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Automatic Alchemist – Your Automatic Strainer AI Assistant
Automatic Alchemist is a custom AI assistant built specifically for automatic strainers and self-cleaning filters. It has been trained on technical literature, sizing data, and application guidance, so it can answer many of the same questions we handle every day — sizing an Eaton® Model 2596 by flow, comparing backwashing, mechanically cleaned, and tubular designs, recommending the best-suited system, and explaining how each type works — any time of day.
The chat is open in the window below. Type a question to get started. Automatic Alchemist will ask for your email so a sales engineer can follow up. You may also call 908.362.9981 or use the strainer selection form. We typically return a proposal within 1 business day.
Questions You Can Ask
- Size an Eaton Model 2596 for 800 GPM of water at 100 mesh.
- Which is better for my duty, a backwashing strainer or a mechanically cleaned strainer?
- Recommend the best-suited automatic strainer for a viscous coating at 60 GPM and 50 microns.
- How does a tubular backwashing filter clean itself without stopping flow?
- What is a flushing strainer, and when should I use a modified basket strainer?
Call 908.362.9981
or use the strainer selection form for a proposal within 1 business day.
What Automatic Alchemist Can Help With
- Sizing an Eaton Model 2596 from your flow rate, and estimating clean pressure drop
- Recommending the best-suited design: a flushing strainer, a backwashing strainer, a mechanically cleaned strainer, a tubular backwashing filter, or a multiplexed system
- Comparing backwashing basket strainers, mechanically cleaned strainers, and tubular backwashing filters
- Explaining how each design cleans itself while the pipeline stays in service
- Converting mesh and micron ratings
- Pointing you to the strainer selection form when you are ready for a formal proposal
Automatic Alchemist is available 24/7/365, and it will prompt you to contact us when a human is the better choice.
How Automatic Alchemist Works
Type your application in the chat on this page — flow, fluid, retention, and anything you already know about pressure or viscosity. Automatic Alchemist uses published capacity data to size and compare designs and to explain how they work. Flushing units are treated as a modified basket strainer. Backwashing, mechanically cleaned, and tubular lines are identified as Eaton products, including the Model 2596, DCF, MCF, MCS, AFR, and AFC families. The assistant will ask for your email so a sales engineer can review the recommendation and follow up. Formal proposals are typically returned within 1 business day.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Automatic Alchemist?
Automatic Alchemist is a custom AI assistant for automaticstrainers.com. It helps size and compare automatic strainers and self-cleaning filters, recommend the best-suited design for a duty, and explain how each type works, any time of day.
What can I ask Automatic Alchemist?
You can ask it to size an Eaton Model 2596 from your flow rate, compare backwashing, mechanically cleaned, and tubular designs, recommend the best-suited strainer or filter, convert mesh and micron ratings, and explain how flushing, backwashing, mechanical, and tubular systems clean themselves.
How does Automatic Alchemist size an Eaton Model 2596?
Give it the flow rate in GPM, and optionally the pipe size, mesh or micron rating, specific gravity, and viscosity. It uses published capacity data and a clean-strainer pressure-drop estimate, then a sales engineer will confirm the selection.
What is the difference between backwashing, mechanically cleaned, and tubular systems?
Backwashing basket strainers, such as the Eaton Model 2596, divert about 5 percent of already strained flow back through the screen for a few minutes and are used mainly on water. Mechanically cleaned strainers, including Eaton DCF, MCF, and MCS units, wipe the element into a purge chamber with very little product loss and suit viscous or high-value fluids. Eaton AFR and AFC tubular backwashing filters clean one chamber at a time and are used for finer retention, typically down to about 1 to 3 microns, while the remaining chambers stay in service.
What is a flushing strainer?
A flushing strainer is a modified basket strainer with a drain port at the bottom of the basket. Opening the drain valve flushes retained particles. It works best with hard, non-deformable solids and is the low-cost, short-lead-time way to reduce manual cleaning.
Does Automatic Alchemist ask for my email, and can I get a proposal?
Yes. It asks for your email so a sales engineer can follow up, verify the recommendation, and add any needed context. You can also submit the strainer selection form. Factory Direct Pipeline Products typically returns a system proposal within 1 business day. You may also call 908.362.9981.
Other Online Tools
- Strainer selection form
- Automatic filtration system designs
- Backwashing vs mechanically cleaned strainers
- What is a flushing strainer?
- Particle size (mesh and micron) chart
- Automatic strainers home page
Call 908.362.9981
or use the strainer selection form. We typically return a proposal within 1 business day.