Belt Conveyors

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Metzgar Conveyors
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Comstock Park, MI
888-266-8390
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Established in 1993, Metzgar Conveyors is a conveyor system manufacture, producing unit handling systems such as belt conveyors. Whether your project requires one conveyor section or thousands of integrated sections, we can help you figure out a way to be more productive. We offer a full line of individual machines designed to fit your individual needs and strive for customer satisfaction.
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An international organization with administrative, engineering & manufacturing on 4 continents, Flexicon Corporation carries a wide variety of conveyor material handling systems. These include belt conveyors. Our conveyor equipment complies with certifications required by governmental & industrial applications for chemicals, food, dairy & pharmaceutical applications - nationally & internationally.
Portec Flomaster
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Canon City, CO
719-275-7471
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Custom solutions for conveyor systems, Portec Flomaster offers equipment such as belt conveyors. Our material handling equipment has been incorporated into airport bagging systems, mail & parcel handling, manufacturing, retail distribution, food processing facilities, cement plants, fertilizer plants, salt plants & masonry plants worldwide. Our conveyors are perfect for directional conveying.
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Jervis B. Webb Company
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Farmington Hills, MI
800-932-2178
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Since 1919, Jervis B. Webb Company has had a reputation for developing the most reliable & durable conveyors in the industry. We have developed, manufactured, installed and serviced equipment for thousands of customers. We carry conveyor equipment such as belt conveyors. Our company provides to industries such as plants, warehouses & airports. We are known for our commitment to our customers.
Complete design, fabrication, installation, integration, project management & turnkey conveying systems, including auger conveyors, single lane conveyors, belt conveyors, mass accumulation conveyors, cable conveyors, packaging conveyors, shaker conveyors, pallet conveyors, drag conveyors & custom conveyors, plus conveyor accessories such as reject devices, metal detection, in-line weighing, etc.
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Vac-U-Max
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Belleville, NJ
800-822-8629
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Vac-U-Max is a premier manufacturer of material handling equipment such as conveyor systems. We carry products such as belt conveyors. Our company produces our systems to handle small parts and heavy metal powders. With the help of our conveyors, your company's product can move from point A to point B with nothing in the way to hinder its movement. Our products and equipment are sold worldwide.
Olympia Conveyors is dedicated to quick, competitive prices & on time delivery of standard & custom conveyors, from single belt conveyors, gravity conveyors, chain conveyors, vertical conveyors, bulk conveyors & roller conveyors to complex conveyor systems for order picking, sorting & multiple workstations, including extendable belts, turntables, chain transfers, lifts, palletizers & controls.
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Kober Mechanical & Fabrication has been manufacturing conveyor systems since 1984. We provide material handling equipment such as belt conveyors. Our conveyor systems have carbon steel rollers & can be used in any industry such as pharmaceutical, aerospace, food processing, chemical, waste remediation & heavy industry. We are a one stop metal shop with modern equipment & talent waiting to help.
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Ingalls Conveyor has been your number 1 source for a conveyor component to a complete system for many years. We can design, fabricate, install & modify any conveyor system nationwide. These conveyor systems include belt conveyors. Our company is a direct distributor to several major conveyor manufactures. We can also save you money by integrating new components with refurbished conveyors.
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At PRS Conveyor Tech, we work with our customers to design conveyor systems to fit a specific application. Our more regular conveyor types include belt conveyors. We have earned a solid reputation as a belt conveyor manufacture for quality products and service. Our experience, resources, manufacturing capabilities and engineering expertise really shine through on all of our services and products.
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Belt Conveyors

As the most common type of conveyors, belt conveyors are a type of material handling equipment which assist in moving materials with irregular surfaces as well as small items and bags of product that would sag between roller conveyors or chain conveyors from one place inside a facility to another, or through various stages of automated manufacturing or finishing in continuous linear movement. A labor saving system, belt conveyors allow for larger volumes to move quickly, causing higher shipping or receiving volumes for companies while utilizing less space and labor expense. Providing a smooth surface, belt conveyor systems are used for applications such as material handling, automated distribution, warehousing and bulk handling. As one of the most adaptable types of conveyors, flat belt conveyors serve varied industries such as food processing, packaging, industrial manufacturing, pharmaceutical, engineering, electronics, coal and fertilizer.

Belt conveyors consist of a wide polymer or rubber belt wrapped around two or more pulleys which turn in the same direction and rotates the belt, giving the belt and objects on the belt smooth linear movement. The belt is multi-layered with an under layer called a carcass, typically consisting of cotton, mesh or plastic web which is used to provide linear length and shape and a cover, made of rubber or polymers. All or one of the pulleys can be powered by an electric motor which is connected to the pulley through a sprocket and a chain; powered pulleys are called drive pulleys, which also have sprockets, and non-powered pulleys are called idlers. The chain is put around the sprockets to connect to both the motor and the drive pulley, in order for the motor to power the rotation of the drive pulley and allow the belt to slide across the bed and move the material on the belt. A speed reducer is then needed to moderate the speed allowed by the motor and is connected to the motor by a v-belt or "c" face coupling. The motor and speed reducer are both placed under the conveyor bed which can be a solid metal frame bed or roller beds for heavy-duty applications. Roller beds are used for heavy-duty applications because rollers reduce the amount of friction that the heavy load generates on the belt.

There are two main types of belt conveyors: PVC/Pu, or polyurethane, conveyors, which are commonly used in food processing and pharmaceutical industries because polyurethane is a food grade material; and modular belt conveyors, which are generally slightly more expensive, but considered to be superior because of better durability, easier maintenance and the absence of tracking devices since they run on guides. Some additional conveyor types include enclosed belt conveyors, incline belt conveyors, portable belt conveyors and steel belt conveyors. Also, belt conveyors are recently being manufactured with curved sections that use tapered rollers and curved belting in order to conveyor materials around corners. This new technology is being used for applications such as airport baggage handling systems and postal sorting offices. While belt conveyors are advantageous in several ways, with easy installation and maintenance, versatility and saved labor, however they do offer a disadvantage. In the instance of a section of the belt becoming damaged or worn it is usually necessary to replace the whole belt; an event that can be both costly and time-consuming.

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