Tag Archives: 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 […]
Drag Chain Conveyors Now Available in 10 Days
Yes, it’s possible. And no, it’s not a mistake. SMART Conveyors™ are available with a lead time of ten business days upon BE&E receiving your signed approval drawings.[1] How is this possible? We’ve got Scott Lawson, our chief operations officer. Scott has increased the efficiency of our production processes and stockpiled long-lead items that previously required […]
SMART Conveyors™ Reduce Maintenance
It’s said good work is hard to find, and that’s when laborers are plenty. It’s all the truer when they’re scarce. Yet such is the state of the labor market for maintenance personnel. Travel back to the ’40s, and any John, Dick, or Harry understood the basics of a mechanical system. They could change the […]
Screw Conveyor Woes
When properly designed for the material and application, short screw conveyors are a great way to accurately meter volume flow. They can also work well as volume feeder devices in the bottom of bins. But they aren’t ideal for transporting coarse, fibrous materials over long distances. Such has proven the case time and again for […]
Designing Smarter Conveyor Replacements
Dane Floyd launched Biomass Engineering & Equipment in 2011 to address a specific problem: subpar performance among drag conveyors handling waste wood. Most drag conveyors then, as now, were prone to excessive wear and unreliable performance. As a longtime veteran of the veneer and lumber industries, he was acquainted with the run-of-the-mill conveyance systems available […]
Conveyors & Material Handling, Vol. 3
After a yearlong hiatus, we’ve put together a third edition of our popular Conveyors & Material Handling eBook. This eBook consists of our best content from 2021-2022 featuring articles on conveyor safety, conveyor design, conveyor procurement, conveyer maintenance, and considerations on production and profits as they relate to material handling. Also included are articles on feeder […]
SMART Conveyors™ Decrease Operational Costs
We understand what it’s like to work in operations. Our founder, Dane Floyd, came from such a background. You’re constantly analyzing how you can decrease costs, increase efficiency, and eliminate downtime. You understand that an investment here or there can pay dividends, and you’re not interested in quick fixes so much as strategic, long-term solutions. It’s with […]
Drag Conveyor Safety
Search the web, and you’ll find plenty of content related to belt conveyor safety. Complete the same search for drag conveyors, however, and you’ll discover the dearth of information on this subject. Few resources are publicly available about drag conveyor safety. While there are many areas of overlap between these two conveyor types in respect […]
Conveyor Chute Design
Customers routinely request that we fabricate chutes before installing our equipment. For them, it’s a reasonable request, as they assume prebuilding these components will minimize their expenses during construction. However, designing and fabricating chutes prior to installing machinery almost always results in higher costs. Premade chutes virtually never fit as engineers intend, so field technicians […]
Disc Conveyors: Down the Tube
Are disc conveyors (tubular conveyors) a good material handling solution for woodchips? In short, no. Disc conveyors (a.k.a. tubular conveyors, tubular drag conveyors, tubular chain conveyors) do not handle woodchips well, especially in high volume or continual-use applications. As manufacturers, we appreciate companies’ interest in expanding into industries outside their core clientele. We do the […]
