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[September 2003]
Conveyor Ducking & Diving for Efficiency
Bulk solids handling specialist Flexicon (Europe) Ltd (Herne Bay, Kent, England) has taken forward its work in solving the problems of factory hazards with special flexible screw conveyor systems. The particular product advantage is the flexibility to negotiate around obstacles such as in situ plant, support piers and so on.
As the conveyor systems themselves can sometimes become an obstacle, Flexicon has announced that it has taken the technology a little further in designing a tilting, portable, flexible screw conveyor that is able to move through low doorways and around, and under, other obstructions. This, it says, can prove a vital addition to an overcrowded process area with restricted gangways.
One configuration sees a portable base mounted on castors for mobility and the tilting of the entire support structure of the conveyor and the hopper being carried out by use of a manual jack. This lowers the height of the drive for transport while maintaining the overall integrity of the conveyor routing.
As every factory is singular, each tilting portable base must be designed around the specific parameters of each project to accommodate discharge height, required height reduction, discharge overhang and the overall size of the unit.
As this concept has industry-wide applications, stainless steel or carbon steel materials can be chosen to suit industrial or food standard specifications.
www.flexicon.co.uk
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