Food
Ice Cream Machine
The Megadyne OEM team was contacted by a manufacturer experiencing problems with their drive system. The high-speed drive suffered from excessive noise, vibration and contamination. Although the drive was enclosed inside a cover, black belt dust contamination was still an issue the customer wanted to resolve and eliminate from the system.
Read moreFruit elevator for apple juice production
The roller-chain drives consistently failed in less than a month, creating an unsustainable operational burden. Although the chains themselves were inexpensive, the cumulative cost of frequent replacements, labor, and production downtime was significant. Every failure brought the fruit-elevator system offline, interrupting output and directly reducing revenue. In addition, the corrosive application environment rapidly degraded the steel chains, accelerating wear and further shortening service life.
Read moreSausage Processing Machinery
SITUATION/APPLICATION The food industry is a dynamic and fast paced business. Belts and associated equipment for food processing are required to have food contact approved materials for use with any kind of food product or process. They must also be highly resistant to animal fats, vegetable and mineral oils, as well as many chemicals and be capable of handling clean-in-place wash-down procedures. Modern production lines for sausage processing move at extremely high speed grip to endure this demanding environment. Additionally, materials must meet all the food grade requirements of the locality where it is used. THE PROBLEM The Megadyne OEM team worked with a manufacturer of sausage processing machinery to solve their problem of short belt life. The application suffered frequent belt breakage and delamination due to the severe environment where the belt was exposed to material degrading animal fats and high pressure periodic wash-down maintenance of the equipment.
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