Screening equipment

A component for a screening panel assembly, the component including a screening panel having a plurality of generally boomerang-shaped openings defined through it, the openings being in the form of slots arranged in rows with each row having an interrupted saw-tooth pattern extending, in use, in a direction of flow of material over the panel, each slot having a major, longer axis extending in the direction of flow of the material, the slots in one row being staggered with respect to the slots in an adjacent row and the slots in said one row having their apices pointing in an opposite direction to the slots in the adjacent row.