Conveyors Archive
Conveying Ideas For Efficiency, Safety and Profitability
One of the most important yet maintenance-intensive and dangerous pieces of production equipment is the conveyor. As this machinery has gotten more efficient...
ASGCO SAFE-GUARD Line
The ASGCO SAFE-GUARD line, which works on CEMA B, C and D series idlers up to 7 inches in diameter, has been expanded to include CEMA E & F return rollers. ...
Conveying the Right Mix
Conveyor belts are the lifeline for effective, profitable production. The equation that governs their operation is simple. Peak efficiency maximizes productivity...
www.flexcosafe.com
Flexco Safe online training center is a comprehensive, interactive safety-training program designed to provide individuals and companies information on a variety of topics to establish and enhance safety procedures. Through a special Web site, http://www.flexcosafe.com, users can access presentations, videos, quizzes and installation instructions...
Allen Bradley 1799 Embedded I/O
Rockwell Automation's Allen Bradley 1799 embedded I/O product line is for conveyor applications that need to be networked. This on-machine solution combines I/O circuits, a power supply and network adapters into a single IP00 module that provides local control of outputs using DeviceLogix technology....
Innoveyor's YeloRoll Conveyor Roller
Taking its name from its color, Innoveyor's YeloRoll is a heavy-duty, lightweight conveyor roller that is claimed to exceed CEMA D and CEMA E standards. In addition, Innoveyor says the YeloRoll is self-cleaning, maintaining a smooth, non-porous, non-stick surface to prevent belt walking and downtime....
Flexco's 'Mineline' Precleaner
Flexco has added a medium-duty belt precleaner to its Mineline conveyor product family. ...
Superior Industries' 'Super Pulley'
Superior Industries' new Super Pulley features thicker wing caps, which the company claims can extend pulley life by three times over standard CEMA pulleys. The pulley is fabricated with precise robotic welds...
Martin Engineering's Urethane Precleaner
Martin Engineering improved the urethane blade used with its QC #1 heavy-duty conveyor belt pre-cleaner by giving it a beefier profile. ...
ASGCO Return Idler Guard
ASGCO Manufacturing has introduced several accessories, including a Modular Impact Bed system and return-idler guard. The MIB system — the newest in its line of load zone support systems...
Thayer Scale's 'Quarry King' Conveyor Scale
Thayer Scale has designed its single idler Quarry King conveyor belt scale for weighing of dusty fines and aggregate materials....
Plug & Play Connectors
Payne & Dolan, a Wisconsin paving contractor, easily moves conveyors and other electrically powered processing equipment from one site to another at its...
CONVEYOR BELTS STORE ENERGY AND RISK
It is common knowledge that drive systems must be de-energized prior to performing work on or around belt conveyors. This includes lock-out and tag-out...
Conveyors and Components
Good engineering and proper installation can elevate the value of a conveyor system beyond the sum of its parts. As the main artery carrying feed into...
Cyclonaire's HC Service Semi-Dense Pneumatic Conveyors
Cyclonaire's HC service semi-dense pneumatic conveyors are designed to handle abrasive and fluidized materials. Standard units have conveying capacities up to 80 tons per hour....
Flexco Medium-Duty Precleaner
Flexco's mine line MMP medium-duty precleaner is for underground mines and above-ground applications. It has a 10-inch TuffShear blade and is designed with 6 inches of usable urethane....
Argonics Gator Guard
Argonics' Gator Guard is a conveyor return-roller guard. It is a flexible polyurethane cage that encases the roller that meets Mine Safety and Health Administration regulations on mechanical equipment guards for moving machine parts....
Curveline Conveyor Covers
Curveline's metal panel conveyor covers turns standard metal building panels into rigid, self-supporting covers that may be used wherever covered conveyor systems are required for weather protection or air pollution control. Curveline can create covers for 50 different exposed fastener panels. ...
Cyclonaire DPV-P Series Dense Phase Conveyors
DPV-B series of dense-phase conveyors from Cyclonaire are rated at more than 100 tons per hour and provide high material-to-air ratios and extremely low-line velocities. Abrasive wear and particle degradation are minimized, the company says. DPV-B conveyors feature vacuum loading with bottom discharge and fit low-headroom environments....
Bunting Magnetics Low-Profile Conveyor
Bunting Magnetics manufactures a line of compact, low-profile conveyors for confined spaces around production machinery. Standard models are magnetic to provide continuous control of small-to-medium size ferrous parts and scrap even on inclines....
Cylonaire Gravity-Loaded GF Series Pneumatic conveyors
Gravity-loaded GF Series conveyors from Cyclonaire Corp. offer high-capacity semi-dense phase pneumatic conveying for abrasive, powder or granular materials. They have a conveying capacity of more than 100 tons per hour, depending on the model and application....
Superior Industries Shrinks the Telestacker
Superior Industries recently entered into the realm of die-cast models with a 1:50-scale replica of the TeleStacker manufactured to blueprint specifications. It is a 3-foot-long die-cast model with moving parts. ...
Cleaning Conveyor Belts
Product spillage caused by material sticking to conveyor belts and discharging after passing hopper openings is a significant maintenance and safety concern...
Telescoping Conveyor Reduces RAP Segregation
Stockpile segregation has long been a thorn in the sides of aggregate producers. Product quality, equipment maintenance costs, government specifications...
Correct Conveyor Belt Tracking
Expensive repair or replacement of steel-cable belting on long load-out and field conveyors often is required when belts drift into their supporting steelwork....
