C-Trak Conveyor Systems

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Well let’s face facts its not just conveyor belts customers are after it is the complete conveyor system allowing you to connect all your processes together. With accessibility and maintenance.

For this you will need to get a competent conveyor company to come and look at your factory and go through the processes you need to combine. After this assessment a experienced conveyor engineer will be able to advice on the best solution for your products not just and off the shelf type of product that may do the job but not to the best standard possible.

It is also important that you give the conveyor company all of the sizes of products you wish to transport as this is all used for the calculation of the type of conveyor needed. If possible give as many samples.

Conveyor Systems can be a cost effective if the correct conveyors are specified this is why we recommend you go and take a look at the company and see that they are actually manufacturers of the products and have the facilities to provide you with a quality conveyor Read more here

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Another option for moving your product apart from belt conveyors is to use powered rollers they are a very popular choice for many industrial applications and whats more can be a cost saving  solution for material handling within a process.

Powered Roller Conveyors are also known as lineshaft conveyors click here for more information

Advantages of power rollers

  • can be used in hot and cold conditions
  • cost effective
  • Wet and Dry areas
  • Adaptable and great for going around bends
  • Low maintenance.

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Powered Roller Conveyor

Powered Roller Conveyor

Checkweigher Conveyor Belts

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In the fast moving food processing industry such as cheese you need an accurate way of checking the weight of the packed item.

These machines require a reject lane for overwieght or underweight items.

If the item to be weight checked is raw and in contact with the conveyor belt it needs to be FDA approved or the EU equivalant regulatory body.

These tend to be Polyurethane coated belts which are normally one ply thick with a very accurate joint so as not to affect the machine calibration.(one gramme variation could cause a lot of rejects).

Conversley elasticated belts can be used where the items to be weight checked are not in direct contact with the conveyor belt (package around the item). There are various grades and levels of elasticity and the joints on these types of belt are very flat which virtually eliminates joint weighing fluctuation.

checkweigher conveyor belt

checkweigher conveyor belt

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Agricultural Equipment from C-Trak Ltd

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Its not just light duty belt conveyors that are used in agricultural industry. It is more common to see heavy duty applications with tough belts.

Harvesting is a busy time of year and hard wearing belts for the washing, sorting and packing are required.

But you also need care taken not to bruise you products that have taken so long to produce. Supplying the right type of belting for your agricultural conveyors is as important as deciding what products to grow.

Get a good conveyor company in to assess all your needs and take the time to bespoke a conveyor system unique for your products, not just an off the shelf conveyor that may only do part of the process you require.

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Metal Detector Incorporation

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If you have food products it is important that you have them put through metal detectors to eliminate foreign objects from being enclosed.

Metal detector conveyors can be provided with all types of belting that do not have metal parts in the photo below it is a modular plastic belt but you could use a conventional belt conveyor or slat conveyor belt. Go to C-Trak Website for more details

Metal Detector Conveyors

Metal Detector Conveyors

 

Wikipedia about belt conveyors

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Thanking Wikipedia for it post on belt conveyors.

A conveyor belt (or belt conveyor) consists of two or more pulleys, with a continuous loop of material – the conveyor belt – that rotates about them. One or both of the pulleys are powered, moving the belt and the material on the belt forward. The powered pulley is called the drive pulley while the unpowered pulley is called the idler. There are two main industrial classes of belt conveyors; Those in general material handling such as those moving boxes along inside a factory and bulk material handling such as those used to transport industrial and agricultural materials, such as grain, coal, ores, etc. generally in outdoor locations. Generally companies providing general material handling type belt conveyors do not provide the conveyors for bulk material handling. In addition there are a number of commercial applications of belt conveyors such as those in grocery stores.

The belt consists of one or more layers of material they can be made out of rubber. Many belts in general material handling have two layers. An under layer of material to provide linear strength and shape called a carcass and an over layer called the cover. The carcass is often a cotton or plastic web or mesh. The cover is often various rubber or plastic compounds specified by use of the belt. Covers can be made from more exotic materials for unusual applications such as silicone for heat or gum rubber when traction is essential.

Spiral Upwards with C-Trak Conveyors

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New Spiral Conveyor Technology

We are looking at conveyor belting for spiral conveyors in today’s blog.  Building Conveyors around your needs one of the new belts on the market the compact spiral conveyor for the food and processing market.

Spiral Conveyor Belting has the following benefits.

