Greener conveying with new accumulation belt

EMERSON’S System Plast? low-back pressure accumulation belt adds another dimension of sustainability to conveying by eliminating the need for cardboard trays under shrink-wrapped packs. Consisting of half-inch (12.7 mm) acetal rollers, the conveyor surface is specifically designed to ensure support and stability for PET bottles with petaloid bottoms, but can be used for a variety of containers.

The conveyor surface provides forward movement of the product, but easily rolls under shrink-wrapped packs during accumulation, minimizing pressure on bottles at the head of the queue and eliminating the need for protective cardboard trays. Tight roller spacing eliminates gaps and provides optimum product stability. The small pitch diameter and use of a 0.75" (19 mm) nose bar also allows tight end transfers. Precision-molded premium plastics and austenitic steel retention pins maximize conveyor life and utilization, while also reducing noise.

System Plast is a brand from Emerson Industrial Automation (Florence, Kentucky, USA), a business of Emerson, which provides automation and power generation technologies and services to a wide range of industries. 

New accumulation belt eliminates need for cardboard trays under PET bottle packs

The low-back pressure belt is an ideal complement to System Plast NG? chain, an advanced, low-friction flattop conveyor chain that can eliminate or greatly reduce the wasteful water-and-soap lubrication typically used in food and beverage processing. NG chain also reduces the costs and energy for water reclamation, and eliminates the wear paste buildup, noise, pulsation and hygiene issues caused by mineral-oil-based dry lubricants. Used with System Plast Nolu?-S wear strips, the conveying system has the capability to reduce conveyor energy requirements by up to 30%, with service life sometimes as much as five times greater.

Plant engineers can determine their own potential conveyor cost savings using a new mobile app, obtained from the mobile app page of Emerson’s Power Transmission Solutions. The free app calculates cost reductions from various choices of motors, drives and flat-top conveyor chains, as well as quick changeover guide rails and elimination of water/soap lubrication. A new interactive System Plast catalog, SmartGuide, is also available for free for plant engineers.Nike