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Intervention of the Gironet LIFTUBE : CONVEYOR BELT
will enable to increase collection OPTIMISATION
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capacity in order to avoid supply The Liftube is a solution
disruptions. that optimizes the sealing of any
conveyor belt (smooth or cleats,
Applications: cleaning raw rubber or PVC, vulcanized hot
material silos or the feed hopper or cold). It comes as a replace-
During the rebuilding of a fur- ment to stations equipped with
nace a glass factory in Germany three rollers on conventional
took the opportunity to clean its conveyors. These are standard
silos of sodium carbonate which 1-meter modules that are scal-
had been causing problems for able and easy to install on all
several years. or parts of a new or existing
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The choice of the Gironet conveyor while keeping the belt,
was immediate due to safety chassis and motorization of ori-
aspects because the silo is cleaned gin. It is installed between the
without any human intervention point of loading and unloading.
inside. Available in widths from 500 to the working conditions of the
1400mm, in high temperature, operators.
DUST CONTAINMENT IN explosive, food or self-extin- This equipment is suitable for
THE GLASS PRODUCTION guishing versions, the Liftube conveying systems with the fol-
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PROCESS avoids any contamination of lowing characteristics:
Optimizing production tools the product transported with - Bandwidth: 500 to 1400mm
means containment of dust emis- the outside environment. This - Band speed: 5m per second
sion in the environment, increas- seal-proof system enables easy maximum
ing work safety and possibly tilting of the glide boards and - Density of the product trans-
reducing maintenance costs ... the central roller for easy and ported: up to 4
Standard Industrie has a series minimal maintenance. Thanks to - Maximum particle size: 50mm
of solutions in terms of dust con- its pinch points protections, the - Maximum operating tempera-
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tainment in glass production. Liftube significantly improves ture: 220°C

Gironet up to the silo

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