Throughput often gets discussed as if it lives somewhere downstream. People look at conveyors, crushers, mixers, or packaging lines when output slows. Screening equipment sits earlier in the process, quietly doing its job, which makes it easy to overlook. That quiet role hides how much influence screening efficiency has on the pace and consistency of an entire operation.  When a screen performs well, material moves smoothly. When it does not, everything behind it feels the effect. Oversized material sneaks through. Fine material builds up where it should not. Load balances shift. None of this happens all at once. Throughput erodes in small increments that feel manageable until they are not. …