Ensure maximized uptime and the lowest cost of ownership for conveyors in dry, wet, or aseptic areas. Danfoss solutions ensure high energy efficiency whilst providing optimized motor control, improved quality and product consistency, minimized waste and optimized filling and packaging areas.
For highly sensitive product lines, such as conveyors for still bottled water and alcohol-free beer or new materials for packaging and bottles, Danfoss is unique in offering IPA compliant solutions for use in hygiene-critical sub-systems.
Examples of conveyor optimization using drives
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Danfoss FlexConcept® combines modern motor technology with the most advanced inverter drives. This flexible unified drive system offers cost savings via high efficiency, robust reliability and variant reduction.
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The Danfoss FlexConcept® system simplifies project planning, installation, commissioning and maintenance, especially for conveyor systems. System variants can be reduced by up to 70% so users benefit from maximum flexibility with a minimum number of modules. The system comprises only 3 gear motor variants to optimize your spare parts stock. Motors and drives in the Danfoss FlexConcept® system offer a unified operating concept and standardized functionality regardless of whether the system is implemented with a centralized or decentralized structure.
The drives are the parts in the conveyor that are responsible for controlling the conveyor motion. The conveyor drive may refer to the motor, or to the assembly that mounts the motor upon the conveyors.
Conveyors work to transport objects from one point to another point. The design allows movement of items too large for humans to transport. Conveyors save time and resources by shifting goods between different locations with high efficiency.
The end drive conveyor positions the conveyor drive on the edge of the conveyor, while the center drive conveyor places the motor in the center. These two kinds of conveyor drives have an integral motor that is installed externally.
VFDs (also known as variable speed drives or AC drives) are electric motor control regulators that can control the AC motor speed and the DC torque, and can vary the motor input frequency voltage and motor output frequency. Using this control, the VFD reduces the energy consumed by the conveyor motors, to optimize energy efficiency of the system.
A conveyor controller is a PLM controller which can be controlled by another sensor associated with your transport equipment. In addition to transferring weight information back to the PLC, an automatic conveyor scale is able to adjust the speeds of the conveyor in accordance with the load. Danfoss drives are compatible with all makes of PLC.
The typical types of conveyor are belts, rolling, motorized, and overhead conveyors. Conveyors can be classified as either floor or overhead. Use them when moving, packaging, and distributing a product sequence. Drives from Danfoss optimize performance of all these types of conveyors.
Using drives (VFDs), you can achieve energy savings of up to 30% in conveyor systems. Read about Danfoss FlexConcept®.
Read about energy efficiency requirements in the Ecodesign Directive
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FC280 provides precise and efficient motor control for machine builders in the food and beverage, material handling and processing industries.
Whatever the environment, the iC7-Automation delivers the reliability and performance you need. With connectivity, security and intelligence, this drive lets you take advantage of the latest in Industrial IoT.
The VLT® AutomationDrive FC 301 / FC 302 is designed for variable speed control of all asynchronous motors and permanent magnet motors. It comes in a standard version (FC 301) and an advanced high dynamic version (FC 302) with additional functionalities.
A highly efficient combination of a permanent magnet motor and optimized bevel gearing.
Thanks to its rugged design, the FCD302 drive can be mounted close to motors in demanding applications.
SERBIA: With a new filling line driven by Danfoss iC7 drives, Terra Production has boosted its annual capacity by 70%. Early results demonstrate that Terra Production is now better positioned to meet growing customer demand, reduce energy consumption, and ensure sustainable production.
König and Danfoss smoothly integrated iC7-Automation into DGL sorting machines for returned bottle crates. The highly efficient system sorts 3,600 crates hourly.
Challenged by aging machinery and no time for downtime, AB InBev Hoegaarden® chose Danfoss iC7-Automation and VLT® OneGearDrive®—for high energy efficiency.
DENMARK: Kohberg Bakery upgraded its conveyor line for bread rolls to implement full control with built-in sensors and easy scalability for future adaptability.
BELGIUM: Legendre Conveyors has built up great trust in Danfoss over many years of conveyor design using VLT® drives. Now they progress to the new iC7 series.
NORTH MACEDONIA: To meet new standards for uptime, flexibility, and energy efficiency, Pivara Skopje’s RGB line needed modernization. The ideal VSDs? VLT® FlexConcept®.