Spiral chute for gentle product handling in limited space
Optimize your snack and nut production by minimizing product damage with this uniquely designed spiral chute, ensuring controlled acceleration and first-in/first-out flow to maintain premium product quality even in space-constrained environments.
Ensures Controlled Product Acceleration and Flow
The Smooth-Flo Chute by AC Horn Manufacturing is an engineered spiral chute designed to enhance your production line efficiency. It is pivotal in preventing product breakage through its unique design that enables controlled acceleration and first-in/first-out flow. Ideal for food and pharmaceutical sectors, this equipment handles a variety of end-products including cheese popcorn, granola, and roasted nuts, while integrating seamlessly with existing conveyor systems.
The Smooth-Flo Chute operates without cross seams or ridges, eliminating product flow disruptions and ensuring high-quality product appearance. It’s constructed with materials that meet industry standards for safety and hygiene, suitable for continuous operations. Customizable to your specific production requirements, the chute ensures optimal performance, making it an indispensable component in material handling applications.
Benefits
- Minimizes product breakage during transfer, ensuring consistent quality and appearance.
- Designed for space-limited environments, optimizing your facility layout.
- Enhances product flow control, increasing process efficiency and reducing waste.
- Offers first-in/first-out handling, ensuring uniform product shelf life.
- Customizable design tailored to specific operational requirements, improving operational flexibility.
- Applications
- Snacks,Pellets,Chips,Nuts,Sweets,Popcorn,Corn tortillas,Nut butter
- End products
- Roasted almonds,Granola snacks,Caramel-coated nuts,Honey roasted peanuts,Tortilla chips,Cheese popcorn,Peanut butter,Peanut chocolate clusters,Corn chips,Sunflower seeds,Caramel popcorn,Puffed corn pellets
- Steps before
- Sorting,Cleaning,Blanching,Roasting,Cooking
- Steps after
- Packing,Coating,Seasoning,Collating,Conveying
- Input ingredients
- popcorn,roasted nuts,coated nuts,blanched peanuts,japanese peanuts,nut butter,corn tortillas,chips,pellets
- Output ingredients
- smooth-flow product,gentle product handling,first-in/first-out product flow,high-quality appearance
- Market info
- AC Horn Manufacturing is renowned for its expertise in manufacturing industrial equipment for food processing, particularly in nut processing, popping equipment, and material handling systems, known for high-quality engineering and reliable performance in demanding industrial applications.
- Product Flow Design
- First-in/First-out
- Material Velocity
- Constant
- Product Degradation Control
- Eliminated
- Customization
- Dimensions,Product Flow
- Sanitary Design
- Yes
- Space Requirements
- Compact
- Working mechanism
- Spiral chute,controlled velocity
- Product handling
- Gentle,reduces breakage
- Product flow
- First-in/first-out
- Space efficiency
- Compact design for limited spaces
- Customization
- Based on product specifications
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Container size and shape compatibility
- Custom designed
- Gentle product handling
- Yes
- Machine footprint
- Compact,space-saving design
- Discharge method
- Controlled and gentle slope
- Shape
- Spiral,smooth flow
- Customization
- Made to customer specification
- Construction
- No cross seams or ridges
- Product flow
- First-in/first-out
- Custom Design
- Based on product specification
- Dimensional Targets
- Customizable
- Product Flow Characteristics
- Customized
- Process Requirements
- Tailored to customer needs