Modern Packaging Machinery: Efficiency, Sanitation & Flexibility. Packaging machinery plays a vital role in the food, pharmaceutical, and consumer goods sectors. Chicago Metalcraft addresses these needs by offering conveyors and other machinery. Their experience in USDA, FDA, GFSI, and other regulated industries shows in how their equipment is built: welded joints, stainless steel surfaces, parts that are easy to disassemble and clean, plus materials chosen to avoid corrosion or harboring microbes. Table Top Chain Conveyors: Compact, Clean, Customizable Among conveyor types, Table Top Chain conveyors have become favored in packaging machinery for certain product types and layouts. These conveyors use chains or modular plastic chain belts supported on stainless steel beams. The open or minimal framework makes cleaning easier, while the chain format enables slipping or side transfers, accumulation, or inclines in compact spaces. Chicago Metalcraft’s modular plastic chain conveyors illustrate this design philosophy: they provide flexibility, ease of assembly, and hygienic compatibility. Their table top chain systems are especially useful where product needs to be transferred, sorted, or routed between machines without compromising food safety or slowing production during cleaning. Table top chain conveyors are effective for moving containers, trays, or packaged items with consistent spacing. When included in a packaging line, they offer advantages such as minimal flat surfaces where moisture or product debris can settle, and design that supports washdown practices. Chicago Metalcraft ensures that table top chain needs—guide rails, support beams, chain types—can be customized, so clients get conveyors that fit their facility layout, product types, and throughput. Integration with Packaging Machinery & Best Practices The real strength of packaging machinery lies not in single components, but in how well they integrate. A table top chain conveyor feeding into a labeling machine must match speed,
alignment and cleaning schedules. Packing tables and staging conveyors must allow for easy access and sanitation. Chicago Metalcraft combines conveyors, tables, pushcarts, and other production products so that the machinery line flows logically, safely and cleanly. In their production‑oriented product offerings, they show how equipment like stainless steel tables, benches, and conveyors are built to reduce harborage points and allow thorough washdown, which is essential in high care packaging. For operators, good practice includes selecting the right chain type (plastic, stainless links, etc.), planning for drainage and washdown, ensuring guides and belts are easy to remove or clean, and designing line layouts to avoid tight corners or hidden areas that are hard to maintain. Proper motor and control choices (washdown rated, sealed components) are also key in packaging machinery lines with table top chain segments. Why It Matters: Quality, Compliance, Efficiency Installing hygienic, flexible, efficient Packaging Machinery with table top chain conveyors pays off. Quality improves because contamination, spoilage, or product damage are reduced. Regulatory inspections are passed more easily when equipment meets standards. Changeover times shrink, so the same line can handle multiple SKUs or shifts without downtime. Sanitation costs drop when cleaning is faster and more thorough. Throughput improves when conveyor layouts match the line flow. Chicago Metalcraft’s designs reflect a deep understanding of these trade‑offs, offering customers solutions that deliver productivity, hygiene, and flexibility. To know more about packaging machinery, please visit www.chicagometalcraft.com.
