SCP engineers worked closely with Wells Ice and Cold Storage to Design a screw conveyor drive that meet all of their needs.
Screw Conveyor Articles
While the majority of screw conveyors are shafted with a spiral wrapped around a center pipe and bushed and drilled at each end for shafts, shaftless screw are a unique product where the center pipe is eliminated and only the spiral is used to convey the bulk material.
Produced Water Solutions (PWS), an industry leader in the treatment of industrial wastewater, had a project in house to treat and dewater wastewater from a domestic industrial producer. The challenge for PWS and where SCP was able to step in was in the conveying of the dewatered sludge after the rotary press.
Screw conveyors are used in a wide variety of applications from agriculture to chemicals to wastewater and even food applications. Whether used in human food applications or pet food applications, each industry, customer and even each plant has a different idea of the finish requirements for screw conveyors.
Interco, an industry leader in nonferrous metal recycling has experienced a record year and with excitement from its shareholders needed to begin to reinvest in its processes.
Screw conveyor parts and screw conveyor components are dimensionally standardized trough the Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) and the CEMA 300.
Screw conveyors, like any other mechanical equipment, are driven by an electric motor. The motor provides a lot of power (HP) but very little torque (In-lbs).
Wellsville Terminals, an experienced full-service intermodal terminal had recently received a project involving receiving cement in bulk and transloading it to bulk bags.
One question we get asked a lot is whether a screw conveyor or belt conveyor is the bet fit for an application.
