Bolted Construction Conveyor

Pack Air defines our Stainless Steel Bolted Conveyor as equipment where the frames and other fabricated components are mainly bolted together instead of welded. Frame spacers, supports, guide rails and other components are joined with a minimum of welded parts. Welded joints may be MIG or TIG welded but will not be required to be continuous nor to be ground and polished. The equipment may be designed to be wiped down with a damp rag, or may be completely washed down, but it is not designed to be sanitary as there can be areas that can trap debris and harbor bacterial growth. Typical uses of this type of construction are: bottling, filling, rinsing, bakery (BISSC), high humidity areas, coolers & freezers, chemical resistance, sealed food, and processes prone to occasional liquid spills.

Bolted construction can apply to Plastic and Steel Chain, Plastic Modular Belt, Fabric/Plastic/Rubber Belt, Roller Conveyor, and related equipment.  We start with a bolted frame and SS shafts, but the rest of the construction may include any combination of: painted bearings, polymer housed SS bearings, painted motors & reducers, epoxy coated motors & reducers, SS motors & reducers, component parts flush mounted to frame, component parts mounted on frame standoffs, various guide rail options, and various support and feet options.

Stainless steel and wash down rated components come at a higher cost than their mild steel and non-wash down counterparts, all of which adds to the total cost of your equipment.  Over specifying your needs or accepting “canned” designs that include extra bells and whistles that you don’t really need can significantly increase the cost of this type of equipment.  To help control your costs Pack Air will spend a great deal of time asking questions and listening to you about your specific application to determine what conveyor construction is right for you.