Portec Advantages

Low Lifetime Cost of Ownership . . . Portec conveyors provide lifetime costs and operating advantages over other conveyors. The loose belt/ positive drive technology incorporates features that are not cheap to buy, but are inexpensive to own. More...

High Reliability . . . Portec is obsessed with reliability. Operational reliability results from a system’s ability to function in a wide range of environmental conditions and the amount of time between identifying an initial fault and complete failure. More...

Positive Drive / Loose Belt Technology . . . Portec pioneered the belt curve and spiral belt curve 45 years ago using the chain drive/loose-belt system. The "loose" belt is pulled along by a chain that is attached to the outside edge of the belt. The chain positively engages the drive sprocket and does not use the end roll to drive the belt. This system is unaffected by changes in loading, tension, temperature, humidity and foreign matter getting between the drive roll and the the belt. More...

High Load Capacity . . . Conveyor load capacity is often over-looked in the selection process. The Portec Belt Power Curve does not use the end roll to drive its conveyor belt. The belt is driven by its outside edge by the belt drive chain. This arrangement is unaffected by changes in loading, tension, more...

High Speeds. . . Portec Flomaster has the answer to one of the Material Handling Industry’s biggest challenges: "How do you get product around a curve, at a very high rate of speed, without compromising end-product quality? More...

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