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Screw Conveyor Systems
Custom Mepaco screw conveyors deliver hygienic, automated handling with flexible configurations for food processing operations.
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Articulating Conveyor
Pivoting Screw
Clean-Sweep Screw Conveyor
Cross Screw Conveyor
Incline Screw Conveyors
Mepaco’s incline screw conveyor elevates bulk food products with precise, hygienic control. Engineered for flexibility, it supports customized infeed and discharge heights, sanitation‑friendly designs, thermal and CIP options, and seamless integration into automated processing systems for diverse food production environments.
ACCURATE FLOW and AUTOMATED FEEDING
Mepaco®’s Metering Screw Conveyors deliver accurate, consistent product flow for food processing environments. Built for heavy-duty applications, they integrate into batching, blending, and formulation systems for efficiency and reliability, featuring:
- Precision Metering: Loss-in-weight technology ensures recipe accuracy.
- Mechanical Clearing: Minimizes cross-contamination and downtime.
- Customization: Flexible designs for footprint and automation goals.
VERSATILE CONFIGURATIONS
- Articulating, Stationary Incline, or Pivoting Screw
- Clean Sweep or Cross Screw Hopper Metering Screws
- Horizontal Transport Screw
BUILT FOR AUTOMATION, SANITATION, and RELIABLE MATERIAL FLOW
- 24/7 automation – Engineered for continuous operation, screw conveyors support uninterrupted production, consistent material flow, and dependable feeding in fully automated processing lines.
- Reduced labor – Automated conveying, metering, and surge loading minimize manual handling, improve ergonomics, and help address labor availability challenges while maintaining throughput.
- Hygienic stainless‑steel construction – Sanitary stainless designs promote cleanability, support washdown environments, reduce cross‑contamination risk, and meet food safety and sanitation standards.
- Customizable designs – Multiple configurations, layouts, and options allow each conveyor to be tailored to product characteristics, footprint constraints, automation goals, and sanitation requirements.
APPLICATION CUSTOMIZATION
- Pivoting screw, drop-down conveyor, or rail system design
- Variable pitch flights
- Manual or lift-assist safety grating
- Contoured, solid or domed grated covers
- Insulation and cladding
- Thermal screws
- Bead blast, pickle passivated or electropolished surfaces
- Gear box mounting styles: Flange mount, shaft mount with torque arm, or chain and sprocket
- CIP / Sprayballs
- Quick release seal
- Coupled motor drive shaft
- Load cells
- Co2 technology
Frequently Asked Questions
We offer No. 4, bead blast, passivated and electropolished finishes.
Mepaco engineers will help to specify option based on production goals and parameters. At a minimum, it is important to know bulk density, surge or instant throughput requirement, input and discharge elevation.
From 4″ to 20″ diameter.
Mepaco has engineered hoppers from 100 lb. to 8000 lb. capacity.
We offer fixed leg and portable supports with casters using tubular or angled construction.
We offer heating and cooling through jacketed or insulated options.
We offer full length safety grating, including hopper.
Flange mount or torque arm, chain and sprocket or discharge driven.
At the infeed or at the discharge.
Yes, we can design a reversing screw depending on the application.
Mepaco’s Clean Sweep Surge Loader offers a solution that mechanically clears food product between batches on surge loading applications.
Dedicated field service, ASME R-stamp repairs, and audit contracts to protect and extend the life of your vessel.
Specialized air-ride transportation for safe, timely, door-to-door delivery of even the most oversized and high-value equipment.
In-house passivation, pickling, and electropolishing to guarantee the precise corrosion resistance and hygienic finish required.