DirectDrive technology has revolutionized spiral conveyance by eliminating overdrive, creating reliably smooth operation that performs without interruption in all operating conditions.
Eliminate unscheduled downtime. Increase throughput. Improve profitability.
Spiral conveyors are critical pieces of equipment for many industries, especially food processing and container manufacturing. The right spiral solution can bring efficiency to conditioning processes like freezing, cooling, or proofing; the wrong solution can bring your entire line to a halt.
Intralox’s modular plastic spiral conveyor belts and solutions help you:
- Minimize expensive, unscheduled production downtime
- Eliminate complicated repair work
- Overcome product quality and orientation challenges
Intralox spiral solutions are designed with hygiene in mind. There are no catchpoints or small niches to capture soils in the belt, and the rod-retention areas are designed for quick, efficient, and complete cleaning.
"We don’t have to work on the spiral any more, and we couldn’t be happier with the service Intralox has provided." - Manager of Plant Engineering and Maintenance,
Orlando Baking Company (See the Case Study)
See how the original low-tension spiral conveyor solution works
Which Spiral Belt Solution Is Right for You?
DIRECTDRIVE STRUCTURE SUPPORTED SPIRALS: Eliminate system friction to enable smooth, reliable spiral performance in all operating conditions.
Proven in over a thousand installations worldwide, Intralox's DirectDrive™ System—the original low-tension spiral solution—has revolutionized spiral conveyance. By drastically reducing belt tension and total system stress, DirectDrive Structure Supported spirals ensure better system performance, reduced downtime, and substantially longer belt life.
DirectDrive Structure Supported spirals help you:
- Minimize expensive, unscheduled production downtime
- Eliminate product orientation problems related to overdrive
- Avoid catastrophic events like belt breakage and lifts
Compared to similar technologies, DirectDrive Structure Supported spirals can support larger systems and wider belts. Along with increased uptime, these production enhancements help you increase throughput in your proofer, cooler, freezer, hydrochiller, or any other spiral application.
Plants that adopt DirectDrive Structure Supported spirals realize many key benefits, including:
- Removal of friction as an operational variable
- Increases product load capacity, allowing maximum throughput
- Reduces product marking and product loss due to adhesion by up to 80%
- Superior product alignment from infeed to outfeed
- Delivers smooth, reliable performance with reduced total cost of ownership
See how a DirectDrive Structure Supported spiral helped Schulze & Burch dramatically simplify maintenance in its bakery plant
See how a DirectDrive Spiral System with two-drum-one-belt with no transfers protects delicate pastries
Read “The Truth About Spiral Belt Sanitation”
SELF-STACKING SPIRALS: The DirectDrive Stacker is an ideal hygienic space-saving solution for low-profile products.
Self-stacking spiral conveyors are not a new technology. But for spiral applications like freezers and proofers—where controlling airflow is critical—the Intralox® DirectDrive™ Stacker lets you reimagine the possibilities.
Built on the same revolutionary technology as DirectDrive Structure Supported spirals, the DirectDrive Stacker can help you:
- Eliminate expensive, unscheduled production downtime
- Simplify sanitation and maintenance with fewer product contamination risks
- Avoid catastrophic events like belt breakage and destacks
The DirectDrive Stacker’s belt supports its own weight on the inner and outer edges, removing the need for a traditional carryway. Compared to a structure-supported spiral, the DirectDrive Stacker requires 99% less carryway while offering twice the amount of belting in the same amount of vertical space.
Plants that adopt the DirectDrive Stacker realize many key benefits, including:
- Hygienic design that cleans easily, efficiently, and thoroughly
- Optimal freezing efficiency employing horizontal airflow
- More tiers in a smaller vertical space
- Lower total cost of ownership compared to traditional self-stackers
- Smooth, reliable performance
See how upgrading to the DirectDrive Stacker brought THOKS Bakery dramatic improvements despite limited freezer space
See how a DirectDrive Stacker saved frozen-foods producer Mountain Top Foods approximately $150,000 US per year
SIDE DRIVE CONVEYORS: Side Drive allows for infinitely long conveyors capable of turning both clockwise and counterclockwise.
The flexibility and easy maintenance of Intralox Side Drive technology enable unique configurations and eliminate transfers between equipment, all while being fully washdown ready.
Sprockets drive the belt from the edge at one or more points, using one or more drive motors. Side Drive is built upon Intralox’s advances in modular plastic conveyor belting and spiral conveyance, which ensures simplified maintenance and sanitation and better belt performance. By minimizing transfers, Side Drive also substantially reduces product damage and loss.
Side Drive technology offers many benefits, including:
- Enables flexible conveyor design options
- Accommodates infinitely long belting
- Fully washdown ready
- Minimizes transfer points to improve product quality and yield
- Increases efficiency and belt life
See how a Side Drive solution helped Marie drastically reduce maintenance costs along its elevating conveyor
