Prab - Pivot Belt Conveyors
The Pivot Belt conveyor is a PRAB-exclusive solution designed to tackle stringy, thin metal scrap and oily chips that can cause carryover on traditional conveyors. This innovative hinged belt design pivots to actively shed sticky scrap and coolant, preventing clogs and reducing fluid carry-off. Our Pivot Belt conveyors excel in applications with aluminum or steel stampings, chips, and other thin-gauge scrap – keeping your workspace cleaner and safer. Built with the same heavy-duty mindset as our other systems, the Pivot Belt features a rugged frame and belt construction that ensure reliable operation in high-volume, wet scrap conditions.
- Minimizes carryover of oily slugs, knockouts, and thin-gauge scrap
- Keeps plant floor clean and safe by collecting oily fluids in the seamless pan
- Torque-limiting protection shuts down the conveyor when loads become too heavy, preventing scrap handling equipment damage.
By effectively elevating oily scrap without carryover, PRAB Pivot Belt conveyors minimize maintenance downtime and improve coolant recovery. If your operation deals with messy, hard-to-handle metal waste, the Pivot Belt provides an advanced engineered conveying solution that’s durable and exceptionally efficient.
- 2-1/2″ and 4″ pitch available
- Rigidized, dimpled belt surfaces help to eliminate carryover of sticky, oily pieces
- Overlapping hinged pans pivot for positive discharge
- Raised pusher flights ensure a positive material flow
- Extended life with replaceable bushings in heavy-duty side chain
- Seamless one-piece pan construction for fluid accumulation
- Side-wings and flights are integrally die-formed with pan
- Heavy duty side frames, track and wear bars for precise belt tracking and longer life
- Built-in automatic overload protection
- Covered by PRAB’s metal scrap equipment Performantee
- Drive can be mounted above, below or on the side of the scrap conveyor
- Custom skirts, chutes and hoppers to fit application requirements
- Special side sections are available for height-restricted areas
- Special support frames and casters
- Flanged rollers available on both 2-1/2” and 4” pitch
- Variable speed drive
- Auto lube systems for automatic greasing of bearings.
Image Right: Auto lube systems are designed to automatically supply a small quantity of clean grease or oil to bearings on a regular basis-improving bearing performance and eliminating maintenance required for manual greasing.