Slipstick Options

Chutes

Discharge chutes are standard or custom designed to best fit your installation. Chutes can be specified for cross-contamination avoidance, gentle product handling, or abrasion resistance. In addition, these chutes can be booted for a higher level of dust control or to isolate the product stream from the ambient environment.

Slipstick Sanitary

Flow Inhibitors

Attached to the side of the conveyor pan, flow inhibitors are designed to build surge capacity in the conveyor pan and then to release product as needed. They are also used to momentarily hold back product prior to closing a discharge gate to prevent product from being pinched in the gate.

Product Dams

Similar to flow inhibitors, product dams are mounted on a stationary structure rather than the side of the conveyor pan. Dams cause less product breakage than flow inhibitors because they provide less impact against the dam.

Pan Covers

Pan covers are available for almost every style of Slipstick conveyor. Covers may be flanged for connection to other equipment, interlocked for access restriction, or may be clamped and / or hinged for ease of sanitation maintenance. Requiring no tools or special equipment for access or removal, Slipstick pan covers are made of stainless steel, clear polycarbonate or a wide variety of other materials.

UHMW Polyethylene Conveyor Contact Surfaces

UHMW (Ultra High Molecular Weight) Polyethylene offers a superior product contact surface for handling food products that can accumulate on conveyor trough surfaces. It offers superior release performance, similar to that of Fluoropolymer materials (e.g. Teflon) with a resistance to sliding abrasion greater than steel. UHMW can be used to line the pan surface or fabricated into free-standing troughs. Discharge gates can be fabricated from UHMW. UHMW is FDA and USDA approved for food contact.