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Established in 1993, Metzgar is a high-quality belt conveyor manufacturer. Whether your project requires one section or thousands of sections, Metzgar can help you figure out a way to be more productive. Metzgar offers a full line of individual machines designed to fit your individual needs and are based on three concepts vital to customer satisfaction: economy, versatility and dependability.
Flexicon Corporation is a leader in the design and manufacture of belt conveyors, in addition to other related custom-engineered, integrated plant-wide equipment that transports, discharges, fills, weighs, blends, delivers and/or feeds a broad range of substances. Flexicon offers a broad range of reliable, high performance solutions constructed to meet all of its customer's standards.
Portec Flomaster offers a full line of high-quality products and services to a wide range of customers associated with airport bagging, mail and parcel, manufacturing, retail distribution, cement, fertilizer, salt and masonry markets, in addition to many others. For quality and affordable belt conveyors, please contact Portec today or visit their website for full product and service descriptions.
Since 1919, Jervis B. Webb Company has had a reputation for developing the most reliable and durable belt conveyors in the industry. Jervis has developed, manufactured, installed and serviced equipment for thousands of customers from a wide range of major industries. Please contact Jervis with any questions you may have or visit their website for full product and service equipment.
Vac-U-Max is a premier manufacturer of quality belt conveyors among other similar products and services. Vac-U-Max produces its equipment to handle small parts and heavy metal powders. With the help of Vac-U-Max's solutions, your product can move from point A to B with nothing in the way to hinder its movement. Vac-U-Max machinery is sold worldwide. Please call today.
Unex manufactures quality belt conveyors that will last the test of time. We are the undisputed leader of gravity products and are always staying innovated with over 20 patents. Our products are durable, easy to move and have superior flow. We offer customized solutions and provide additional support to analyze processes. We are the only company that specializes in carton flow.
Equipment Roundup & Manufacturing designs, manufactures and installs quality belt conveyors and more for a wide range of valued customers. ERM is familiar with a variety of sizes and complexities and its experienced professionals and state-of-the-art technologies can "get it done." Please contact ERM today with any questions or visit their website for full product descriptions.
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Belt Conveyors
Providing a smooth surface, belt conveyor systems are used for applications such as material handling, automated distribution, warehousing and bulk handling. 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.
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. Also, belt conveyors are recently being manufactured with curved sections that use tapered rollers and curved belting in order to conveyor materials around corners.
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