Stainless steel conveyors are an excellent fit for washdown applications in food processing. When you need a stainless steel conveyor that can converge or diverge products, particularly wrapped or packaged food products, pallets, or totes, multi-strand conveyors meet the challenge head-on.

Conveyors that move products for human or animal consumption are typically required to meet special design and cleanability criteria to ensure product safety and reduce the risk of bacterial contamination. These criteria are often referred to collectively as “sanitary design.”

Food plants require special sanitation methods throughout the manufacturing process, posing special challenges for the conveyors that move them. When food products are being handled in a plant, conveyors and other equipment must often meet specific design requirements set by government and/or other industry bodies. After the product is packaged – in either primary (individual) or secondary and tertiary packaging - manufacturing equipment may need to be periodically washed down, occasionally with high pressure water, steam, and/or chemicals to maintain a clean environment and mitigate contamination in the facility.