New Products: Flexicon debuts low-profile screw conveyor

BETHLEHEM, Pa.—Flexicon Corp. has released a new low profile flexible screw conveyor with an integral bin and caster-mounted frame that can roll below mezzanines and other low-headroom areas, receive material from overhead equipment and discharge the material into process equipment and vessels throughout the plant.

The firm said its product is ready to plug-in and run as it includes a push type drive system positioned at the lower intake end of the conveyor. This reduces overall height by 2 feet compared to a pull type system.

A specialized Bev-Con screw within the straight conveyor tube is engineered to move a range of difficult-to-convey bulk materials that tend to cake, pack, smear or plug, as well as fragile products prone to breakage, with no separation of blends.

With the exception of the polymer tube, all material contact surfaces are of stainless steel finished to food, pharmaceutical, dairy or industrial standards for rapid wash down and/or corrosion resistance, the firm said.

For more information, visit flexicon.com.

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