Other features Holiday cites as beneficial include the tubular drag conveyor’s ability to make three types of directional changes, its slide gates that allow material to go to two different machines, its gentle conveying for whole beans, and its clean-out cylinder. This cylinder allows the coffee to be easily drained into a tote with no need to connect pipes, drains or hoses like the previous system required.
Holiday says his company hasn’t experienced any mechanical issues since the upgraded rope was installed. In fact Eight O’Clock Coffee has been so satisfied that Spiroflow Systems was recently on-site to install two additional tubular drag conveyors. “I would say that the tubular drag conveying system is running 99.8 percent,” says Holiday.
“It’s a slow-moving system that allows us to convey a lot of coffee. It’s very reliable and dependable and our operators love it. We also love that Spiroflow is very service-oriented with great support and resources.”
