Conveying & material handling

Conveying & material handling

Materials Product Brief
| February 9, 2012

Small footprint spiral conveyor

Designed to be used with different product shapes and sizes at the same time, Nercon’s Live Drum Spiral Conveyor is close to 20-ft. tall and features 17 tiers with cases travelling at 150 ft./min.
Machine Product Brief
| February 7, 2012

Material handling system for fragile food

With a process rate of 12,000 lbs./hr., National Bulk Equipment’s (NBE) automated material handling system provides a total process solution for moving highly-fragile food product through multiple process operations into bulk storage for temporary holding prior to final packaging.
Machine Product Brief
| February 7, 2012

Belting option for food packaging conveyor

Designed for specific food conveyor applications where a 100% closed surface is required, Dynamic Conveyor’s DynaClean ThermoDrive solid-surface belts provide a sanitary, low-maintenance alternative to plastic-link style belting options.
Machine Product Brief
| February 7, 2012

Versatile, ergonomic stackers

Stack-n-Go fully-powered compact stackers from Southworth Products are built on short but stable wheelbases, and provide maximum maneuverability, even in tight quarters.
Machine Product Brief
| January 16, 2012

Automated upstacker

Shuttleworth’s Automated Upstacker is designed to stack products vertically in preparation for case packing, shrink or stretch wrapping and cartoning applications.
The Model 105048 vacuum receiver discharges tea leaves into a blender.
Machine Case Study
| January 6, 2012

Pneumatic conveying moves tea leaves gently

Traditional Medicinals needed an efficient conveying system for the pharmacopoeial-grade teas and herbs it handles so that workers could work in a more ergonomically friendly environment.
Machine Product Brief
| December 20, 2011

Slat lane dividers provide speeds up to 100 m/min

Supplied as standalone machines as well as acting as modular end-of-line equipment, Cermex’s new slat lane dividers divert, distribute, sort, balance or collate packaging prior to case packing/shrink-wrapping or palletizing.
Machine Product Brief
| December 15, 2011

Bin vibrators improve flow of materials in bins, hoppers, chutes

Designed to improve the flow of hard-to-handle materials, Eriez’ line of Hi-Vi Electromagnetic bin vibrators, with their totally enclosed patented magnetic drive, can be used for applications ranging from the tiniest hopper to huge bunkers with reinforced heavy steel plate and liners.
Machine Product Brief
| December 5, 2011

Pneumatic gain-in-weight filling system

Flexicon’s Pneumati-Con® pneumatic gain-in-weight filling system for free-flowing bulk solids conveys and weighs the material, and discharges it into bulk bags.
Machine Product Brief
| December 5, 2011

Angled frame conveyors

Featuring the same 1.95-in.-high rigid aluminum frame offered in other QC Industries Automation Series Conveyors, the AS40Z Angled Frame Conveyors enable elevation changes that aren’t possible with a flat conveyor.

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