Mesh belt conveyor
Extruded polymer conveyor for dry cut Pelletizing lines.
Our mesh belt conveying system has been specifically designed for the conveying of extruded polymer that are water-sensitive or difficult to process.
The conveyor makes it possible to process very flexible and elastic polymers that cannot be processed on wet-cut extrusion line lines.
Instead of using a cooling bath to cool the extruded strands the strands are fed directly onto a mesh belt the strands can then be cooled by either water spray jets or cool air jets depending on the application.
The conveyor can be supplied with water cooling or air cooling depending on the material being processed. Once the strands are cooled, they can be fed directly into our ASL series Pelletiser or any dry cut Pelletiser.
- Strand cooling with water or air.
- Low line speeds possible using 0.75Kw gear reduced motor.
- Inverter driven drive to give speed range of 5m-60m per minute.
- Lengths and widths to suit customer requirements.
- Height of belt to suit extruder and any Pelletiser.
- All material contacting parts of stainless steel.
- Belt fully tracked at each side to prevent side movement.
- Conveyor designed to suit customers requirement.
- Dry cut Pelletizing for water sensitive polymers
- Highly flexible strands can be fed easily and efficiently.
- We can fit the conveyor with your free issue cooling devices.
- Castor mounted for easy mobility with height adjustment.
- Choice of mesh belts
- Open mesh allows quick cooling and removal of water.
- Conveyor also suitable for very hard brittle strands that can break easily.
- Also suitable for high temperature thermoplastics and glass filled polymers.
- Mesh belt can be chain driven for heavy duty applications.
- Friction belt can be used for low duty applications and short conveyors.
- Automatic tensioning is constantly applied.
- Safety rope runs the length of the conveyor to stop the extrusion line.
- Water collection tray runs the entire length of the conveyor.
- Typical belt widths 250mm, 300mm 400mm 500mm 600mm.
- Dual conveyors also supplied for extra-long extrusion lines.
- Scraper blade fitted to link conveyors.
The conveyor pictured was designed to suit the customers application and was fitted with the customers cooling system which was free issued to us.
This mesh belt conveyor is 5m long with a 450mm wide mesh belt it was used to convey water sensitive extruded polymer which is also very elastic when extruded. The material was conveyed to our ASL400 Strand Pelletiser which has a capacity of 80 strands.
The molten polymer strands are fed directly from the extruder die onto the mesh belt, the material is slowly conveyed to allow air cooling prior to Pelletising.
This mesh belt is driven using stainless steel sprockets a stainless-steel chain is attached to both sides of the belt and the chain is fully supported over the entire length of the conveyor. The design of this system makes it impossible for the mesh belt to drift. The mesh belt is also supported underneath with plastic wear strips.
The drive chain can be lubricated with a food grade chain spray while the machine is running.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need any further information, if you have a material that is difficult to process, we can work with you and build a conveyor to suit your requirements.
