Sugar Cleated Belt Conveyor
Conveying capacity: 1–50 t/h
Conveying length: 1–30 m
Conveyor belt width: 400–2000 mm
Baffle height: 30–120 mm
Conveying material: PVC / PU / Rubber
What is a Sugar Cleated Belt Conveyor?
A Sugar Cleated Belt Conveyor is a machine used for conveying sugary materials such as granulated sugar, brown sugar, and rock sugar granules. It uses a food-grade conveyor belt with baffles added to the belt surface to ensure stable transport of the sugar material horizontally, at inclines, and even at large angles, preventing slippage, spillage, and uneven conveying. Conveyor belt widths range from 400mm to 2000mm, and can be selected according to the actual conveying capacity of the production line. For conveying small quantities of materials such as candy, a 300mm belt width is preferred; for large quantities of bulk materials such as granulated sugar and raw sugar, specifications such as 500mm, 650mm, and 800mm are recommended. The baffle height should be selected between 30mm and 400mm, taking into account the inclination angle and spillage prevention requirements.
What types of Sugar Cleated Belt Conveyors are available?
Depending on the conveying distance, lifting height, installation space, and automation requirements of the sugar material, Sugar Cleated Belt Conveyors are generally classified into inclined, horizontal, skirted, and Z-type types. Choosing the right conveyor structure can not only improve conveying efficiency but also reduce operating costs and sugar loss.
The Inclined Sugar Cleated Belt Conveyor is used for conveying sugar powder at an incline of 0–45°, and is particularly suitable for production scenarios requiring height increases or connections between workstations. By installing baffles on the conveyor belt surface, the equipment effectively prevents sugar from slipping and accumulating during ascent. It is commonly used in packaging production lines, automatic weighing systems, silo loading, and continuous conveying systems in food processing, and can stably transport bulk sugar to a designated height.
The Sugar Cleated Belt Conveyor features a horizontal structure design, suitable for short-distance continuous conveying of sugar materials. Due to its simple structure, stable operation, and convenient maintenance, it has become one of the common conveying methods in the food processing and packaging industries. For situations where height increases are not required, but only workstation transfers or equipment connections are needed, horizontal conveyors can achieve high-efficiency conveying with lower energy consumption.
The Sidewall Sugar Cleated Belt Conveyor is a conveyor form that adds a corrugated skirt structure to a standard baffle belt. The skirted edge creates a closed conveying area, preventing lateral spillage of sugar during steep inclines. This is particularly suitable for scenarios with long conveying distances, high lifting heights, and limited installation space, allowing for larger conveying angles and improving space utilization. For powdered sugar, fine-grained sugar, and easily scattered materials, the skirted structure significantly reduces material loss.
The Z-type Sugar Cleated Belt Conveyor employs a combination of horizontal, lifting, and horizontal sections, forming a "Z"-shaped conveying trajectory. This allows for material lifting and turning within limited space. This structure reduces the number of material drops, protects the integrity of sugar granules, and enables automatic connection between different floors or equipment, making it widely used in modern food factories and packaging workshops. For production environments requiring continuous feeding and space saving, the Z-type conveyor is an efficient solution.
What are the advantages of the Sugar Cleated Belt Conveyor?
The Sugar Cleated Belt Conveyor demonstrates significant advantages in sugar handling, effectively solving common problems of slippage, backflow, and spillage in traditional conveying methods. It uses high-purity polyurethane or food-grade rubber, with a smooth and delicate contact surface. It not only prevents sugar granules from adhering and resists moisture absorption, but also avoids discoloration and blackening, fully complying with FDA or EC food contact standards. This ensures safety and hygiene when in direct contact with white sugar, guaranteeing the purity of the sugar. For different material characteristics such as coarse raw sugar and refined white sugar, it offers various baffle structures including T-type, C-type, S-type, and corrugated baffles. High T-type baffles can be used for coarse sugar to enhance impact resistance, while highly fluid white sugar is suitable for more closely spaced corrugated baffles, achieving uniform and stable flow and preventing accumulation and splashing. The baffle height can be flexibly customized from 30mm to 400mm according to the lifting angle and production requirements, maintaining stable conveying whether lifting steeply or horizontally. It supports large inclination angles from 0° to 90°, significantly saving factory space and seamlessly connecting with packaging machines and elevators to form a fully automated production line.
How does the Sugar Cleated Belt Conveyor work?
The Sugar Cleated Belt Conveyor uses a drive motor to rotate the active roller, causing the conveyor belt to form a continuous cyclical motion. After entering the feed inlet, the sugar material falls evenly onto the conveyor belt surface. The baffles form independent conveying zones, steadily transporting the material forward. When the Cleated Belt Conveyor uses inclined conveying, the baffles support the sugar material, preventing it from sliding downwards, and ultimately conveying the sugar to the designated discharge position.
