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Span Tech Europe
Flexibility at its very best
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Flexibility at
its very best
We believe that the only way to do a great work is by loving what
you do.
We continuously challenge the Status quo with:
• Extraordinary people;
• Unprecedented design;
• Incomparable technology;
• Unrivaled productivity.
Innovation & flexibility are the essence of what we stand for, and we
strive to exceed our clients’ expectations time after time. We know what
our equipment can do, we know how it will run, we know how versatile
it is, we know how reliable it remains.
This is a very dynamic, creative and high speed organization able to respond
to almost any challenge. It is a fundamental part of our corporation to excel
at what we do, allowing our partners to do the very same.
“I want it to run better than anything in the world, and it most certainly
does.” – James “Bud” Layne, Span Tech founder & CEO
Enrico Berlenghi
Director Europe
Bud Layne
Founder & CEO
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We believe
in our people
and it shows
The greatest strength of Span Tech resides within our
people and our passion. From R&D to Engineering, from
Design to Assembly, from Sales to Customer Service,
the spirit and the dedication of the people who make up
Span Tech guide the excellence of our systems.
We are passionate about what we do, we care about our
company and products, and above all the strength of our
relationships with our loyal partners.
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Research &
Development
We continuously challenge the Status Quo. Our R&D department
takes pride in its constant pursuit of better techniques and more
effective solutions for the problems facing today’s material
handling world. Span Tech conveyors observe the rules of
symmetrical design, with left-hand and right-hand parts being
interchangeable with each other.
Software
“Constantly
evolving through
engineering”
For 30 years we have developed and refined our proprietary
software, always with the intent of streamlining the entire
process of providing the most efficient and reliable solutions.
There are three software packages – one for estimating, one for
designing, and one for testing the validity of designs. These three
programs, called Estimator, Navigator, and TorqueMaster, utilize
engineering principles that have been developed over many years
of experience.
Our partners have access to our state-of-the-art software, reducing
drastically the engineering and design time; not to mention the
accuracy and response time for a project.
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Span Tech conveyors adapt to the
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product, not the other way around
Overview
Straight
Incline
Topper Lift
Out Runner
Helical Curve
Wedge Unit
High-Speed
Switch
Laner
Straight
Completely captured chain eliminates
take-ups or catenaries, tenting
and tracking issues, allowing for
high speeds, choice of gear motor
location, and multiple curves and
vertical bends within one conveyor.
Incline
Pusher
Traffic Cop
MircoSpan
Transfer
Vertical Switch
Roller Transfer
Transpositor
J-Trax
Twist
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All conveyors, whether they are
incline or decline, are available
in custom lengths providing
even extreme elevation
changes. The belt type can be
fitted with specific chain links –
high-friction, standard cleats, or
scoop cleats – to accommodate
maximum throughput and the
product needs.
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Helical Curve
Topper Lift
With an ergonomic modular design, the Helical
Curve provides horizontal and vertical direction
changes within a single conveyor and offers
the most aggressive elevation change and the
tightest turning radius in the industry.
The Topper Lift is designed to lower or elevate
product, while preserving product orientation.
The upper chain drapes down and rides on the
lower transport conveyor, acting as a moving
top keeper to allow a much steeper angle.
Very compact footprint.
Wedge Units
OutRunnerTM spiral
The Wedge Unit is designed to move product
vertically up or down, providing an elevation
change of up to 9 meters. Its classic design
offers the simple reliability of all-mechanical
movement, requiring no sensors or logic
components.
The innovative OutRunner Spiral is powered
by a single gear motor, with each 360-degree
revolution individually driven. The unique
OutRunner drive system allows each tier to
share the load rather than driving all of the
chain from one end, offering great flexibility
in loads, speeds, and incline angles.
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High-Speed Switch
Pusher
The High-Speed Switch is a lane divider
designed to split an incoming product flow
into multiple output lanes, while maintaining
product pitch. The flow can be split at high
speeds —Span Tech systems are currently in
place successfully running at over 60 meters
per minute. Many configurations are possible,
including 1:2, 1:3 and 1:4 lane switching,
sorting applications, and more.
Span Tech offers a variety of custom Pusher
Stations that can be used to eject specific
product from the main conveyor flow, offering
a simple solution for product sorting and
palletizing, or simply as a product reject system.
Their rugged design makes them ideal, even for
very heavy products.
Laner
Traffic Cop
The innovative Laner can take the random
discharge of round products and organize
the pile into separate lanes. Once aligned
into lanes, the product can be sent on down
the line for final packaging, or in different
directions for additional processing.
The traffic cop automatically merges
two lanes of product, having uniform or
nonuniform sizes and weights, into a single
lane of output. Its fully mechanical design
operates without the use of sensing devices,
I/O components, or powered automation.
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Transfer technology to accommodate
practically any product handling challenge.
Roller Transfer
The Powered and Gravity Roller Transfers
can gently convey even delicate or
irregularly-shaped products, to ensure
smooth flow of product.
MicroSpan Transfer
Most efficient Transfer Technology, allowing a
flawless production flow. With a nose bar of
14 mm, even light and small products or
those with a high center of gravity maintain
positioning.
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Gravity Roller
Transfer
Vertical Switch
Transpositor
The custom Vertical Switch designs can easily
be used to discharge product at multiple
elevations. It features a built-in MicroSpan
Transfer as well.
Span Tech’s Transpositor provides successful
right-angle product transfers with no skewing.
Ideal for feeding wrappers, casepackers or
handpack stations, as a reject or divert, or in
sortation applications, the Transpositor can
easily handle products that are traditionally
difficult to convey and sort – referred to in the
industry as ”nonconveyables.”
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Markets
J-Trax
Open design, ideal for cooling, breading,
depositing, battering, enrobing, draining,
drying, and general conveyance.
Twist
The versatility provided by Span Tech’s fullycaptured chain and no-catenary design makes
possible many specialized applications. One
such variation is the “twist” conveyor, which can
reorient many types of product from horizontal
to vertical with no additional automation and no
disruption in conveyance.
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Food
Non-Food
Packaging
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Distribution
Warehousing
Manufacturing
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Automotive
Pharmaceutical
Cosmetic
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Together we achieve more
Our partners, OEM’s, Integrators & Distributors can concentrate on their core
business, as we provide them with unique material handling systems that
maximize the throughput of their equipment or complete lines.
The benefits for our partners include:
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Reduced engineering time
Reduced design time
Reduced production costs
Flexible & reliable systems
Increased throughput
Product testing
Pre-assembled delivery
Reduced installation time
Unique solutions
Let’s talk!
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SPAN TECH EUROPE BV
Rondgang 21 5311PB Gameren. • The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0) 418 769 064 • Fax: +31 (0) 418 562 937
info@SpanTech-Europe.com
www.SpanTech-Europe.com
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