Conveyor application challenges met
August 1st 2006

The movement of materials by conveyor is often on a grand scale in full view, so Rusmail Conveyor Systems was set a real challenge with two new applications for a food company and a cosmetics manufacturer, which were required behind the scenes in tight spaces and underwater.

The first involved three belt conveyors to fit in a 100mm space beneath food product drying ovens. Ray Hart, MD of Rusmail explains how it was done: "We call them 'shoehorn' conveyors because we have to squeeze them into a confined space. The design is based on our drum drive QD style belt conveyor. We solved the limited depth problem by using stepped beds which are only 50mm deep and by locating the drive motors and belt tensioners outside the drying ovens." Stainless steel conveyors also perform well immersed in water with minimum maintenance and interruption in operation.

"Our 'Immersed Conveyor' is keeping one of our clients very happy as it performs more effectively than other solutions they tried before. It sits in a water tank continuously removing cooled metal 'needles' using a flighted and walled belt."

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