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Article: Belting it out: conveyors and belting systems built for product and performance help processors with material handling.(processing technology)
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- Dairy Field
- Article date:
- February 1, 2007
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While some automated systems are considered the heart or brain of production, conveyors can be considered the veins and arteries that move ingredients, packages and finished product throughout a facility.
As dairy operations--whether they are devoted to fluid milk, cheese, ice cream, cultured products or dry ingredients--become increasingly sophisticated, continuous and automated, belting and conveyors are the conduits that allow for the reduction of labor and more streamlined way of getting things from point A to point B (or, for that matter, to points C, D or E.)
With an increasing role in product handling, packaging, palletizing and other functions, ...