Meanings
nounprecleaner (plural precleaners)
plural precleaners
- A device or component that performs preliminary cleaning.
Depending on the design of the precleaner, the particulate removed from the airstream can either be discharged or collected in a dust bowl.
2012, Sean Bennett, Medium/Heavy Duty Truck Engines, Fuel & Computerized Management Systems, page 2191 more example
The mechanical-centrifugal dust units employed an involute scroll as a precleaner, the scroll deflecting the air through a 270° turn before admission to the separator.
1956, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Information Circular, page 25
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