Company: Nercon

Website: www.nerconconveyors.com

Equipment Snapshot: Nercon, a manufacturer of conveying systems, has announced the launch of Washdown Spiral by Nercon. This first-of-a-kind conveyor was designed specifically with sanitation in mind.

Sanitary Design Features include:

• Open construction for readily accessible cleaning, inspection and maintenance
• Corrosion resistant stainless steel construction and plastic belt
• CIP design with open belt surface to easily washdown from any angle
• Self-draining, bent frame construction to eliminate water pooling
• Solid UHMW guide rails
• Ability to withstand up to 1500 psi washdown pressure
• Moderate use of corrosive chemicals
• USDA compatible conveyor belt

The Washdown Spiral was built utilizing a proprietary edge driven design.  This edge driven design includes sprockets that drive the chain in multiple locations which distributes the force across the entire length of the chain; not from just one location.  With this design, the chain only needs to be strong enough to pull the load between any two sprockets instead of the entire length of the conveyor. This means:

• The spiral can be built much taller allowing for higher elevation changes
• There is reduced belt tension allowing for longer belt life
• Increased load-carrying capacity

The edge driven conveyor belt is made from USDA compatible plastic material, bright blue for easy wear identification and breakage visibility, and modular allowing for replacement in sections instead of the entire belt.

All the features included in the Washdown Spiral make this a perfect conveyor system for CPGs running cases, jars, trays, pouches or cups in the food and beverage, health and beauty, household or pet food industries.

“We are very excited to announce the launch of Washdown Spiral by Nercon. With this addition to our line of conveyor systems we are now able to provide manufacturers with another conveyor option that will meet the higher sanitation standards required in today’s manufacturing facilities,” says Steve Anklam, vice president.