High capacity filtering screen

A filtering assembly comprising:

• a screen housing having two sidewalls and two end walls, defining a perimeter with a length and a width, a top face and a bottom face;
• a first pair of ribs disposed within the perimeter, spanning the width of the screen housing and each rib extending from the top face to the bottom face of the screen housing;
• a first opening located on the top face of the screen housing defined by a first rib and a second rib of the first pair of ribs;
• and
• a second opening located on the bottom face of the screen housing defined by the first rib and the second rib of the first pair of ribs,
• wherein a width of the first opening is different from a width of the second opening.

A method comprising:

• forming a first screen housing having two first sidewalls and two first end walls, defining a first perimeter with a first length and a first width, a top face, and a bottom face, and at least one pair of ribs spanning a width of the first screen housing;
• attaching a first screen segment between a first rib and second rib of each pair of ribs on at least one of the top face or the bottom face of the screen housing;
• and
• attaching a second screen segment between the at least one pair of ribs and an adjacent pair of ribs the screen housing and/or the two first sidewalls on a at least one of the top face or the bottom face of the screen housing, such that the top face and the bottom face each have a first or second screen segment disposed thereon.