Tom Murphy

Another week, another new belt design for Flexmove slat conveyors. This slat chain belt is made form the same plastic construction as the standard belt, but the EM83PC-5 belt for the FM system (83mm wide chain) has a new design where the "Teeth" of the standard belt are smoothed out. On the straight there is no visible gap and in...

An option that you can specify when ordering your roller conveyors   or pallet conveyor system is to have removable rollers. The options for removable rollers can vary from having rollers where the pins in the ends of the rollers are spring loaded (Push the pin back to remove the roller) to having special cut outs in the frame so...

It's a sign of how far flat modular belts have come that we are now offering heavy duty versions for use as pallet conveyors. These plastic modular belts have traditionally been used for relatively narrow belt orientated applications, but new belt and structural technologies now enable manufacturers to use these hard wearing belts to transport heavy loads. In the picture...

Flexmove's economy slat conveyor system now has another new belt for the FM series (83mm wide) slat belt. This belt has the same material as the standard FM series plastic chain but there is an additional feature that makes this chain interesting. The top surface has been moulded to include two small 5mm diameter nodules that protrude above the surface...

The photo here shows how when using elevating plastic chain conveyors to elevate products from low level to high (Or vice-versa) the special belt with soft "Fins" distorts to grab the product from both sides to enable elevation. Here, such a belt is seen used to elevate empty plastic milk bottles in an dairy application. These fins compress the product...

Where fragile or easily marked products are being conveyed on a roller conveyor, it's possible to have plastic rollers fitted. That's fine if the product is light weight, but sometimes that's not the case.Where the product is heavy or the situation demands that the rollers are wider than normal, plastic roller conveyors may not be strong enough to support the...

One of the advantages of modular plastic belt conveyors is that they can be fitted with higher and thinner cleats or flights than normal PVC belts. The added advantage is that these flights are rigid plastic, rather than the more flexible type of cleats that PVC belts usually have. Also, the pitch of these flights is accurate, because they are...

The FK plastic chain conveyor system from  Flexmove now has a new bracket kit (FAVBS-60K) that can adapt the more rigid  64mm wide support profile to support the conveyor  frame. The FK conveyor system is based on a  45mm wide aluminium profile with a 44mm wide plastic modular chain and there has  been a demand to increase the rigidity of...

The current conveyor market conditions have seen an increase in demand for lower cost conveyor system solutions. Like everything in life however, when it comes to conveyors you generally get what you pay for. There are of course low cost conveyors available that have often inferior components and also build quality, which may be a short term economy but in...

Flexmove's economy slat  conveyor system now has a hardened steel topped chain for the FM series  (83mm wide) slat belt. The hardened steel surface is bonded  to the otherwise standard plastic slat chain. The purpose of the hardened steel  surface is to help enable the chain to carry metal parts or other potentially  hard or sharp products. The hardened chain...