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MARKETS SERVED
LIFT CARRIAGE DESIGNS & OPERATION NBE serves a wide range of HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS
Lift carriages are offered in several available con- markets including food, chemical, Power units and valve stacks are configured based
figurations to match the customer’s process. Floor plastics, personal products, on the customer’s required cycles per hour and
load styles allow containers to be loaded into the pharmaceutical, pet food, dairy, time per cycle. They can be constructed for general
carriage with casters, a pallet jack, or fork lift truck. rubber and water treatment. industrial purpose, wash down duty, intrinsically
Fork lift styles allow containers to be loaded with safe, and explosion proof classifications.
a fork lift truck while eliminating metal to metal
contact from the forks to the carriage base. Integral The power unit includes a large
powered or gravity roller conveyor styles allow SAFETY CAGE AND SYSTEMS reservoir with a return line filter,
integration into indexing and accumulation conveyor Standard safety cage option includes 2-sided sight gauge, and vented fill cap.
systems. Additionally, conveyors can include chain safety caging panels constructed of sheet steel The power units are mounted
transfer devices to transfer full or empty conveyors with polycarbonate view windows and cut-outs for to the framework or can be skid
at right angles from their load position. maintenance purposes. mounted to include a drip-pan
that helps prevent fluid from
The lift carriage is Four sided safety cages reaching the floor.
hydraulically raised into completely surrounds the
the discharge hood with cam discharger and has hinged doors
rollers traveling on track bars that are electrically interlocked with
to guide the lift and provide the the controls to stop or prevent the The valve stacks provide a
smoothest operation possible discharger’s operation if the doors range of adjustability to control
while eliminating the potential are opened. the discharger’s lift and rotation
for side to side racking found in speed, as well as the seal
other designs. A timing circuit pressure. The seal pressure can
along with a pressure reducing Light curtains eliminate the need be adjusted for different styles
valve is used to ensure the container is sealed without to open and shut safety cage doors of containers to provide a very
damaging the container before rotating it into the discharge while disabling the equipment’s effective seal without damaging
position. operation when the beam is the containers.
crossed
Pneumatic container Seal cylinders are used to raise
centering devices position and seal the container into the
the container in the optimum hood on standard 2500 pound
position for sealing into the units
hood and achieving maximum
discharge from the containers. CONTROL SYSTEMS Rotation cylinders are used
Standard controls are deadman style where the to invert the container into its
Box position switches operator selects and holds the rotate/return, discharge position.
ensure the container is in the and/or raise/lower selector switches to operate the
correct position prior to the seal carriage raising the container equipment. The equipment will stop, and hold, in any Mast cylinders are used to
into the hood. position when the switches are released. raise the container to an elevated
discharge position on lift and
Control enclosures can be discharge units.
CUSTOM DISCHARGE HOODS designed using NEMA 12, 4, 4x, 7,
Discharge hood shapes are custom designed for 9, and purged panels.
the customer’s specific containers and application
parameters. The primary design objectives of all Custom PLC control programs
NBE discharger hoods are contamination free, dust with touch screen HMI are available Rotolink™, a 3-bar mechanical
free and complete material discharge. to automate the equipment (see linkage is designed to ensure
automation section). smooth, continuous speed
Discharge hoods are operation for container rotations
constructed of various up to 180 degrees. The linkage
materials to meet the geometry is calculated so that it
specific application PNEUMATIC SYSTEM optimally balances and achieves
requirements. Carbon The equipment includes a complete pneumatic a consistent force and velocity
Steel; 304, 316, and 6WL control system for all pneumatic devices including in both the raise and lower
ruggedized stainless steel directional control valves, all necessary filter directions.
are common materials of regulators, and a single supply connection complete
construction. Galvanized with a bleedable lock out ball valve.
steel and other custom
alloys or coatings are also The system is plumbed
available upon request. using flexible poly- t o p e r a t i o n . P e r i o d .
tubing. The poly-tubing
Discharge valves are also material and application is color coded to help s
dependent. Typical configurations utilize round or square troubleshooting and e
pneumatic slide gates, rotary valves, as well as open funnel maintenance of the h
discharges. devices t
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Discharge hoods can include internal agitators and o
moveable grates to prevent material from bridging or ratholing m
in the hood, as well as devices to delump the material prior MATERIAL TESTING
to discharging. NBE highly encourages S
customers to test their materials
Discharge hoods can include material sensor switches
to indicate when the container is completely empty of its for free at our facilities as the
contents. ultimate way to ensure the right
mix of features are selected that
optimize their process.

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