What types of materials can your sortation conveyors handle?

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Can your conveyors be customized with features such as cleats, skirts, and guards?

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How can we maintain and clean your sorting conveyors?

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Do you offer spare parts and replacement belts for your sorting conveyors?

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How long is the typical lifecycle for one of your sorting conveyors?

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Are your conveyors easy to integrate with our existing recycling equipment?

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

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How are your conveyors shipped to customers?

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

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Conveyors for material recovery applications

Sorting conveyor specifications

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

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

Do you need additional customization? Our engineering team can probably build an innovative solution to your specs.

Sorting conveyor features and options

We offer a broad range of customization options for our sorting conveyors.

Diverter gates: pneumatic, hydraulic, electric actuators
Pushers: linear actuators for transferring materials
Chutes: custom steel chutes to discharge sorted materials
Platforms: steel catwalks and operator platforms
Transition hoppers: custom infeed and discharge hoppers
Structural steel: support frames, stairs, mezzanines
Compliance: designed to local codes and standards
Electrical: UL-listed panels, components, and wiring

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

Sorting applications

We build sorting conveyors for the following applications and industries:

Recycling: sorting paper, plastic, glass, and metals at a materials recovery facility.
Waste management: sorting municipal solid waste into organics, recyclables, and waste categories.
Scrap: rugged conveyor systems to handle the rigors of scrap sorting
Package handling: sorting packages by destination, size, or type for routing to shipping, storage, or processing areas in warehouses and distribution centers.

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Do you need a conveyor solution?

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