Walker Custom Sheet Metal, a company that specializes in custom sheet metal fabrications from hoppers and carts to industrial platforms and tanks, is giving food manufacturers another option of its ultra-sanitary and tool-less W.O.W. Conveyor with a Bucket Uplift version.
Traditional bucket conveyors have chains, sprockets and metal buckets that pivot. These moving parts require grease for operation, making the design inherently unsanitary. The W.O.W. version of the Bucket Uplift Conveyor eliminates these parts using the same design principles of all W.O.W. Conveyors: parts that can removed without the use of tools, made possible with a patented bearing application, and framework that contains no niches where bacteria can grow. Every conveyor is custom built to meet each food processor’s unique food safety and production needs. For instance, clear polymer guards made of FDA-approved Lexan are an optional design feature in facilities where products require protection from falling debris. These too can easily be removed without the use of tools.