Industry: Food Application Issue/Problem: This conveyor uses two modular belts (top and bottom belt) to press down chicken breasts. Because of the pressure applied in this application, it would cause the acetal modular belts to stretch leading to premature failure. Solution: Safari Ultra-Tuff series 150. The Ultra-Tuff material provides superior strength and stretch resistance, improving […]
INDUSTRY: Sand and gravel PROBLEM: Customer needed a solution for his outside conveyor, as the rollers were wearing prematurely due to moisture issues. SOLUTION: We supplied Luff rollers with our high-end technology- high moisture-sealed end cap and bearings. They are not experiencing the failures they were with our competition!
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Problem: A sand and gravel plant had fine sand carryback issues on the return side of their belt. When the sand gets wet, it tends to stick to the steel return rollers; this causes belt tracking issues due to uneven roll build-up. Solution: We supplied a return urethane beater roller that is specially designed to
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Problem: The customer was using manpower to move dies from shelves to machines. Not only was this expensive, but many injuries were occurring. Solution: We offered an overhead system to eliminate the use of manpower. No more injuries and this frees up the factory workers to do other things!
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Problem: The Paper Roll belts were cracking and losing flexibility due to the harsh weather. Solution: We offered a covered mesh belt that is flexible, will withstand harsh weather, and last much longer! *This was a two-step process using a few of our Mfg. partners; synergy matters!
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Problem: Competition rollers were continuously failing due to the harsh environment of the fertilizer; the rollers flat spotted and the bearings continuously seized up. Solution: We provided our rollers with SKF bearings, polymer endcaps, and heavy-duty construction. The rollers are no longer seizing or flat spotting, and they look great!! Industry: Fertilizer
Industry: Manufacturing Problem: A Hot Dog Line in Ready to Eat Section of the food plant was running Habasit IS610 Radius belt on a straight running conveyor and there was foreign material contamination concerns by the ready-to-eat QA manager. Solution: We were called to help solve the problem! We tested and supplied 125DD Ultra Tuff
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Industry: Food Processing Problem: The belt was very labor-intensive for the sanitation department to clean daily; creating too much downtime for this conveyor. Solution: We installed new technology in a Belt Cleaning System. This system enables the conveyor to run continuously without having to shut down for cleaning (and keeps the belt clean and dry).
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Industry: Food Processing Problem: Our customer was frustrated with their belt jumping and tracking during run time. Solution: We recognized that the sprockets were too close to the Z bend. We moved the sprockets to the proper spacing of 1/4″ and the belt ran like a champ!
Industry: Manufacturing Solution: Designed a “Retrofit” Roller that fits any of our competitor’s brackets or frames allowing ease of installation in the field complete with an industry leading 2 year warranty. Problem: Each Conveyor manufacturer has a slightly different broached shaft dimension or nut configuration on their rollers. This causes interchangeability issues between different manufacturers
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