Superior solutions for conveying PET bottles: improving efficiency from preform to palletizer
PET bottle manufacturing plants are turning to Intralox for the conveyor belt products and support they need to increase efficiency and reduce production costs throughout the plant. Intralox offers long-lasting, easy-to-clean modular plastic belts and accessories for virtually every application, including:
- Preform elevators
- Blown bottle elevators
- Vacuum applications
- Hopper elevators
- Scrap lines
- Palletizers
- Spiral preform cooling towers
- Accumulation tables
In the PET bottle industry, Intralox belting solutions deliver significant advantages over competing technologies, including flat rubber belting:
- Enhanced throughput and process efficiency. Intralox solutions eliminate jams, belt mistracking, tearing, and fraying.
- No belt-related regrind contamination. Unlike vulcanized flights, our flights don’t shred.
- Superior sanitation and inspection advantages. Intralox’s non-porous plastic materials are easier to clean and do not stain.
- Zero retensioning, retracking, vulcanizing, or splicing. Repairs are completed in minutes, without any special tools.
- Solutions you can rely on for years, not months. Intralox belts last 5+ years, and our flights last up to 3+ years, saving labor and replacement costs.
“Several times a year, we face audits and inspections by AIB and by our customers. We’ve found that retrofitting to Intralox modular plastic belting handily addresses sanitation problems as well as inefficiencies due to broken and bent flights. It also provides consistent preform delivery without downtime due to jams, retracking, and retensioning.”
Plant engineer from a major preform and blow molding plant
“Intralox’s responsiveness and flexibility make it easier for us to do business. Our customers want ease of repair, quick turnaround times, reliability… We couldn’t offer that to them without a belt supplier that provides those same advantages to us."
Jill Batka, Co-owner, Dynamic Conveyor Corporation (supplier to the plastic injection molding industry)
“We find Intralox modular plastic belts far easier to clean, maintain, and repair than traditional flat rubber belts with vulcanized flights.”
Injection molding manager from a major preform manufacturer