All About Conveying Coffee and Conveyor Choices
Looking for the right conveyor for your coffee product? When it comes to conveying coffee and conveyor choices, remember that coffee beans are delicate and breakable. Keep in mind that the conveyor technologies you are considering should maintain the flavor, aroma, and quality of the coffee throughout the transportation process. Manufacturers and roasters are moving […]
Product Challenges: Segregation
Product Challenges: Segregation Segregation results when the particles separate because of the differences in their density, shape or size. Segregation can result upon handling a blend of powders or bulk solids which have varying particle sizes. To avoid segregation the product must be mixed and blended during conveying and unloading so the particles become homogenized. Why does […]
Video: Hygienic Cleaning with the Flexible Screw Conveyor
Spiroflow’s Hygienic Flexible Screw Conveyor (FSC) inherently ensures material is constantly being remixed while the sanitary design protects against contamination issues. Spiroflow’s housing design eliminates material trap zones and the hygienic standoff prevents contamination of the product by separating the drive system from the material in the event of a leakage. Discover how this application is an ideal solution for hygienic conveying […]
Conveying Rice – Find the Right Conveying Solution
Rice is a versatile product and is eaten around the world. Often conveyed in raw form but it can also be conveyed parboiled for applications such as dog food. It is a fragile material that when conveyed incorrectly can suffer from product degradation. Read more about reducing product degradation in our blog here. In this […]
Maintain Mix Integrity with Flexible Screw Conveyors
A flexible screw conveyor (FSC) is ideal to preserve the homogeneity of a mixture even where particle size or density vary widely between the components. This is essential when transferring from a mixer to further process or packaging machinery. How It Works A flexible screw conveyor works by having a rotating helical screw inside an […]
Flexible Screw Conveyors – Cost-effective Versatile Conveying
Flexible screw conveyors (FSCs) earn their name. These machines can convey material in any direction from horizontal to steep elevation. They can be routed around fixed objects and from room to room providing maximum versatility. Often they used to feed filling machinery, convey product from a hopper to a process and provide controlled feeding. It […]
Mechanical Conveyor Choices
Selecting the best mechanical conveyor for your application is crucial to your processing success and your bottom line. Here at Spiroflow, we have a comprehensive range of conveyors that processors can choose from. Our primary objective is to provide you with the safest, most efficient, and most reliable conveying solution for your application.
Flexible Screw Conveyors vs. Other Mechanical Conveyors
We have been setting up processors with flexible screw conveyors for more than four decades so our team is often asked about how these conveyors compare to other mechanical conveyors.
How Much Does a Flexible Screw Conveyor Cost?
For more than 45 years, Spiroflow has been building flexible screw conveyors for processors around the world. In fact, the flexible screw conveyor is the product that launched the company! These conveyors are dust free, easy to clean, hygienic, gentle, and maintain mixtures.
Problems with Flexible Screw Conveyors: Finding the Best Setup
So, you’re in the market for a flexible screw conveyor? Are you also wondering what the problems with flexible screw conveyors can be? Here at Spiroflow, we have been helping processors move materials for more than 45 years. The flexible screw conveyor (FSC) is the product that launched this company. It’s fair to say that we know FSCs pretty well!
