Tag Archives: chain conveyors
Ancillary Conveyor Costs in Installation Projects
In any capital project, the project team prioritizes costs. They must. Management has given them a budget, and with it, incentives to spend as little money as possible while still meeting the project’s benchmarks. However, project managers sometimes unintentionally overspend on bulk handling systems, particularly conveyors. This happens not because they fail to identify the […]
Conveyor Maintenance & Operation Mistakes
We do everything possible to supply our customers the highest-quality drag chain conveyors, but even so, much can go wrong after startup. Oftentimes, what’s gone wrong stems from from operational error. Customers (and anyone owning a drag conveyor) can avoid these mistakes, however, thereby increasing the lifespan of their conveyors and preventing failures. Altering the […]
Choosing the Right Conveyor – Part 5
The Latest Conveyor Technology This is Part 5 in a series on choosing conveyors. For the previous article on designing your system, click here. We regularly post pictures of mechanical drag conveyors from the late 19th century and early 20th century on social media. What impresses us about these images is that many drag chain […]
Caring for Your Drag Conveyor Chain
And if you don’t love me now You will never love me again I can still hear you saying You would never break the chain (Never break the chain) —The Chain, Fleetwood Mac Chains are one of the most maintenance-heavy components in a drag conveyor. And when they fail, it’s not just a […]
Problems with Single-Chain Conveyors
Drag conveyors come in two general styles: single chain or twin chain. Single-chain drag conveyors normally drag a chain with a series flights and paddles over the floor of the conveyor. Twin-chain conveyors employ two chains that run in parallel and carry paddles between them. Most drag conveyors fit into the single-chain category due to […]
Conveyor Choices—Drag, Belt or Pneumatic?
Pellets are a hot item. And that’s a problem—not in terms of economic interest but in terms of their corrosive potential. When pellets pass from the pellet press, they’re hundreds of degrees Fahrenheit. This is problematic for the conveyor that transports them from the press to the pellet cooler infeed chute. Because of the pellet’s […]
