Mobile Helix With Options

A major national snack food manufacturer recently added new portable flexible screw conveyors to their mixing operation from Hapman. According to the company's chief engineer, "This new portable Helix^TM conveyor provides complete versatility along with a new ease in sanitary cleanups because of its uniquely angled support frame. Product "clinging-on" has been virtually eliminated, making cleanups a breeze. In addition, a rotary agitator and a level sensor with a highly visible low level warning light has been placed on the unit, to help assure uninterrupted production. And, the units control panel is designed to interface with existing PLC control process modules. These kind of innovative options allows reduced labor costs and increased production, all packaged in a low-cost, high capacity system. Ten have been delivered to date to be used within this company's plants, located throughout the US, and an additional six will be delivered within the next few months. Helix conveyors are typically used to convey flowable materials such as powder, crystals, flakes and granules and are most often used in "batch-type" applications. Hapman Helix^TM conveyors are capable of moving product up to 40 feet vertically or 80 feet horizontally. Because of the flexible casing and auger, conveying around, under or over equipment obstructions is simple. For internal cleaning, the Hapman Helix^TM can be completely disassembled using no special tools in only five minutes. Hapman is a leading manufacturer of bulk material handling systems and provides appropriate conveyor solutions for its customers from its "3 choices" of conveyors - Tubular Drag, Flexible Screw and Pneumatic. In addition, Hapman provides a wide variety of auxiliary equipment, including Bulk Bag Dump Stations with dust collection, Bulk Bag fillers, Batch Weighing Systems and more.