Conveyors vs. Forklift Trucks – Reduce Manual Handling
What is the best way to move material across your business? Are you using a forklift truck to move your products? A conveyor system may be a better solution for you! The forklift truck is one of the most common methods of moving product, especially in bulk bags, across the factory floor. This is because […]
Conveying Chocolate, Cocoa Powder & Cocoa Beans
Challenges in Conveying Chocolate Chocolate is a delicate and often expensive product and must be conveyed gently to preserve the integrity of the product especially if the conveyor is to be used at the end of the process before packaging. Degradation can also occur at the beginning of the process as the cocoa beans are […]
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!
Benefits of Flexible Screw Conveyors
Every year we talk to hundreds of processors around the world, and one of the first things they ask us is, ‘What are the benefits of a flexible screw conveyor?’ This is a great question because you want to make sure you choose the right conveyor that you can depend on to meet your requirements safely and reliably. And for that to happen, you’ll need to choose the right conveyor with the right specifications to do the job. We get it! This article will explain the benefits of flexible screw conveyors so that you can decide if it is the right conveyor for your application.