Eliminate Dead Plates and Reduce Spoilage on Canmaking Lines

Tight-transfer belting solutions for mass conveyance of empty cans help reduce the risk of mixed-label pallets and tipped cans

  • Spotlight
  • August 28, 2023
Brite cans on Intralox Series 560 belt

Intralox now offers exceptional tight-transfer modular plastic belting solutions for the canmaking industry. Eliminating the need for dead plate transfers, these tight-transfer solutions for mass can conveyance have been shown in field testing to reduce spoilage of empty cans by 70% compared to transfers with dead plates. This dead-plate-free belting system also prevents cans from becoming stranded on dead plates, reducing the risk of palletizing mixed labels and eliminating labor needed to clear the line of stranded cans at each label change.

Tight-transfer Intralox belts for canmakers and metal packagers currently available:

  • Series 560 Tight Transfer Flat Top in blue acetal

Benefits

  • Reduce tipped cans and spoilage
  • Eliminate stranded cans on dead plates
  • Reduce risk of palletizing mixed labels
  • Eliminate time-consuming and difficult dead plate maintenance on hard-to-access conveyors
70%
reduced spoilage compared to dead plate transfers
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Eliminate Dead Plates and Reduce Spoilage

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