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Flexible Screw Conveyors

Flexible Screw Conveyors

Flexible Screw Conveyors

Product catalog summary
Introduction
The document discusses the 'Spiroflow' flexible screw conveying system, designed for handling dry bulk solids and ingredients. It highlights the system's sealed operation, eliminating the need for air filtration and reducing dust contamination risks, crucial for pharmaceuticals and hazardous chemicals.

Applications
The system is versatile, suitable for feeding filling machinery, conveying from hoppers to processes, loading silos, filling bulk bags, and mobile conveying. It is recognized globally for its design and manufacturing excellence in flexible screw systems.

Benefits
  • Design Simplicity: The system features a single moving part, an electric motor-driven spiral, which simplifies operation and maintenance.
  • Dust-Free Operation: The sealed design prevents dust contamination, ensuring a clean working environment.
  • Gentle Handling: The spiral's design minimizes product degradation, maintaining product integrity.
  • Constant Remixing: The system ensures consistent mixing, crucial for pre-mixed ingredients.
  • Low Maintenance: With only one moving part, the system is reliable and easy to maintain.
  • Easy Cleaning: The system can be easily cleaned by reversing the motor or flushing with water.

Flexibility and Testing
The system can be configured in various directions and elevations, accommodating existing plant layouts. Spiroflow offers material testing to evaluate flow characteristics and optimize conveyor performance.

Heavy Duty and ATEX Compliance
For abrasive materials, Spiroflow offers heavy-duty conveyors with abrasion-resistant tubes. The company is also compliant with ATEX regulations for safe operation in explosive environments.

Industry Applications
Spiroflow conveyors are used in food, minerals, ceramics, water treatment, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and plastics industries, offering hygienic and efficient material handling solutions.

Integrated Handling Equipment
Spiroflow provides a range of integrated equipment, including mobile conveyors, bulk bag dischargers, rigid bin emptiers, and sack emptiers, enhancing the flexibility and efficiency of material handling processes.

Technical Specifications
The document provides detailed specifications for various models, including capacity, tube dimensions, and spiral profiles. It emphasizes the importance of material testing to determine the appropriate model.

Company Information
Spiroflow offers design, testing, manufacturing, and after-sales services, ensuring high-quality standards and customer satisfaction. The company is ISO9001:2000 accredited and has facilities in the UK and USA.
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Catalog excerpts

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POWDER HANDLING & PROCESSING SYSTEMS for dry bulk solids and ingredients

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FLEXIBLE SCREW CONVEYORS for dry bulk solids and ingredients Internationally recognised as the leading name in the design and manufacture of flexible screw systems, Spiroflow has been serving industries handling the widest range of dry bulk solids and ingredients for over 35 years! “Our ability to fully understand our customers' needs, design a customised solution for their process and to provide the best technical expertise with which to support them before and after the sale has been our ethos since inception” Michel Podevyn - Founder. Typical applications Feeding filling machinery. Horizontal...

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The simplicity of the Spiroflow conveying system makes cleaning a simple operation. Conveyors can be emptied of residual material by reversing the motor and then dry cleaned by brushing or, if necessary, flushed through with water or cleaning solution. Optional, interlocked, quick release connectors facilitate rapid dismantling and reassembly where dry cleaning of the spiral, tube and end connections is essential. • Gentle handling The rotating spiral is centralised in the tube by the product and, as a result, there is little to no product degradation. Spiral type and speed are carefully chosen...

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FLEXIBILITY by design Materials testing Our in-plant testing facility can quickly evaluate the flow characteristics of any kind of material from samples supplied by the customer. To back up this service, we have, over many years, built a large database of the flow properties of hundreds of materials, giving ready information on the solutions to many conveying problems. Just a small sample can help us to take the guesswork out of predicting conveyor performance. Where products have poor flow properties, such as light, high fat or cohesive powders, these can be overcome with the addition of agitators,...

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APPLICATIONS in many industries ‘Spiroflow’ conveyors are installed world-wide in a multitude of industries because of their versatility and ability to take a wide range of particle size, bulk density and flow properties in their stride. Water Treatment Hygienic ingredients handling is the fundamental benefit of ‘Spiroflow’ equipment, designed to satisfy the stringent demands of the food and allied industries. Spiroflow assists in the protection of the environment by supplying efficient dosing equipment for hydrated lime, activated carbon and other chemicals used in water treatment. Spiroflow...

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INTEGRATED HANDLING EQUIPMENT Spiroflow offers a comprehensive range of related bulk solids and ingredients handling equipment which is usually integrated with our flexible screw conveyors. Mobile conveyors For added versatility, mobile conveyors are available mounted on robust, movable frames with integral feed hopper. Easy to move and simple to operate, they are ideal for the intermittent feeding of several process machines. Additionally, they are easy to remove from the process area for cleaning elsewhere. Bulk Bag dischargers Spiroflow provides a full range of equipment for the discharge of...

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Flexible screw basics Spiral profiles For most applications, the standard round spiral is suitable, combining strength and flexibility. Flat section spirals are recommended for certain light or aerated products. The Proscrew bevelled profile is used for conveying difficult materials such as iron oxide. Semi-rigid construction enables steep conveying angles to be achieved without bends. [1 Electric motor: 3 phase, 50/60hz, voltage as specified. Special motors also available to your specification. Fixed or variable speed. 3 Motor adaptor and spiral connector in mild steel or stainless steel. 3...

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Design We have an experienced team of mechanical and electrical engineers with a vast collective knowledge of solids handling, geared to handle your project quickly and efficiently, whether you need a single conveyor or a complete powder handling system. Testing Our fully equipped test facility, which is at your disposal, assesses performance of our machinery on your particular material. On-site trials can also be arranged if preferred. Manufacturing We actively encourage customers to visit our modern manufacturing facility at any time. Here, we are able to process orders efficiently and to our...

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*Prices are pre-tax. They exclude delivery charges and customs duties and do not include additional charges for installation or activation options. Prices are indicative only and may vary by country, with changes to the cost of raw materials and exchange rates.