  •  Uses a small footprint so you do not waste factory floor space only using a 1.5 turn ratio.
  • The quality of the conveyors only using the best components ensuring it will last and have little maintenance.
  • Easy access for total wash down and maintenance reducing costs and providing better sanitation.
  • All plastic contact surface making it a great alternative for unpacked raw food products like meat, fish and poultry.
  • Exceptional cleaning belt design has double slot belts thus stooping food from getting trapped in hinged areas.
  • Stainless steel bearings so no lubricant is needed making it ideal for the food industry.
  • Low friction due to use of bearings the spiral are driven by one motor only for up to 50M of belt. Meaning less transfer making it very economical

Spiral Conveyors provide a solution which has the advantage of saving  space compared to a straight forward incline conveyor achieving continuous  vertical transfer  from low to high levels. Check out more information here

Over the last decade spiral conveyors have been replacing incline conveyors and we are sure it will continue to do so as the cost of factory floor space is rising. It would seem to be a natural step forward in the market today. Almost any type of product can be moved by a spiral conveyor including pre packed trays, cans, bottles and even loose products.

So to summarise the quality of these belts only one drive is needed, no lubrication, hygienic design and full width rod ensures a flat belt surface.

spiral conveyor

spiral conveyor

Plastic Conveyor Belting

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Today I would like to post a little more about plastic modular belts.

There are many conveyor belting companies that provide this type of belting but I am sure you have all heard of Intralox  a manufacture of various plastic belts with a good reputation and high profile in the belting market. Providing quality and reliability. Below is just a sample of some of their belts for more information please contact direct. We have used them for some previous conveyor applications and indeed on a ongoing project at present.

These are Intralox standard belts

  • PA ~ Acetal thermoplastics which are considerably stronger than PP and PE. Acetal has a balance of thermal, mechanical, & chemical properties and a low coefficient of friction. 
  • PE ~ Polyethylene is another lightweight thermoplastic which has a high impact strength, superior fatigue resistance with flexibility. It has a chemical resistant to many acids, bases, and hydrocarbons and can be used at lower temperatures than polypropylene.  
  • PP ~ Polypropylene is a standard material suitable for use in many general applications where chemical resistance to acids, bases, salts, and alcohols may be required. A relatively strong material in normal use, polypropylene exhibits a somewhat brittle quality at low temperatures.

Most of the time the standard belt materials will be suitable for your general use if not one of the following special belts can be supplied.

  • Flame Retardant Thermoplastic Polyester (FR-TPES)
  • Abrasion Resistant (AR) Nylon
  • Detectable Polypropylene
  • High Speed Intralon™
  • Electrically Conductive (EC) Acetal
  • Heat Resistant (HR) Nylon 
  • High Strength Electrically Conductive (HSEC) Acetal
  • Impact Resistant (IR) Nylon
  • Polypropylene Composite (PPC)
  • X-ray Detectable Acetal
  • Enduralox™ Polypropylene

 

Colours that can be supplied.

Intralox offers a choice of ten different product colours to meet your applications requirements, such as visibility for inspection, low glare, etc. Available colours:

  • White
  • Gray
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Red
  • Green
  • Tan
  • Yellow
  • Brown
  • Natural

Positive Drive at C-Trak

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Is this the Next Step in Belting read on….

We are dealing with more and more demands in the work place and hygine levels are one of the many factors pushing to increase quality of conveyor belting.

Todays blog post is about Volta Conveyor Belting.

Volta are one of many conveyor belting companies with new products being released regularly. Lets take for example the new positive drive flat homogenous belts. This is all new technology and one of the newest generations of conveyor belts. This type of belting can typically be used in the food industry.

Many conveyor manufacturing companies are now looking at using this type of belting.

All of the belts are usda, fda and usda dairy approved.

Positive Drive

 Integral teeth guides the belt so their is no off-tracking, tensioning and belt slippage Smooth Homogenous Surfaces

  • Higher product value
  • low bacteria counts
  • improved shelf life
  • No fibers or plastic pieces that can potentially find their way into your food products.

Effective Sanitation:

Easily and effectively cleaned which will reduce  downtime of your production to a minimum.

Increased Productivity Cleaning time is drastically reduced and converted to valuable production time Cost Savings Lowers costs in water and chemical consumption, maintenance and sanitation. Greatly reduces product waste and water treatment costs. Our Positive-Drive line now includes three positive-drive belt styles super drive, dual drive and dual drive sp.

Check out our website http://www.conveyor-manufacturers.co.uk/