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MATERIAL HANDLING
ᮤ This lighter weight and lower mass conveyor belt handles smaller, more
delicate products for high-speed cooling and drying operations.
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chosen because it's rarely found in nature, which makes
food contaminants more noticeable to the eye. The color also helps reduce worker eye fatigue by providing a
soothing contrast to the glossy white paint used in many
plants. Detection of damage to the belt is also easier to
recognize with a blue belt.
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One East Coast equipment manu-
facturer uses stainless steel rods and
double-slotted acetal links and modules to create a clean, open design.
The hybrid belt, made for turn-curve
and spiral applications, earned NSFcertification this year. A Midwest
manufacturing company recently
introduced a modular, stainless steel
conveyor with an open design featuring zero collection points. According
to the food marketing manager at
the company, the conveyor features
a continuous TIG all-welded frame
and rounded cross members for reduced cleaning time. The company
Faster freezing! Faster cleaning! Faster profits!
offers the option of solid steel cross
Ashworth's Advantage 120 & 200 hybrid belts incorporate
members to eliminate hollow areas.
stainless steel rods and acetal plastic modules that feature
100% slotted rod openings. This unique construction
A clean-in-place (CIP) system
enables a stronger belt with far greater open area than the
provides bakeries another way to
competition, promoting higher capacities, shorter dwell
update and simplify the cleaning
times and faster sanitation. The Ashworth Advantage is
process for their staff. Through use
the only spiral belt to meet NSF and USDA hygiene and
of a CIP system, employees no loncleanability standards. Patented links allow for quick repairs
ger must remove hinge pins and take
without welding or special tools-just use a screwdriver.
off the belts to clean them in a clean* Strongest spiral or turn curve belt in its class
out-of-place (COP) tank - conserv* Less friction and less tension mean lower energy costs
ing both water and energy. A New
* Guaranteed not to generate black specks
England-based equipment manufacturer offers a stainless steel, CIP con* Acetal surface for quick, clean product release
veyor with sealed welds, eliminating
* Perfect for freezing, cooling and prooﬁng
another area of potential bacteria
growth. The company's conveyor is
also hermetically sealed. The viceUSA: 800-682-4594 or 540-662-3494
president of sales and marketing said
UK: +44-01-384-35500
Netherlands: +31-74-265-6565
the sealed welds promote the surface
water drainage, eliminating the colwww.ashworth.com
WE KEEP YOU RUNNING.
lection of debris and water.
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