Chocolate is one of my favorite things in the world. I love nearly any kind of chocolate, from barely sweet to creamy white chocolate. Until recently, I never really thought about how chocolate arrives at my door. Even though I knew millions of chocolate pieces were made each day, I never thought about how it could happen. The trick to making large quantities of chocolate in any factory is, like many other factory process, conveyor belts. Without these conveyance systems, making chocolate and other candies would take much longer, and... Read More

The event which hosted guests from the Swedish food industry started with a presentation how to manage bacterial growth, by Birgitta Bergström, a Microbiologist for Process hygiene from SIK, the Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology. In her presentation, she demonstrated the state of the art methods for cleaning and preventing the contamination of bacteria and pathogens. Birgitta Bergström presented the results of tests made at SIK on the cleaning of the new wide modular belt conveyor, WLX, which proved excellent, both with regards to the cleaning results and... Read More

There are a couple characteristics that all food conveyors share regardless of the varying degrees of differences that may occur. One of the consistencies is the material used; it is almost always stainless steel because it is such an easy to clean and sanitary metal. Stainless steel is also incredibly strong and durable, withstanding corrosion from numerous sources and therefore making a reliable and long-lasting machine. Since food conveyors must be washed often and water can cause most metals to rust, the resistance of stainless steel is particularly important. Another... Read More

There are many different kinds of conveyors with specific uses and functionality. There are some that go up and down, some that go along a very long track; some even go around like a Ferris wheel. There are some that have special purposes, like food handling conveyors. These conveyors are made specifically with food in mind and can be found constructed out of a variety of different materials from stainless steel to plastic and everything in between. Food conveyors are required to be cleaned thoroughly in order to avoid contamination.... Read More

What would the food industry be without conveyors? One could make an argument that the conveyor, in its most basic form, has played the most important role in bolstering the American economy. I don't think Henry Ford's assembly line could have maintained its efficiency over time had the conveyor not come into play in the modern American car factory. If you take a moment to think about where we see conveyors in food service we can easily list a few. We see them in sandwich shops, where little bread boats... Read More

BETHLEHEM, PA—A new FLEXI-DISC sanitary tubular cable conveyor for fragile bulk foods and non-foods, has debuted from Flexicon Corporation, allowing rapid wash down of the system between production runs. The sanitary conveyor moves bulk material using high-strength, one-piece polymer discs affixed to polymer-coated 304 or 316 stainless steel cable, that slide within smooth stainless steel tubing, moving fragile products gently, quietly and dust-free. Wet or dry cleaning accessories can be attached to the FLEXI-DISC cable rapidly for thorough sanitizing of the system.   The discs evacuate the conveyor... Read More