conveyor maintenance

6 Actions You Need to Take to Ensure Longer Conveyor Life

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Conveyor systems are the backbone of any processing operation – moving product along the processing line from one workstation to the next.

When working correctly, your conveyor system keeps your line moving efficiently. But when a conveyor slows down, or breaks down completely, the whole line comes to a screeching halt – and costs you time, resources, and ultimately, money.

The goal in any food processing facility is to keep your conveyors running efficiently for as long as possible.

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5 Reasons to Purchase Fusion Tech Conveyors

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Fusion Tech is a leading designer and manufacturer of custom conveyor systems. Over the last ten years, we have designed countless solutions for a number of food processing industries, including bakery, dairy, candy, meat, poultry, grain and even pharmaceutical processors. Our conveyors are in processing plants across the nation.

But what makes our conveyors so appealing? Here are just a few reasons why food processing companies choose Fusion Tech conveyors for their plants.

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5 Tips for Equipment Maintenance

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Getting the most out of your processing equipment is critical for profitability. A slow moving line, unplanned stoppages, and processing delays can result in spoilage of high cost ingredients or products, which destroys your profit margin and can wreak havoc with the integrity of your brand.

Keeping your equipment properly maintained and running smoothly is key to avoiding these unnecessary costs. The following equipment maintenance tips will help you keep your equipment running at peak efficiency to save you time and money.

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Ergonomics in Food Packaging

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Most bagging and packaging operations require employees to stand in a single location and perform repetitive movements all day. Some require heavy lifting or awkward postures to get the final product into its proper packaging – not the most ergonomically sound practices.

While there is no way around requiring your employees to be at a singular packaging station all day, there are a number of ways to reduce the stress, awkward posturing, and heavy lifting that could easily lead to employee injuries.

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Packaging Equipment to Fit Your Needs

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Many food packaging equipment manufacturers specialize in stock equipment – they design a few models, offer a handful of options, and sell the same solution to every processing and packaging plant they can. It’s a great method of selling equipment – for them. They pump out a few hundred of the same pieces of equipment and sell it as the solution to your needs.

Sure, there are some benefits to purchasing stock equipment. You can see pictures of the equipment on their website, know the exact specifications before you contact them, and have a relatively short wait time before the equipment comes.

But what if your packaging needs aren’t met by their one-solution-fits-all approach? What if you require something more robust and durable? What are you supposed to do about all the supporting equipment to get your food product to their piece of equipment?

Stock equipment isn’t always the route to go.

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