Food processor replaces aeromechanical conveyor with Hapman tubular drag system eliminating contamination, clogging, jamming & shutdowns
Challenge
A fast growing, finished product food processor was using aeromechanical conveyors to convey product in their production operations for processing and prepackaging. Unfortunately, the aeromechanical conveyors caused serious problems in this application. First, the cables were continually fraying and breaking - putting small metallic fragments into their product, which caused a tremendous amount of product contamination and rejection. Secondly, the aeromechanical conveyors required constant maintenance because they consistently clogged and jammed - shutdowns became the norm.