BETHLEHEM, PA — The drive and tensioner wheels of FLEXI-DISC® Tubular Cable Conveyors are now equipped as standard with patented sprocket tips that can be replaced at up to 90 percent lower cost than one-piece sprockets, it was announced by David Boger, president of Flexicon Corp.

Each replaceable tip consists of two halves that bolt onto each spoke without the need to remove the sprocket, reducing downtime during maintenance.

The tips also form a pick-up face having greater surface area and seating stability than the contact patch of one-piece sprockets, significantly extending cable life by reducing contact pressure between the slug and the spoke.

Further, a wear indicator molded into the sprocket tip enables operators to determine when the tips are due for replacement, averting wheel damage and resulting damage to the cable-disc assembly.

Friction between the discs and relatively small number of sprocket spokes can result in spoke damage that, in turn, damages the costly cable-

disc assembly. Both issues can now be avoided through preventative sprocket tip replacements at roughly 10 percent of one-piece sprocket replacement costs.

The new wheel design can be retrofitted to all previous models of FLEXI-DISC Tubular Cable Conveyors with no modification.

FLEXI-DISC Tubular Cable Conveyors gently slide bulk materials through stainless steel tubing using polymer discs attached to stainless steel cable. The conveyor is powered by a drive system that circulates the cable-disc assembly between two wheel housings at opposite ends of the circuit.

Flexicon also manufactures flexible screw conveyors, pneumatic conveying systems, bulk bag dischargers, bulk bag conditioners, bulk bag fillers, bag dump stations, drum/box/container dumpers, weigh batching and blending systems, and engineered plant-wide bulk handling systems with automated controls.

Contact Flexicon Corporation, 1-888-353-9426, sales@flexicon.com, www.flexicon.com