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Side drive spiral conveyor for bakeries

10 July 2023

A side drive spiral conveyor system for use in a bakery environment has been developed by WMH, working closely with belt manufacturer, Intralox.

WMH designed a twin spiral unit to give around 300m of conveyor length within a small factory footprint. The whole length of the conveyor can be used for buffering of products or can be used as a holding facility to allow products to be rested for proving or ambient cooling while maintaining the benefits of an in-line production system.

The spiral is fitted with Intralox’s side drive modular plastic belt that offers flexibility and hygiene benefits with the addition of the side drive features which enables the conveyor belt to be driven from the side rather than the end. This drive arrangement eliminates the need for a long return belt path and spreads tension along the length of the belt. Driving the belt on the outside edge also makes access for cleaning and maintenance simple and minimised moving parts of the machine.

The first unit built has twin stacks of conveyor providing low level infeed and low-level outfeed for inline product proving, however the design could also be configured to offer single stack configuration for elevating, de-elevating or reversible for buffing in case of a fault on the line. 


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