PRAB Pivot Belt conveyors are specifically designed to handle oily, sticky, and stringy metalworking scrap. The overlapping steel belt pans pivot as they travel, reducing carryback and minimizing jamming from wet chips and tangled swarf. This design improves coolant retention, reduces cleanup, and delivers dependable performance in high-volume machining applications.
Our overbuilt design, featuring a reinforced framework and wear-resistant surfaces, excels in punishing environments where others falter.
The result is a system that delivers twice the service life of competing conveyors. All PRAB conveyors are engineered and assembled in the USA. For our global and EU clients, these products are manufactured and supported from our Poland facility, ensuring rapid parts access, responsive service, and consistent PRAB quality worldwide.
Our Pivot Belt conveyors excel in applications involving aluminum or steel stampings, chips, and other thin-gauge scrap, keeping your workspace cleaner and safer. Built with the same heavy-duty mindset as our other systems, the Pivot Belt features a rugged frame and belt construction that ensure reliable operation in high-volume, wet scrap conditions.
By effectively elevating oily scrap without carryover, PRAB Pivot Belt conveyors minimize maintenance downtime and improve coolant recovery. If your operation handles messy, hard-to-handle metal waste, the Pivot Belt offers an advanced, engineered conveying solution that’s durable and exceptionally efficient.
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PRAB’s Pivot Belt Conveyors are available in 2 1/2″ to 4″ pitch, designed to convey materials ranging in a various weights and bulk densities. Multiple configurations are available.
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A metal scrap conveyor is a system used in manufacturing to transport metal chips, turnings, swarf, and other waste for recycling or disposal. Common types include steel belt, oscillating, drag chain, magnetic, pneumatic, and specialty conveyors—each chosen based on scrap size, abrasiveness, coolant content, or temperature. These systems improve efficiency, safety, and the value of metal scrap while preventing downtime.
PRAB metal scrap conveyors are engineered for 30+ years of continuous operation—with documented installations exceeding 40 years. Systems handle up to 2,000 lb/hr of scrap and integrate seamlessly with metal chip processing and coolant recycling systems. Known for their low maintenance and durability, PRAB metal handling systems are trusted by automotive, aerospace, die-casting, CNC, and heavy manufacturing plants worldwide.
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Every PRAB conveyor is backed by the Performantee® Guarantee—verifying ROI through lab testing and throughput verification before shipment. PRAB also offers a Managed Maintenance Program, which, in one machining operation, reduced unplanned downtime by 40% over 18 months through scheduled inspections, OEM parts, and 24/7 technical support.
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