Sugar Cleated Belt Conveyor Parameters
| bandwidthB（mm） | 300 | 400 | 500 | 650 | 800 | |||||||||
| sidewall height（mm） | 40 | 60 | 60 | 80 | 80 | 120 | 120 | 160 | 120 | 160 | 200 | 240 | ||
| Partial conveying inclination conveying amountQ3/h | 30° | 15 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 46 | 71 | 104 | 120 | 128 | 157 | 195 | 235 | |
| 45° | 11 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 35 | 57 | 83 | 97 | 102 | 127 | 157 | 195 | ||
| 60° | 8 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 40 | 58 | 69 | 72 | 90 | 112 | 142 | ||
| 90° | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 31 | 37 | 38 | 48 | 60 | 76 | ||
| Dimensions | Head wheel center heightH2/h（MM） | 350-100 | 1100-2000 | 1300-2000 | 1300-2000 | |||||||||
| Tail wheel center heightH2/h（MM） | 335 | 330-490 | 600 | 600 | 600-800 | |||||||||
| Middle section belt heightH2/h（MM） | 450 | 500-700 | 760-800 | 800-850 | 800-1115 | |||||||||
| Middle foot widthB2/h（MM） | 480 | 580 | 870 | 1020 | 1220 | |||||||||
| bandwidthB（mm） | 1000 | 1200 | 1400 | |||||||||||
| sidewall height（mm） | 120 | 160 | 200 | 240 | 160 | 200 | 240 | 300 | 160 | 200 | 240 | 300 | 400 | |
| Partial conveying inclination conveying amountQ3/h | 30° | 172 | 216 | 267 | 327 | 275 | 331 | 419 | 466 | 319 | 395 | 500 | 564 | 794 |
| 45° | 137 | 175 | 216 | 271 | 222 | 267 | 347 | 384 | 258 | 318 | 414 | 465 | 680 | |
| 60° | 96 | 124 | 153 | 197 | 158 | 190 | 253 | 178 | 184 | 226 | 302 | 337 | 524 | |
| 90° | 51 | 66 | 83 | 106 | 85 | 102 | 136 | 149 | 98 | 121 | 162 | 180 | 281 | |
| Dimensions | Head wheel center heightH2/h（MM） | 1400-2000 | 1600-2000 | |||||||||||
| Tail wheel center heightH2/h（MM） | 600-800 | 800-1000 | 800-1200 | |||||||||||
| Middle section belt heightH2/h（MM） | 800-1200 | 1050-1500 | 1050-1700 | |||||||||||
| Middle foot widthB2/h（MM） | 1440 | 1690 | 1890 | |||||||||||
What are the applications of the Sugar Cleated Belt Conveyor?
The Sugar Cleated Belt Conveyor can be used for conveying and transferring sugar materials in sugar mill processing or production lines, achieving horizontal and inclined transport of sugar materials. It can be used for various types of sugar materials such as granulated sugar, brown sugar, powdered sugar, rock sugar granules, and refined sugar.
Raw Material Receiving Section: Raw sugar unloaded from trucks is quickly conveyed to the silo via a 30° inclined, high-capacity baffle belt. The baffle design effectively resists the impact of large particles.
Post-Drying Conveying in the Refining Workshop: Refined white sugar, still warm from the drying cooling tower, is smoothly conveyed to the vibrating screen and filling machine via a low-profile skirted baffle belt. An enclosed dust cover option effectively prevents sugar powder from flying.
Packaging workshop inclined feeding: Multiple narrow-belt sidewall conveyors run in parallel, precisely distributing and lifting the sugar to a multi-head combined scale. Variable frequency speed control precisely controls the feed flow, and the baffle spacing is designed as needed to ensure uniform and continuous feeding.
Sugar Cleated Belt Conveyor Customer Case
In a sugar conveying project at a food factory in the Philippines, the client needed to continuously convey granulated sugar from a temporary storage silo to the packaging machine. The original manual feeding method was inefficient and prone to sugar spillage. They later purchased a Dahan 304 stainless steel Sugar Cleated Belt Conveyor. The machine has an overall length of 8m, a conveyor belt width of 500mm, and a baffle height of 60mm. It is used for conveying granulated sugar at a 35° incline. After implementation, the conveying capacity reached 10 tons/hour, sugar loss was significantly reduced, and continuous automatic packaging was achieved.
Sugar Cleated Belt Conveyor FAQs
Q: Will it slip when conveying wet sugar or syrup with high moisture content?
A: For materials with high moisture content, we recommend specific food-grade belt surfaces with anti-slip patterns, which can be equipped with multi-scraper cleaners to effectively prevent slippage and adhesion.
Q: Will the baffles break or fall off over time?
A: We use a hot vulcanization one-piece molding process, where the baffles and belt body are fused at the molecular level, resulting in strength far exceeding that of cold bonding or mechanical fixing. Within the design life, as long as it is not used under heavy loads, cracking is unlikely to occur.
