Incline block conveyors
A cleated incline conveyor that lifts product from floor level to the infeed of a grinder, mixer or packing line — with metal detection built into the same frame, so the product is inspected on the way up rather than in a separate step.
Cleated beltIntegrated detectionStainlessBuilt to your layout
Two jobs, one machine, one handling step
Most plants have a point where product has to be lifted — out of a bin or off the floor and up into a grinder, mixer or hopper. That lift is usually a separate conveyor, and the metal detection is usually somewhere else again.
Combining them removes a transfer point. Fewer transfers mean less product damage, less spillage to clean up, less floor space taken and one less machine to maintain. It also means the contamination is found before it reaches the grinder rather than after, which is the difference between rejecting a batch and replacing a set of blades.
Detection before the grinder is worth more than detection after it. A piece of metal that reaches a grinder damages the machine, contaminates everything downstream of it and turns one rejected block into a rejected batch. Inspecting on the incline catches it while it is still a single, removable item.
What it handles
Frozen blocks
Frozen meat and fish blocks fed to a grinder or block flaker. The cleats hold the block on the incline instead of letting it slide back.
Mince and trim
Minced product, trim and offcuts being elevated to a mixer, filler or weighing station.
Bulk and loose product
Loose product that would roll or slide on a flat belt — whole cuts, vegetables, portions and frozen goods.
The machine running
Filmed in a customer plant: product loaded at floor level, inspected on the incline and discharged into the grinder infeed.
Built to the plant, not to a standard length
The whole point of an incline conveyor is that it has to reach a specific machine at a specific height. We build the frame to your discharge height, incline angle, belt width and cleat spacing — and we build it in our own workshop, so a change to the layout is a drawing revision rather than a new supplier.
- Discharge height and incline angle set by your layout
- Belt width and cleat height set by the product
- Hopper, side guards and support legs to suit the loading method
- Control position and operator interface placed where the operator stands
| Function | Cleated incline conveyor with integrated metal detection |
|---|---|
| Detection platform | 607 (30 kHz) or 608 (300 kHz), selected by product |
| Belt | Cleated modular belt; cleat height and pitch specified for the product |
| Belt width, length and incline | Built to the plant layout — On request |
| Discharge height | Built to the receiving machine — On request |
| Construction | Stainless steel frame, hygienic design, sealed levelling feet |
| Cleaning | Tool-free belt release; washdown specification available |
| Reject arrangement | Specified with the application — most installations stop the belt and signal, rather than rejecting on an incline |
| Achievable sensitivity | On request — depends on belt width, product and temperature |
Every incline conveyor is a made-to-order machine. Send us the layout — the receiving machine, the height and the product — and we will come back with a drawing.
Send us the layout
Tell us what the conveyor has to feed, how high it has to reach and what the product is. If you have a plan drawing or even a photograph of the space, that is usually enough for us to come back with a proposal.
Send us your product — we will measure what can be detected
You receive a written test report with equipment description, test conditions, false reject rate and probability of detection. Normally within a week. It costs nothing and commits you to nothing.