Conveying soft and fragile items is a big challenge, especially vegetables and fruits. The conveyor pillow belt, also named wave belt, is the best choice for conveying these materials.
What are the pillow belts?
The pillow belts (wave belts) are made of base belts and pillow cleats. Our conveyor pillow belts fitted with pillow cleats. The materials of conveyor pillow belts can be PVC and TPU.
What are the structure of pillow belts?
The pillows can be either continuously fitted or with larger gaps. They are welded by high frequency machines.
- Base belt: PVC or TPU
- Pillows: 1 or 2 plies
- Lines of 1 or more pillows
- Welding width: 10 or 20 mm
- Shape and position of pillows according to drawing.
What are the applications of pillow belts?
As we can know, tomatoes, apples, and oranges can bruise very easily during conveying. Damaged items are difficult to sell. This will cause the buyer to suffer losses. The conveyor pillow belt were invented to process fruits, vegetables, and eggs. This type of conveyor belt can decrease the surface damage. The conveyor pillow belt are frequently used in weighing and packaging system.
You can use it to handle these goods:
- Fruit: Apple, Pear, Orange, etc.
- Vegetables: Potatoes, Tomatoes, etc.
Why should use pillow belts?
The conveyor pillow belts are designed to absorb shocks when conveying light products such as fruits and vegetables. They can also be useful to convey products with a complex shape or industrial cylinder type that requires a perfect stabilization when being conveyed.
Pillow cleats on the other hand are soft and conform to your product. They can be placed on any spacing and are perfect for bulk incline applications or maintaining critical spacing requirements.
Comply with Last Industrial Regulations
In today’s world, where food safety is of paramount importance—as it concerns the health of us all—we at Yonghang take this matter particularly seriously. All our materials used in food-grade conveyor belts comply with FDA, Chinese CE and EU food-grade certifications.
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