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Slat
Conveyors
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Slat
conveyors are predominantly used, and are ideal in such industries
as food and pharmaceuticals (please
see below OR to the left for restaurant conveyors),
where rapid speed and accuracy is of utmost importance, plus
they also have the ability to be washed down for hygiene purposes.
Their construction is either an acetal or stainless steel
slat, side flexing for bend sections - The most widely used
in the food industry is acetal.
The
advantage of using slats, is that the can open up slightly
around a bend therefore a very tight radius can be achieved
- Usually 2.5 times the width (as a rule of thumb). As mentioned
above, the slats are usually manufactured from acetal (a hard
heat resistant plastic) or stainless steel and range from
a width of 200mm to 500mm.
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Because
of their width, they will usually be mounted on a tripod
support stand with floor levelling adjustability, and come
complete with adjustable side guides, and, because of the
low friction, can be ideal for the accumulation of products
awaiting to enter machines such as labellers and packaging
machines. As a general rule for layouts, because of the
side flexing walls on some slat conveyors, the radius will
be approximately two and a half times the slat width.
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Slat
Conveyor Configurations
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| Slat
Width: |
Standard
sizes are from 40mm to 400mm |
| Module
Length: |
Straight
sections will depend on 1) the loading, and 2) the product.
Bend sections, ie 45, 60, 90 & 180 degree, need
at least a 500mm straight section for the drive |
| Bend
Modules: |
A
guide to calculating the bend radius (inside), as a
rule of thumb, is to multiply the slat width by 2.5
(Only use this as a guide) |
| Drive
Type: |
External
(shaft mounted) motor |
| Slat
Type: |
Usually
for the food industry the slats will be either acetal
or stainless steel |
| Speed: |
Experience
has shown that speeds range from 10m/min and 50m/min
- although this is totally dependent on the industry
type |
Restaurant
Conveyors
We
have developed our range of slat conveyors extensively as
we expanded into restaurant conveying. This was a reaction
by Mobility to the increasing importation of philosophies and
operational practices from far east countries such as Japan,
where Sushi & Rice Bars have been in existence for many
years. This type of restaurant began life in the UK in 1996
- Please click to view photographs and design layouts of
installed systems
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