Severe Duty Drag Conveyors
From Ash to Zinc, Our Heavy Duty Conveyors Handle It All in the Most Demanding Material Handling Applications
With their rugged design, CDM’s heavy duty drag chain conveying systems deliver superior performance when handling abrasive, corrosive materials in severe, hostile environments with inlet temperatures up to 1000°F. These drag chain conveyors can handle extremely high capacities and are capable of moving tons of material per hour over relatively great distances.
Our heavy or severe duty drag chain conveyors are also the most efficient type of bulk material handling equipment for high-volume conveying. In horizontal applications, these conveyors utilize up to 90% of the cross-sectional area. Compared to other conveying technology, a heavy duty drag chain conveyor requires a smaller footprint to move the same or greater capacities of bulk materials.
More Than Just Muscle: The Operating Principles of En-Masse Conveying
Although the names are similar, an en-masse drag chain conveyor is very different in principle from a standard drag conveyor. En-masse drag chain conveyors move bulk material using a skeletal chain flight through a rectangular section of the material. The motion imparted on the bottom surface of the trough by the chain and the shear friction between the particles conveyed moves the material from point A to point B. They can move bulk materials in various configurations: horizontal, inclined, vertical, L-path, Z-path and loop. This makes our en-masse conveyors ideal for retrofits, new applications and bulk material handling in confined areas.
