James Brinkley Company Slat Conveyors are the workhorse of the pulper feed industry. They are designed for heavy, abusive service. It is common to drive lift trucks onto the load area, drop bales or rolls from a height, or shove a load of bale sideways onto the conveyor. No other type of conveyor can take as much abuse. We can provide units with up to 2500 lbs./ft of length load capacity at over 10’ slat width. With the Brinkley Slat Conveyor design, inclination changes are easy to do.

Brinkley Slat Conveyors feature:

• A-36 structural steel construction designed to AISC code, with MC 18 x 42 roller ways reinforced for long spans if necessary

• ¼” or 3/8” thick A-36 steel formed slats for better impact resistance

• Roller type chain with optional lubrication fittings and high side bars for improved cleanliness

• Adjustable wear rails with abrasion-resistant plate surfacing in loading area to take the stress off the slats and chain when loading

• Drives with gear reducer sized for sliding chain friction. Standard speed is 30 FPM, higher or lower speeds available.

• Spherical roller bearings sized for L-10 lives of over 100,000 hours

• End or side loading configuration

Optional Features:

• Walkways and platforms with handrails and kick plates

• Weather enclosures and galleries

• Backstops and brakes

• Tail and side pit covers

• Weighing or metering systems

• Load leveling mechanisms

• Variable speed drives and controls

• Special paint and coatings

Chain belt conveyors are used for handling loose materials. They are designed to keep the material from falling through and accumulating underneath the conveyor deck. With 3-ply belting, integral cross belt stiffeners with slats and heavy-duty mill type chain, they can carry heavy loads without spilling or leaking material. Units are available in belt widths up to 96”.

A-36 structural steel construction designed to AISC code

Chain Belt Conveyors Feature:

• Chain belt assembly consisting of heavy-duty mill chain and 3-ply belting. Chain belts are assembled in approximately 30’ belt length sections for ease of handling.

• Adjustable wear rails with abrasion-resistant plate surfacing in loading the area to take the stress off the integral cross belt stiffeners with slats and chain when loading

• Drives with gear reducer sized for sliding chain friction.

• Spherical roller bearings sized for L-10 lives of over 100,000 hours

• End or side loading configuration

Optional Features:

• Walkways and platforms with handrails and kick plates

• Weather enclosures and galleries

• Backstops and brakes

• Tail and side pit covers

• Weighing or metering systems

• Load leveling mechanisms

• Variable speed drives and controls

• Special paint and coatings

James Brinkley Company has developed the single belt broke conveyor which utilizes a dryer felt provided by the mill for a belt. This provides a single belt of machine width at low cost, eliminates multiple pulleys, shafts, bearings and jamming. It works because the felt load is still light.

Broke conveyors of several hundred feet in length and over 30 feet in width are common. Conveyor speeds up to 500 FPM are available. While conveyors can be run faster than this, we believe that higher speeds are not safe for those maintaining the conveyor.

At the heart of the James Brinkley Company broke conveyor, is the air-operated auto-guide mechanism. This mechanism adjusts the lagged guide pulley position to control belt position automatically and continuously. Pulley adjustment is proportional to belt location. A ceramic coated stainless steel palm rides the edge of the belt. The palm controls a pneumatic valve which inflates and deflates two opposed air bellows. These bellows adjust position of a sliding roller-mounted guide bearing support on one end of the guide pulley. The other end bearing is mounted in a standard adjustable take-up. This continuous proportional adjustment system provides excellent belt training control. Existing multi-belt broke conveyors can be refitted to single belt design. The James Brinkley Company specializes in difficult applications.

Broke Conveyors Feature:

• A-36 structural steel construction

• Slider bed type with ¼” plate beds

• Vacuum breakers

• Reinforced deck areas to receive heavy loads of slab

• Heavy tail pulley guards to protect against lift truck damage in loading loose broke

• Fabricated and machined pulleys from thick wall steel pipe.

• Drive and guide pulleys with a ¼” thick rubber coating.

• Self-aligning spherical roller type bearings, grease lubricated with one end fixed and the other end free-floating

• Shafts are minimum AISI 1045 steel

• Air motor power driven, manually operated take-up mechanism is provided on all large broke conveyors. This take-up allows simple belt adjustment at start-up and as belt wear occurs.

Optional Features:

• Hanging or floor supports

• Side panels with emergency stop pull cord switches

• Walkways or platforms with handrails