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On it's way, the stainless steel option for Flexmove slat conveyors. The conveyor systems is available in SS (63mm wide chain) SC (83mm wide chain) and SM (103mm wide chain) The SS multi-flexing conveyor systems uses a plastic chain that permits horizontal as well as vertical change of direction. In addition to the standard types, several special purpose chain links...

Conveyor belt wear can be a problem in many different applications and environments. Often this can be simply due to wear and tear, but sometimes the damage can be done by parts not doing what you want them to do while on the belt. One such application can be with small thin products like paper, scrap paper or envelopes, where...

Flexmove have developed high speed diverters for Flexmove slat conveyors. One of the major benefits of plastic chain conveyors like the Flexmove system is that products travelling at high speeds can be brushed across the belt with no loss of belt tracking or belt wear. This is due to the fact that the belt is positively located in the aluminium...

Traditionally when a long narrow product is to be transported, metal chains and wherever relevant, rollers have always been used.Usually the longer the product the more lanes would be necessary to transport the product without it sagging and creating quality problems and well as conveying issues.These conveyors would usually have a common drive shaft and this drive shaft would ensure...

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...