Custom Screw Conveyor
Mechanical screw conveyor perfectly suited for your application.
A mechanical screw conveyor can be designed specifically for unique applications that may require exotic grades of steel, such as Hastelloy or Duplex 2205, or stainless-steel sanitary conveyors with clean-in-place (CIP) features. Our team of designers and process engineers have developed and deployed custom screw conveyors around the world. Customizations can include specialized hoppers, variable frequency drives (VFDs), portable designs, split tube inclined screws, heating and cooling options, live-bottom bins, multiple augers, custom-engineered agitators, and more.
Where necessary, our test lab is available to conduct pilot and lab-scale testing to assess the feasibility of conveying your product.
Let the S. Howes’ engineering team design a custom screw conveyor to meet your production needs.
Features & Benefits
- Heavy Duty Construction: Exceeds CEMA standards.
- Tight Auger-to-Trough clearance.
- Direct drive.
- Sectional covers.
- Customer specific inlets/discharge.
- High quality components.
From our unique split-tube, u-trough or tubular design to feeders and thermal processing conveyors, industrial processors around the world rely on us to meet their bulk solids and material handling requirements. When it comes to screw conveyor manufacturers, we have the experience to design and build reliable machines.
Built To Last Advantage
Custom Designed. Made in America.
- Better Steel.
- Better Welds.
- Better Quality.
Sample Applications
Regardless of the process application the screw conveyor will be utilized, S. Howes can recommend and develop a custom screw conveyor based on your unique requirements. We’ve built thousands of screw conveyors with a variety of custom options for almost every industry.
- Biomass Conversion
- Biofuels
- Chemicals
- Food & Dairy
- Minerals Processing
- Nutraceuticals
- Pharmaceuticals
- Pet Food & Treats
- Paper, Wood & Forestry Products
- Plastics
- Waste & Recycling
- And More
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Options & Accessories
- Heating and cooling options for thermal processing
- Continuous and ground smooth welds available
- Available in carbon or stainless steel
- Special abrasion resistant seals
- Packing gland seals
- Rotating Mechanical seals
- Custom drive arrangements
- Custom hoppers
- Hopper agitators
- VFD or starter controls mounted on base
- Heat transfer jacket
- Self-contained dust collector
Test Lab & Innovation Center
Your Material Product. Our Thermal Processing Equipment.
Make sure your new process equipment delivers your desired final material requirements.
Lab Testing
Leverage the CPEG Innovation Center and expertise in process engineering to test material product prior to the design or purchase of bulk solids and material handling equipment.
Testing With Rental Units
When material testing in the Innovation Center is not feasible, S. Howes provides rental equipment that can be shipped directly to your site for reliable testing of powder and bulk solids materials.
Custom Screw Conveyors – FAQs
What makes a screw conveyor “custom”?
Custom screw conveyors are engineered specifically for a customer’s material characteristics, throughput requirements, and facility layout.
What materials can custom screw conveyors handle?
They can be designed for powders, pellets, flakes, abrasive materials, sticky products, and temperature-sensitive bulk solids.
Can custom conveyors include heating or cooling features?
Yes. Screw conveyors can incorporate thermal jackets or other temperature-control features as part of the design.
What industries use custom screw conveyors?
Custom systems are used across food processing, chemicals, minerals, agriculture, plastics, recycling, and many other industries.
Featured Industries
Biomass & Biofuels
Ethanol plants and biodiesel producers rely on S. Howes equipment to convey, mix, screen, and process grain and biomass feedstocks throughout production. Our mixers, conveyors, and screening systems are built for the wet, fibrous, and variable-density materials common in biofuel operations.
Chemicals & Plastics
Chemical and plastics manufacturers depend on precise, reliable processing equipment to handle powders, granules, and bulk solids through mixing, conveying, and screening operations. S. Howes builds heavy-duty equipment engineered for the demanding material characteristics and continuous throughput requirements of chemical processing.
Waste & Recycling
Waste processors and recyclers handle highly variable feedstocks that demand robust, wear-resistant equipment capable of continuous operation. S. Howes conveyors, lump breakers, screeners, and size-reduction systems are built to reliably process municipal, industrial, and specialty waste streams.
Oil & Gas
Oil and gas operations processing drilling muds, proppants, catalyst materials, and oilfield solids need equipment that performs reliably in demanding environments. S. Howes conveyors, screeners, and size reduction equipment are built for the abrasive, high-throughput conditions of oilfield material processing.