Who's conveyor?

[kevinbusenlehner]

Who's equipment is on the cover of July, 2010 Auto Laundry News? I contacted them and they don't have a clue.
I was impressed with the conveyor, looks simple and less expensive.
Is anyone using this style?

 

[JimmyJaffa]

It looks like a Seimens. They have a chain on either side, and the rollers are always up. Friends of mine have it in Chile. I do not think it is as good as an X458 conveyor.

 

[pitzerwm]

Picture added

 

[briteauto]

Thanks for posting the picture, I didn't get the publication. Cool looking tunnel - has a bit of a retro look. It'd really look retro if they had filament on the wheels.

 

[buda]

Most of the European manufacturers of car wash equipment use a dual chain still today.

The US manufacturers stopped using them in the late 60's. I would not say they are simpler far from it, you have to maintain two chains; you do not have roller on demand, or I have never seen one and they are front wheel pull and dangerous because the rollers are up all the time.

Other than that they might be OK.

Regards

 

[madstack]

Had a California dual chain conveyor with rollers spaced 13' apart in the early '80s. Coined myself the "Mad Stacker" since I could load and get cars in neutral and settled at high speed occasionally to scary results. The chains wearing unevenly is the only downside I remember. Apparently, there is a loading conveyor for this model due to the small spacing of rollers.

 

[buda]

For what it is worth, after 40+ years in the car wash industry and visiting car washes all over the world, I have to say that the best conveyor on the market is the:

REAR WHEEL PUSH, ROLLER-ON-DEMAND CONVEYOR

This style was pioneered by Hanna Carwash and today every US manufacturer has a version of this conveyor.

Regards

 

[Earl Weiss]

Had a California dual chain conveyor with rollers spaced 13' apart in the early '80s. Coined myself the "Mad Stacker" since I could load and get cars in neutral and settled at high speed occasionally to scary results. The chains wearing unevenly is the only downside I remember. Apparently, there is a loading conveyor for this model due to the small spacing of rollers.

There were stories about dual chain conveyor & the roller climbing up a guys leg and trapping it. causing him to lose it. Big downside.

 

[madstack]

I did mean comparatively, Earl. The total disregard for safety required for that to happen would make any conveyor dangerous.

 

[Washmee]

I ran a wash with a dual chain conveyor. It was a pain in the butt. Used x-458 chain. The problems come from the chain stretching un evenly from side to side. The guy I worked for decided that we needed to balance out the wear by disassembling the entire thing and put it back together. It was like trying to put together a giant jigsaw puzzle. After that fiasco, within 6 months the wash had an all new on demand single chain conveyor.

 

[Earl Weiss]

I did mean comparatively, Earl. The total disregard for safety required for that to happen would make any conveyor dangerous.

I mean comparatively as well. If your foot is on the deck in front of a roller with a single chain, the roller tends to just push the foot out of the way.

While I do not reccomend this procedure I have often flipped back rollers that flipped for some reason by just letting it hit my foot and flip back. (I do dumb things.

With a chain on each side it will climb up the foot and onto the leg.

It is comaparatively much more dangerous.

 

[dirty harry]

My dad had a California brand dual chain conveyor in the 60's. All I remember is that we spent a lot of time in the conveyor pit fixing problems. It was also before UPS & FedEx, so they used to put me on a plane to Houston, hand me the parts at the gate, and stick me on a plane back home. Exciting stuff for a 10 year old!

 

[rph9168]

That conveyor is a mechanical nightmare that requires a lot of maintenance. We had those in several locations where I was the general manager. We were high volume and had to check the pins and rollers every week. We had our own maintenance department but it was still a constant issue we had to deal with.