Segmented Transfer Plates from Flexco can help prevent product loss at the transfer point, preventing potential damage to the product as well as the belt and conveyor structure. Segmented Transfer Plates provide smooth transition from one belt to ano Read More

At the beginning of 2012, SMS group GmbH received an order from the high performance alloy company VDM Metals GmbH, which produces plates and sheets in Siegen, Germany. The intention was to replace the old plate mill from 1954 with a modern version c Read More

Package Handling Jam Prevention for Three Conveyor Types Package handling, or carrier facilities and distribution centers mainly rely on three primary types of conveyors to move, sort, and store packages: belted conveyors, driven roller conveyors, an Read More

A large food plant in Ohio operates two (2) JBT freezers with standard gear motors. Plant maintenance was tired of dealing with the OEM for replacement parts, which were expensive and had a long lead time. The local BDI sales representative coordinat Read More

A national prepared foods customer had been purchasing belts and supplies from BDI for years. During a plant visit, the BDI sales representative learned of the customer’s interest in purchasing a belt weld press. BDI recommended the customer&n Read More

The new VGP (Vessel General Permit) requirements defined by the U.S. EPA went into effect in December 2013. The new VGP requirements will impact all commercial vessels longer than 79 feet and impose strict limits on incidental discharges (including l Read More

The baggage claim area in airports features steel plates that are moved by chain. The chain’s matched strands grab the button below each plate to drive the carousal.The original equipment maker uses specialty chain, giv Read More

Five years ago, a large food plant purchased 71 new motors from a BDI competitor. Twenty-six (26) of the motors were installed in the plant’s ejector pump room. In a short period of time, it was obvious that the white-epoxy-finished motors were Read More

A Northeast Ohio steel mill was using standard cast-iron-housed pillow block bearings on its run-out table. The over spray from an external water bath installed to cool the bearing housing left water spots on the finished product.  Th Read More

A coal-fired power plant in the upper Midwest was constantly repairing its soot blowers, with 40-50 units out of service at any given time. BDI determined that at peak temperatures, the bearing lubricant would liquefy and leak out of the bearings. Th Read More