New 5/8” pitch design option delivers cleaner production and extended belt life.
MILWAUKEE, WIS. — Dec. 3, 2024 – Customers in a wide range of food processing industries have extended their conveyor belt service life and reduced downtime with the KleanTop PacTitan Pro Metal Belt from the Regal Rexnord Corporation (NYSE: RRX), a global leader in engineering and manufacturing solutions that power, transmit, and control motion. The PacTitan Pro — now available in a larger pitch size — is an advanced conveying solution for the toughest food processing applications, including battering, breading, glazing, drying, and frying.
The cutting-edge, patented conveyor belt design is built to meet many of the demanding requirements found in food processing industries, including small product handling, tight transfers, and harsh applications. The PacTitan Pro has a proven extended service life that is up to six times longer than the average metal conveyorbelt on the market — lowering the risk of unplanned downtime caused by belt failure and improving food and employee safety. Along with improved belt life, users have experienced reduced maintenance time and costs, improved production line uptime, and minimized product contamination.
In addition, a new 5/8” belt pitch option with an increased open area provides shorter intervals of excess batter and breading build-up, ensuring a cleaner, more efficient production process. The 75% open area (compared to 65% in the traditional design) allows for superior airflow, making it ideal for baking and snack foodapplications where efficient heat transfer is critical. It’s also 22% lighter than the standard 7/16-inch belt, helping to minimize wear and tear on motors, drive components, and support rails to extend equipment lifespan.
“With the PacTitan Pro, teams spend less time on maintenance and repair, buy fewer replacement belts, and get more production hours out of the day,” said Natalie Gray, U.S. Strategic Account Manager for Food & Beverage, Regal Rexnord. “Often, we see end users running this belt for months compared to the weeks that they would run typical wire belts.”
In one user example, the PacTitan Pro was tested at a major poultry further processing facility. Their breading, battering, frying, and glazing equipment used a competitor’s standard metal belt that had repetitive weekly and bi-weekly failures, causing ongoing shutdowns and high maintenance costs. The PacTitan Pro was installed and tested for six months without failures under high tension and harsh settings. It lasted 12 times longer than the previous metal belt solution.
The groundbreaking belt design delivers key benefits to users, including:
Longer belt life, thanks to dedicated sprocket lanes that reduce the amount of bending and distortion within the belt as it engages the sprocket, as well as a fully uniform design on both sides, allowing the belt to be flipped to easily address wear patterns.
Reduced product recalls and product safety issues, due to a fully hinged design that allows the belt to backbend over conveyor rollers instead of flexing eliminating component fatigue and breakage.
Improved operator safety thanks to safe, interlocking edges that reduce the chances for the moving belt to snag clothing of nearby operators.
Fast installation and maintenance that require only a few simple hand tools. Splicing can be done in just a few minutes compared to 15 minutes or longer for some other standard belts.
Handling delicate, small products and tight transfers because of a short pitch on the standard 7/16-inch belt.
Simplified product stock for users, since the reusable rods can be used for splicing, eliminating the need for extra splice rod stock.
· Reduced likelihood of belt breakage that can cause product contamination, thanks to an engineered design that ensures picket fracture.
The PacTitan Pro is fully customizable, available in varying widths and opening sizes to meet the needs of a wide range of applications in food processing. Get more information about the PacTitan Pro Metal Belt from Regal Rexnord.
