Sugar Handling Conveyors

Sugar Handling Conveyors

Problem

A Florida sugar manufacturer was having leakage problems on their incline screw conveyor using a waste pack.

Before – Issues they were having:

• Bearing failure
• Major safety hazard due to dust in the air
• Poor housekeeping
• Shaft wear
• Product loss

Solution

The customer installed a solid, 7520 air purged CinchSeal on April 14, 2009, and the seal has been running without incident.

After – Benefits of Cinchseal:

• No bearing failure
• Improved safety and housekeeping.
• Shaft wear eliminated
• Product loss eliminated
• Unscheduled down time eliminated