Challenge • A tire manufacturer transported and cooled rubber compounds using a wire belt conveyor. • The customer needed to replace the wire belt for the conveyor, but also needed to reduce product waste and minimize the downtime needed for cleanup. Solution • designed a replacement Screw Conveyor system that offered the same cooling results, while eliminating the cleanup process for the manufacturer. Impact • The customer approved the design and manufactured a Screw Conveyor. • In addition to the production benefits, the alternative solution significantly reduced costs for the customer, as the entire conveyor system was $115,000 less than a replacement wire belt. Industry: Tire Manufacturing • A tire manufacturer needed to replace a wire belt on a conveyor • The manufact

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