Exploring Conveyor Types: A Guide by CPEG
At CPEG, we offer a wide array of conveyor solutions, all custom-engineered for efficient, safe, and clean material handling. Conveyors can be a vital component of your production line and our equipment delivers whether you’re dealing with powders, bulk solids, high temperatures, or sanitary environments. Here’s a breakdown of each type, how they work, and which brand within our group provides them.
1. Screw Conveyors
Brand: S. Howes
Screw or auger conveyors consist of a rotating helical shaft that transports granular or semi-solid materials through a trough or tubular housing. They’re ideal for horizontal or slight inclines and are often used as feeders. S. Howes offers various configurations—including tubular, U-trough, split‑tube, and even jacketed thermal versions—customized for heating/cooling, food handling, or heavy-duty applications.
Highlights:
- Split-tube designs allow easy cleaning (perfect for food, pet food, spices)
- U-troughs enable heated/cooled transport
- Thermal screw conveyors integrate jacketed or heated shafts for in-process temperature control
2. Vibrating Conveyors
Brand: Carrier Vibrating Equipment and Kinergy
Vibrating conveyors use oscillatory motion to gently move bulk solids across sealed troughs. Driven at their natural frequency, they’re energy-efficient, low-maintenance, and excellently suited for delicate, sticky, or hot materials (up to ~2,000 °F). Carrier also offers quenching conveyors, bag flatteners and foundry conveyors, while Kinergy offers picking conveyors, cleaning conveyors and trough conveyors.
Features:
- Options from food-grade stainless steel to rugged high-temperature models
- Configurable for screening, cooling, orienting, and more
- Minimal moving parts, quiet operation, and easy cleaning
3. Spiral Conveyors
Brand: Carrier Vibrating Equipment
The Carrier vibrating spiral elevator is a versatile unit for elevating small to medium size products within a compact footprint. In addition to elevating difficult-to-handle products, Carrier spiral elevators can also dry, cool, heat or condition a wide range of materials. Units are easy to install and maintain and can be customized to meet the needs of your application.
Features:
- Available in diameters up to 11 feet and heights up to 60 feet
- Process capability for drying or cooling the product while elevating
- Water or steam-jacketed trough designs available
- Product contact surfaces can be Plasma or Teflon coated for handling sticky product
- USDA (3A) food and dairy grade clean up available
Why it Matters: Choosing Your Conveyor
The right conveyor depends on your product’s characteristics (e.g. particle size, temperature, fragility) and your facility’s constraints (space, elevation, throughput). At CPEG, we apply rigorous lab testing, CAD modeling, and field trials to tailor systems to fit your specific needs. Contact us for more information.
