Plastic Top Chains and Belts Reduce Servo Drive Needs

At least 75% of all products in your typical supermarket were conveyed with flat top chains and plastic modular belts in the course of their production and packaging. Flat top chains and modular belts can be used for most conveying tasks that require a flat transport surface - including the conveing of glass and plastic bottles, cans, cases, casks and barrels in bottling and packaging plants, conveying foodstuffs in the food industry, and conveying small and medium-sized goods in various industrial plants.

The flat top chains and modular belts are made of low contamination synthetic materials and meet the industry demand for energy efficiency, low noise, and low maintenance. Flat top chains consist of plates connected to each other with single and double hinged joints; this design allows the construction of chains with a width of up to 305mm for both straight-line and curved tracks onto which they can be placed. Modular belts have multiple hinged joints. A special characteristic of this design is that several chain links can be placed side by side to construct a flat conveying surface with widths of up to 1700mm.

In many applications, plastic modular belts have advantages over stainless steel counterparts. Firstly, their noise level in conveying systems is up to 80% lower and its elements are up to 40% lighter than stainless steel equivalents. This reduces the drive capacity required for the belt, further reducing operating costs. Because of their better resistance to chemicals, modular belts can be cleaned with agents that are either unsuitable for metal chains or would require intensive maintenance. The FDA-approved plastic has excellent mechanical load carrying capacity, is dimensionally stabe - even in humid conditions - and is low-friction.

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