How can we maintain and clean your feed conveyors?

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Can your conveyors be customized with features like cleats, skirts, and guards for feeding?

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What is the typical lifecycle of your conveyors in feeding applications?

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What types of materials can your conveyors handle in feeding applications?

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Do you offer spare parts and replacement belts for feeding conveyors?

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Are your conveyors easy to integrate with existing feeding equipment?

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How are your conveyors shipped to customers?

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What is the lead time for a custom Fluent conveyor system?

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Can I order a Fluent scrapping conveyor in any color of my choosing?

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Conveyors for feeding applications

Conveyor features and options

Explore a wide array of customization options available for our feed conveyors:

Diverter gates: pneumatic, hydraulic, and electric actuators.
Pushers: linear actuators for transferring materials.
Chutes: custom steel chutes to discharge sorted materials.
Compliance: designed to local codes and standards.
Electrical: UL-listed panels, components, and wiring.
Platforms: steel catwalks and operator platforms.
Transition hoppers: custom infeed and discharge hoppers.
Structural steel: support frames, stairs, mezzanines.
Inclines: custom incline conveyors to match your requirements, including 60° tumble-back configurations for metered feeding.

We can build a custom conveyor solution to your exact specifications.

Conveyor specs

We design and build each conveyor for ease of maintenance, longevity, and performance.

Inclines: up to 35 degrees.
Capacities: up to 25,000 lbs chain pull.
Drives: shaft-mounted gear motors, 5HP-25HP.
Speed: 50-400 ft/min variable speed via VFD.
Rollers: impact rollers with 3", 4", 5" diameters.
Frames: formed steel channel, boxed support.
Motors: TEFC, stainless steel, chemical duty options.
Belt width: 18"-60" depending on the sorting applications.
Belt types: rubber, PVC, urethane, modular plastic.
Belt accessories: cleats, side skirts, training idlers.
Safety: e-stops, pull cords, dead man plates.
Controls: PLC, touchscreen HMI, remote access control panels.

Need additional customization? Our engineering team can build an innovative solution to your specs.

Feed applications

Our feeding conveyors meet the unique demands of feed applications across applications such as the following:

Manufacturing: move raw materials to production lines, transport byproducts to processing equipment.
Recycling: transport, sort, and process recyclable materials including plastics, paper, glass, and metals.
Car shredding: heavy-duty D4 track conveyors feed entire end-of-life vehicles into shredders.
Waste management: convey municipal solid waste and other waste streams.
Agriculture: handling the dispensing of seeds, fertilizers, and grains to support planting and crop growth.

Explore the diverse industries we cater to for your specialized feed application needs.

Do you need a conveyor solution?

We build our conveyors to handle the most extreme applications, including scrap, recycling, waste, and other harsh environments.