Conveyor belts and equipment for meat and poultry processing

Series 560 belting for tight transfers: For smaller protein products, belt-to-belt transfers can be especially difficult. The Intralox Series 560 Tight Transfer belt provides smooth, gentle product handling to improve yield and minimize damaged or wasted product across tight transfer conveyors.

The S560 belt’s distinctively small nosebar makes it ideal for transfers of small or delicate products, including machinery infeed and outfeed, product transfer, tight-transfer conveyors, or product handling within the machine. It comes in two styles—Flat Top or Flush Grid—and can be manufactured using our innovative Polyketone (PK) material to reduce stickiness and improve hygienic performance.

ThermoDrive belting for prepared foods: ThermoDrive technology’s patented tensionless system combines belts and components to help processors optimize for both sanitation and performance.

• Sanitation: Reduce cleaning time while decreasing water consumption and simplifying sanitation processes. Ensure consistent swab counts and avoid the foreign material contamination risks posed by fabric belts, exposed fabric, or yarn reinforcements.
• Performance: Eliminate belt issues caused by tensioning (e.g., mistracking, elongation, wavy edges). Improve product yield with ThermoDrive belting's scraper-friendly surface.

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Product quality, food safety, and performance should never be compromised, either within a processing area or on the conveyors that connect them. Our wide selection of radius and straight-running conveyor belts for connective transport ensures you can get an optimal belt regardless of your conveyors, layouts, or products.

Radius: Our industry-leading portfolio of radius conveyor belts allows us to deliver robust, long-lasting solutions to satisfy any need on a curved conveyor line. We offer an extensive range of material, surface, and belt style options, including:

• Series 2400 Radius belt with Heavy-Duty Edge (HDE): The longest lasting and most fault-tolerant radius conveyor belt for the food industry
• Series 2300 Nose-Roller Tight Turning belts: Provide the smallest possible transfers with no need for dead plates
• Series 2100 ZERO TANGENT Radius Flat Top belt: Save space by enabling conveyors with the tightest possible (zero-tangent) curves

Straight running: With our long history in the meat and poultry industry and our commitment to innovation, we've developed both broad-based solutions that set industry standards and targeted solutions to meet specialized application needs. Our straight-running solutions include:

• Series 560, the strongest tight-transfer belt in the food industry
• Food-safe modular plastic belts, including Polykeytone (PK) material, detectable belting, and SeamFree belting
• ThermoDrive belting, the most advanced belt system for hygienic food processing

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DirectDrive technology has revolutionized spiral conveyance by eliminating overdrive, creating reliably smooth operation that performs without interruption. More than 1,000 DirectDrive System spirals have been installed in food processing plants around the world.

The DirectDrive System relies on a patented operating system that engages the belt edge directly with the drum to generate zero slip and significantly reduce belt tension. By decreasing maintenance and cleaning expenses while maximizing production time, meat and poultry processing plants can improve performance while reducing total ownership costs.

DirectDrive technology is available for both structure-supported and stacker spirals. An ideal hygienic space-saving solution for low-profile products, the DirectDrive Stacker is especially well suited for freezing and cooling processes in meat and poultry plants.

Benefits of the DirectDrive System:

• Creates a positively driven belt with zero overdrive
• Reduces belt tension
• Delivers reliably smooth operation
• Eliminates product orientation issues
• Ensures consistent system performance
• Improves product release vs. competing technologies

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AIM equipment: Active Integrated Motion (AIM) technology meets meat and poultry processing needs by automating applications that use expensive manual labor, making it a comprehensive solution for tray pack applications. AIM sorting, switching, and merging equipment is designed to perform in multiple environments—including washdown—to promote line flexibility.

• Handles products gently with stable product orientation
• Increases throughput
• Reduces dependence on labor

Side Drive technology: Built upon Intralox’s advances in modular plastic conveyor belting and spiral conveyance, Side Drive technology ensures simplified maintenance and sanitation, better belt performance, and fewer transfers between conveyors.

• Enables flexible conveyor design options
• Fully washdown ready
• Minimizes transfer points to improve product quality and yield
• Increases efficiency and belt life

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An issue with any one belt or conveyor at the end of the line in a meat or poultry plant can cause impacts to ripple across the entire area. Overcoming these challenges requires a holistic approach.

With Intralox Packer to Palletizer, you can ensure maximum return on investment for your end-of-line projects—from initial planning to final installation and beyond—to achieve future-ready flexibility, unlock potential, and improve overall performance. Whether you're building a new plant, expanding an existing facility, or undertaking a reconfiguration, our team can help you reach key performance indicators (KPIs) and limit project risks.

Packer to Palletizer technologies and services for meat and poultry plants include:

• AIM equipment for empty boxes
• ARB equipment for package and case handling
• Series 2100 ZERO TANGENT and Series 2300 Nose-Roller Tight Turning radius belts
• Line layout optimization and simulation services

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