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high end quality products. “We’ve developed a range of
solutions that are positioned at the top end of the market for customers that have high expectations for quality systems from their suppliers.
“Ease of maintenance, tool less belt removal, and easy cleaning, combined with realistic pricing are key to our competitiveness. We supply products to an industry that cries out for reliable, high throughput, flexible, low input systems. They don’t want to be maintaining or cleaning conveyors, they want to be using them,” Alcorn says.
HIGH VALUE,
FLEXIBLE DESIGN
Alcorn says an example of this is the company’s project with global specialists to design a spiral conditioning conveyor with no internal drum, making the company the only Australian manufacturer to do so. FlexCAM offers this leading-edge design across the various available plastic, stainless steel, and hybrid belts for its spiral conveyor systems. Utilising the three belt technologies enables the application of these systems in coolrooms, freezers and ovens. Temperature ranges are from -40C to 300C.
Following FlexCAMS’s design principals of hygiene, ease of maintenance, and competitive pricing, it decided to base its offering on a drumless spiral.
“The use of Side Drive technology enables us to design a range of solutions that a traditional drum spiral simply cannot achieve.
“We can design ‘low in and high out’ as well as ‘low in and lowout’systems,removingthe
need for decline conveyors and allowing packaging equipment to be positioned closer to the spiral outfeed, which ensures product stays at the optimum temperature,” Alcorn says.
Drum-free systems also provide increased cooling opportunities for FlexCAM’s customers, decreasing the amount of time they need to stabilise the product.
HYGIENIC DESIGN
High quality producers need high quality production solutions that allow them to focus on product quality.
“The core range of FlexLink conveyors, supplemented with specialist product from industry leaders such as Intralox, Ambaflex, SEW, and Nord, puts us in the unique position to offer optimal solutions in the most challenging environments,” Alcorn says.
THE KEY TO FLEXCAM
With a strong engineering and project management team, the company offers a wide range of industry specific solutions. This might be simple corner change parts for different products on a bottling conveyor through to telescopic retractable conveyors for tray loading.
“We design everything in 3D in close consultation with the customer to ensure they get
the best outcome for their investment. We also offer customers specialist knowledge in production flow and line efficiency,” Alcorn says.
For FlexCAM, it means the company can guarantee the entire process is balanced for minimal down time and consistent throughput while maximising the customer’s returnoninvestment. ✷
“ We supply products to an industry that cries out for reliable, high throughput, flexible, low input systems. They don’t want to be maintaining or cleaning conveyors, they want to be using them.”
As the ANZ distributor for FlexLink, FlexCAM has built its “simple solutions to complex needs” approach. Some of the equipment in action:
MAIN: Spiraflo Side Drive Spiral Conveyor.
FAR LEFT: FlexLink WLX Series Modular Plastic Belt Conveyors.
LEFT: The Blue Belt conveyor has a hygienic open design for easy cleaning and low maintenance.
BELOW: Flexlink X Series Slat Chain Conveyors.
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