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Particleboard producer solves tracking issues in tray loader and saves €31,000 a year – Case study
A particleboard manufacturer was using an application whereby instead of being transferred to a continuous press after the forming line, panels are transferred to a tray loader, where they are compressed to the final thickness.
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How to fix problems on incline and decline conveying applications
As Habasit UK’s Technical Manager for fabric conveyor belts, I’m often contacted by customers when they experience problems with product slippage on their incline and decline conveying applications.
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How broad expertise created a food-safe, black wide timing belt for a new packaging application
A customer in Germany specialized in tailored solutions for packaging processes recently gave us an interesting challenge.
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How to measure overdrive on a low-tension spiral conveyor system
Many thousands of spiral conveyors serve the global food processing industry in applications ranging from cooling, proofing and freezing in the bakery sector; to freezing in the fish, poultry and red meat sectors; to pasteurizing and conditioning applications for manufacturers of sauces and cans.
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Case study – Meat processor saves $75k by overcoming pesky debris and costly sanitation procedures
An american meat processor had a goal of cutting product waste and reducing sanitation time on an incline conveyor, where a plastic modular belt with flights carried large chubs of ground meat to a grinder for packaging.
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Optimal drive configuration for plastic modular belts
Plastic modular belt are basically driven like a bicycle chain. Well, it is rather powered by an electrical motor than by muscles.
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The treadmill revisited: faster, stronger, and stranger than you expected
When most of us think of a treadmill, we envision a dusty machine in the corner of the basement, which we bought in our brief enthusiasm for exercise, and then promptly forgot or adamantly avoided.
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Why do POM belts squeak?
We recently had two cases of food producers experiencing problems with POM (also known as Acetal or Polyacetal) plastic modular belts fitted with POM rods that were making a squeaking sound.
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