Consumer & food – C conveyors

The most common application within consumer and food industries is conveying ingredients from big or small bags to different process steps in production or conveying the final product to the packaging line. Piab’s range of conveyors can handle powders with particle sizes down to 0.5 micron, capacities up to 10 tons/hour and distances up to 50 meters (160 ft) depending on the conditions of the conveyed material. Piab’s conveyors are also designed to handle fragile products such as coffee beans or candy. For applications in these industries, we usually consult our global network of experts to ensure the quality of the conveyed product. Piab conveyors meet the very high hygienic demands (FDA) of the consumer and food industries.The equipment is also ATEX Dust compliant.

Piab quality standards

Typical applications

  • Powder and granules transfer
  • Form-fill-seal
  • Big Bag loading and unloading
  • Drum/bag filling and emptying
  • Mill/Sieve/Mixer/Blender filling
  • Tablet/Fragile products transfer
  • Applications in explosive atmosphere
  • Hygienic applications
  • Compact applications

Configuration examples

With the modular vacuum conveyor you can adjust your conveyor according to your needs and demands. The modular conveyor has a hygienic design. It is made of ASTM 316L steel and the surface on the modules is at least Ra 0.8. There are several types of filters and sealings to optimise the configuration. Different control systems can be ...

Modules

To create a complete conveyor Piab offers a wide range of different modules to be assembled to a complete vacuum conveyor.

Feeding point

It is important to optimise the feeding point (where the product is conveyed from) for the conveying system to assure maximum capacity and safe transport. There are several types of feeding points:

Piping

To complete the conveying system Piab offers stainless steel pipe bends, hoses of food grade, pipe couplings, different types of pipe fittings, pipeline emptying units, injection valves, pinch valves and many other solutions.

Control units

There are several ways to control the vacuum conveyor. All of the control units are fully pneumatic with timers. It is also possible to add a level detector and other options to the control unit.