Dorner Stainless Steel Food Industry Conveyors … an important part of your healthy lifestyle

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15th October 2007

Source: Automation Supplies Ltd

Dorner Stainless Steel Food Industry Conveyors … an important part of your healthy lifestyle

Everyone who’s ever taken a biology class knows that bacteria are the most abundant life form on earth. They’re everywhere. But one place they shouldn’t be is in the conveyor system of a major nutritional bar manufacturer. Our client’s old conveyer used a bucket and chain system to move ingredients through the plant. Buckets and chains, it turns out, are prime bacteria hangouts. Cleaning this antique system to the required levels for the food industry soaked up valuable man hours … hours that couldn’t be used in production. So the company asked Automation Supplies to come up with a solution: an easy-to-clean stainless elevating belt conveyor system that (oh, by the way) also had to negotiate a 23-foot rise in elevation at a 60° angle.

Dorner engineers recommended the AquaPruf LPZ Series stainless steel elevating conveyor system. Thanks to its configuration versatility, the AquaPruf LPZ made short work of the steep rise in elevation with no expansion of the existing system footprint. AquaPruf’s FDA-approved Mol Industries solid urethane belt is easy to clean and works like a charm in wet or humid environments, with no hinges or pins that might make bacteria feel welcome. Like all AquaPruf conveyors, the belt is easily replaced and major components can be removed without the need for specialist tools or knowledge.

Now the company’s production is well within recommended sanitation guidelines. They’re spending less time scrubbing nooks and crannies, and more time getting your nutritional bars ready.

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