ETE Series horizontal screens use a triple-shaft elliptical motion that keeps sticky, wet, or flaky material moving. Operators can tune the ellipse shape and angle for rapid scalping or precise fine screening, all in a low-profile package for mobile and retrofit plants.
500+ Horizontal Screens sold worldwide and still counting.
Triple-shaft ellipse: Synchronized shafts create stable elliptical throw; adjustable angle for speed vs. retention.
Anti-blinding by design: Elliptical motion keeps sticky and flaky feeds moving, reducing pegging.
Wet-ready: Spray bar integration and drainage-friendly decks for washing and dewatering.
Low profile: Horizontal layout fits mobile plants and retrofits where headroom is limited.
ETE Series keeps the horizontal screen stable with a triple-shaft elliptical throw, so sticky or wet feeds clear fast without sacrificing accuracy.
An ETE1550 with three decks, hot-dip galvanised. The whole triple-shaft drive is behind one cover on this side.
Zinc all the way through the section, inside the bolt holes and under the brackets. On a washing duty this is the difference between a frame that lasts and one that does not.
One motor drives all three shafts. They cannot be allowed to drift apart, which is what the coupling behind this cover is for.
The three shafts and the gear coupling that keeps them in phase sit behind it. Phase is what turns three circular throws into one ellipse.
Takes the body weight into the structure through coil springs. On a horizontal screen the feet carry more of the load than on an inclined one, because gravity is not helping the material along.
The rows of studs along the plate. Each one is swaged rather than torqued, so it holds its clamp load without being re-checked.
The ETE series is built in four sizes from 1,500 × 5,000 mm to 2,500 × 6,000 mm with two, three or four decks, 18.5 to 45 kW drives and weights from 5,800 to 15,700 kg. Tell us your material, feed rate, moisture and the products you need, and GELEN engineering will select the size, deck count and screen media.
| Main Dimensions mm | Weight kg | Power kW | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Width | Length | 2-Deck | 3-Deck | 4-Deck | ||
| ETE2560 | 2500 | 6000 | 14,700 | 15,700 | - | 45 |
| ETE2260 | 2200 | 6000 | 13,800 | 14,800 | 15,700 | 37–45 |
| ETE1860 | 1800 | 6000 | 7,300 | 8,600 | 10,100 | 22–30 |
| ETE1550 | 1500 | 5000 | 5,800 | 6,700 | 7,700 | 18.5–22 |
Every horizontal screen is built to its duty. Send those numbers and an engineer comes back with a size, a drive and what it will do in your circuit.
Size one for meFive steps from feed to a precise cut on a flat deck.
Three parallel shafts run in phase, held there by a gear coupling so they cannot drift apart under load.
The phased unbalance produces an elliptical stroke rather than the circle a single shaft gives — lift on one axis, travel on the other.
High-G lift opens the bed so fines can work down to the media instead of riding on top of the coarse fraction.
The same ellipse carries material down the deck, which is what lets the deck lie flat instead of relying on gravity.
Adjusting the stroke angle trades travel speed against screening time, so a precise cut and a sticky feed can both be accommodated.
Designed for easy integration of high-pressure spray bars. The unique elliptical motion aggressively agitates the material bed, allowing water to thoroughly wash aggregates, sand, and ore, preventing blinding even with heavy clay content.
By adjusting the ellipse angle to be more aggressive, the ETE series handles high-volume, sticky feed directly from primary crushers or heavy feeders. The robust frame and shock-absorbing spring suspension withstand the impact of large, coarse materials.
When tight cut points are required, the stroke angle can be tightened. This delays the flow of material over the deck, increasing retention time and allowing near-size fine particles ample opportunity to find and pass through the apertures.
Six reasons the triple-shaft ETE horizontal screen is chosen for difficult, wet and high-precision screening.
Three synchronised shafts generate an elliptical stroke with a high-G lifting phase and a forward throw, giving clean stratification across the full width of the deck.
The aggressive elliptical motion keeps sticky, wet and flaky material moving, so near-size stones do not peg the apertures and wet fines do not blind the deck.
Operators tune the ellipse shape and angle to trade speed for retention: more aggressive for scalping sticky feed, tighter for precise fine screening.
Spray bar integration and drainage-friendly decks let the same ETE work as a washing and dewatering screen as well as a dry sizing screen.
The horizontal layout needs less headroom than an inclined screen, which suits mobile plants and retrofits in existing structures.
A robust frame and shock-absorbing spring suspension take the impact of large, coarse material fed straight from primary crushers or heavy feeders.
The ETE is chosen where an inclined screen would struggle: wet feed, fine cuts, or no headroom.
