environment

This unique equipment was invented and patented by our founder, Glen Spencer over 25 years ago. Over time, the Spencer Strainer has proven reliable and cost effective as a self-cleaning filter system in a number of applications, including:

FOOD & BEVERAGE

Baby Food
Peanut Butter
Pizza Sauce
Tomato Sauce
Dairy
Toothpaste

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INDUSTRIAL

Resins
Paints
Polymers
Adhesives

We are now offering a monthly lease on most models. This enables you to verify the strainer’s performance in your application at low risk. Test leases are also available on customized equipment. Costs may vary. 

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Our Systems

The Spencer Strainer System is a self-cleaning filter-strainer system that is unique in its design and effectiveness. How does it achieve the desired results your process needs?

Product to be filtered enters the strainer through the inlet; filtration is from the outside in.

  • After the particles are screened out of the flow, the product exits up through the center to the outlet.

  • The particles accumulate in the canister and are purged as needed.

  • The purged particles are piped away for disposal, recycling or re-use.

  • There are no bags or elements to be replaced.

  • The process is sealed, keeping products in the piping and out of the atmosphere. 

  • The process is continuous, avoiding stoppages and waste found in other types of filtration.

  • Screens of various micron size openings can be easily interchanged for multiple applications.

  • All strainers are suitable for aseptic applications.

  • Our strainers also work well as pre-filters upstream of membranes, centrifuges, and other fine filter media.

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WATCH NOW: How the Spencer Strainer System Works

The Spencer Strainer System is used in many applications including chemicals, coatings, brewing, ice cream, fried foods, peanut butter and toothpaste. 

WATCH NOW: Our latest offering, is the use of solar power to run the Spencer Strainer System.

This demo video shows the GS-72-F strainer unit, running on solar-generated battery power. The batteries, inverter, solar panels, and controller are visible also.

WATCH NOW: See the GS-144-F Strainer in Action

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DAIRY

GS-144-F-3A / 400 GPM

Solutions

Over time, the Spencer Strainer has proven reliable and cost effective as a self-cleaning filter system in a number of applications such as the following:

Peanut/Almond Butter • Oil • Acrylic • Polymers • Paint • Biofuels • Toothpaste • Caulk • Chocolate • Spirits • Wastewater • Pizza/Tomato Sauce • Dairy • Bath Tissue • Orange Juice • Ethanol • Cheese

 

Tell us more about your application needs.

CLIENTS

 

FOOD & BEVERAGE

Proctor & Gamble

J. M. Smucker

Unilever

General Mills

Frito Lay 

Del Monte

Tropicana

Hormel

M&M – Mars

McCain Foods

INDUSTRIAL

Arkema

Dow Chemicals

Cargill

Newalta

ADM

PPG

Sherwin- Williams

Siouxland Ethanol

Zeon Chemicals

 
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Air Burst Can Tester

Spencer Machine & Tool Company manufactures a device for testing cans to verify bursting pressure. This tester can be used to fit many sizes of cans such as those used for biscuit and cookie dough, caulk, etc. A digital recording gauge is included with compressed air connection and safety enclosure. The testers are made in our Jeffersonville, Indiana manufacturing facility, and customized to the clients’ needs.

Contact us for more information and to schedule a presentation.

Watch this short video for a brief demonstration.

 

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Inventor and Founder, Glenn Spencer, with an aseptic application.

Inventor and Founder, Glenn Spencer, with an aseptic application.

About

How did it all begin?

Spencer Strainers have been around for over 25 years. Glenn Spencer invented and patented the Spencer Strainer while developing it with Colgate. The goal was to filter toothpaste. The equipment was successful and it quickly became apparent that his unique design would work well in a multitude of different industries, including paint, food, chemical, beverage, pharmaceuticals, waste water and waste oils.

Two strainers for peanut butter.

Two strainers for peanut butter.

How our Strainers are Made

Spencer Strainers are carefully manufactured in our facility in Jeffersonville, IN, located in the the Metro Louisville, KY area.

They are made of type 316 stainless steel, investment castings, pipe, fittings, and OEM screens. All precision machining and welding is done here, as is assembly, polishing, adjustment, and pressure testing.

This gives Spencer Strainer the ability to customize filtration units to a client’s specific application.

Please view these photos and videos which demonstrate various steps in the construction of these units.

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Contact Us

Have a question for us? Please let us know and we’ll get back to you quickly. You can also give us a call at (812) 282-6300.
Fax: (812) 282-7272 
info@spencerstrainer.com

 

Where we’re located

6205 Gheens Mill Road

Jeffersonville, IN 47130