Key Technology at Pack Expo Las Vegas 2013

At this year’s Pack Expo in Las Vegas, Key Technology will introduce the new standard Iso-Flo^? conveyor and hygienic options for all other Iso-Flo vibratory conveyors. The company offers enhancements mainly for improving equipment sanitation and reduce maintenance. By implementing these innovations on the popular Standard Utility Shaker, Key offers affordable pricing and fast four week delivery, whilst at the same time helping its customers maximise food safety and reduce the cost of maintenance.

These are the hygienic feature on the Iso-Flo conveyor’s sanitary design: oil-free electric vibrating motors, an innovative patent-pending vector lock screen clamp, elastomer isolators, scalloped flat bars, plate frame design, and a unique internal ground arm.

Established features that remain on Iso-Flo conveyors include a choice of stainless steel bed finishes that resist bacteria growth and are easy to clean and long-lasting StrongArm? spring arms that minimise maintenance.

“Iso-Flo has long been recognised as the premium vibratory conveyor for its superior sanitation and reliability. By further improving the hygienic design, it’s even easier to clean and there is less to maintain,” said Tyrone Foster, Process Systems Product Manager at Key Technology. “These enhancements will help processors reduce the risk of product contamination, improve sanitation, meet rising government guidelines for food safety, and decrease exposure to product liability claims, all while reducing the cost of maintenance.”

The Standard Utility Shakers process fruits, vegetables, potato strips, and potato chips. The new hygienic features, standard on the Utility Shakers, are options on other Iso-Flo conveyors, which are used for conveying, grading, product distribution on processing and packaging lines, product alignment, fines removal, scalping, inspection, and more in plants producing meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, confectionary, snack, and bakery products as well as cereals, grains, and seeds in addition to fruits, vegetables, and potato strips and chips.
 
Iso-Flo’s new energy unit is an oil-free electric vibrating motor that, compared to traditional mechanical drives, eliminates the gear box, drive belts, and motor oil from the process. This new out-of-balance motor inherently improves equipment hygiene by eliminating the oil that can inadvertently contaminate product, especially when the equipment is mounted over other equipment. The new energy unit also reduces maintenance.
 
Meanwhile the new vector lock screen clamp features a unique hybrid design that enables it to perform multiple functions simultaneously. A patent-pending mechanism, it secures an Iso-Flo conveyor’s screen in place, is easier to open and close. It allows an operator to lock and unlock a screen with one hand and no tools to swap out screens more quickly and easily. Compared to traditional locks, this hybrid does not lose pressure over time – it won’t rattle, even when in the open position, or leak. It helps keep floors dry to improve worker sPuma Rihanna