- Overview
Ryson Mass Flow Spiral Conveyors move full or empty bottles, cans, jars, and similar containers vertically in continuous single-file or mass-flow operation.
Designed for high-volume bottling, canning, food and beverage, CPG, and industrial manufacturing lines, these Spiral Conveyors help plants save floor space, maintain product flow, and support throughput up to 2,000 units per minute.
The Ryson Mass Flow Spiral is designed for production environments where containerized products must change elevation without slowing the line or consuming the floor space required by conventional incline conveyors. It is commonly used in canning and bottling operations, especially around bulk depalletizing and packaging line transitions.
Products can be conveyed upward or downward in continuous flow. