Munchman Hinged Steel Belt Conveyors
The MunchMan hinged steel belt conveyor is designed to handle the heavy chip loads with large stringy chips and balls of chips generated in milling and turning applications where high work piece stock removal rates exist. The MunchMan employs a unique stacked conveyor arrangement at the lower curve and through the incline and chip discharge of the system. A traditional horizontal hinged belt load section transitions to the incline when a second hinged steel belt conveyor mounted above the primary conveyor is running the belt in the same direction as the primary belt. Both belts are designed with carrying cleats. As the chips and stringy balls of chips go through the transition at the lower curve, the chips and chip balls are literally sucked in and pinched between the two moving belts through the incline and discharge area. Chips are effectively compressed and trapped until they are forced off the discharge end of the conveyor. The MunchMan can be designed to fit into most of today’s CNC lathes and machining centers, and has little or no effect on the space required vs. traditional single belt chip conveyors.