Every circuit is different. Send us yours and we will say where a horizontal screen fits and what it changes downstream.
Check my circuitUnlike standard single-shaft circular screens or twin-shaft linear screens, the GELEN ETE Series utilizes three synchronized shafts grouped in a precisely aligned mechanism to generate an intense elliptical stroke. This motion consists of a high-G lifting phase combined with an aggressive forward throw. This synergy uniquely resists pegging by near-size stones and resists blinding by wet fines, while ensuring excellent material stratification across the entire width of the screen deck.
| FEATURE | GELEN ETE SERIES | STANDARD INCLINED | STANDARD LINEAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drive Mechanism | Triple-Shaft (Elliptical) | Single-Shaft (Circular) | Twin-Shaft (Linear) |
| Blinding Resistance | Excellent (Aggressive Stroke) | Moderate | Poor (Plugging Risk) |
| Installation Profile | Low-Profile (Horizontal) | High Headroom (15-20° pitch) | Low-Profile |
| Stroke Adjustability | Adjustable Angle & Amplitude | Amplitude Only | Amplitude Only |
Not sure which one? Send us the duty and an engineer will say which, and what you would give up by choosing the other.
Which one fits?
Technical guides and industry organisations for aggregate producers.
A horizontal vibrating screen is a screening machine whose deck sits flat or at a very shallow angle (typically 0–5°) and is driven by mechanical exciters that push material along the deck while stratifying it through the apertures.
Because the deck is horizontal, material residence time is longer than on an inclined screen, so horizontal screens deliver higher screening accuracy in a much lower-profile machine — ideal for mobile plants and retrofit installations where headroom is limited.
Inclined screens use gravity and a circular throw to move material down a 15–25° slope, while horizontal screens use a linear or elliptical throw to push material across a flat deck. Horizontal screens give longer retention time and higher screening efficiency for fine cuts, dewatering, and wet washing, and they fit into much shorter chassis heights — which is why they dominate mobile and modular plants.
Inclined screens still win on raw throughput when headroom is available, but a horizontal vibrating screen is the right pick whenever cut accuracy or compact installation matter more than peak tons-per-hour.
The ETE Series horizontal vibrating screen runs a triple-shaft elliptical drive instead of the more common twin-shaft linear motion. Three synchronized shafts generate a tunable ellipse, so operators can widen the throw for sticky and wet feeds or tighten it for precision dry sizing — without changing the machine.
That tuning range is what lets one ETE Series horizontal screen cover scalping, sizing, dewatering, and fine screening duties that would otherwise need separate machines.
ETE Series horizontal screens are built for the feeds that punish other machines: sticky clay-bound aggregates, wet sand, flaky shale, recycled construction debris, and high-moisture mineral ores. The elliptical throw constantly shears the bed, which prevents the pegging and blinding that would clog a circular-motion inclined screen on the same feed.
They also handle clean dry stone perfectly well — the elliptical motion just gives operators more headroom to stay on-spec when the feed turns nasty.
Yes — ETE horizontal screens are wet-ready out of the box. Spray-bar mounts run across each deck, the side plates are sealed for spray containment, and the decks themselves use open-area panels designed for fast drainage.
The horizontal layout helps water sheet evenly across the bed instead of running off the low end of an inclined screen, so washing and dewatering duty give cleaner cuts with less reagent or makeup water.
The ETE Series is built in four sizes, from the ETE1550 (1500 × 5000 mm) to the ETE2560 (2500 × 6000 mm), in 2-deck, 3-deck and 4-deck configurations. Drive power ranges from 18.5 kW on the smallest ETE1550 up to 45 kW on the ETE2260 and ETE2560.
That covers throughput requirements from compact mobile plants through full stationary aggregate and mining lines.
ETE horizontal screens are most often specified in mobile and modular crushing-and-screening plants where chassis height is the limiting constraint, in retrofit projects where the existing screen house cannot accept a tall inclined unit, and in wash plants where dewatering and fines recovery decide the product spec.
They are common in aggregates, sand and gravel, recycling, mineral processing, and coal preparation.
Routine maintenance on a horizontal vibrating screen focuses on five items: inspect screen media weekly for wear and tensioning, grease the bearings on the schedule the OEM specifies (typically every 200–400 operating hours), check spring suspension and rubber buffers for fatigue, verify drive belt or coupling alignment, and re-torque deck and side-plate fasteners after the first 50 hours and then quarterly.
ETE Series machines are designed for tool-friendly access — bearings, springs, and screen panels can all be reached without dismantling adjacent equipment, which keeps maintenance windows short.
Send your material, your capacity and the product sizes you need. An engineer answers, not a form.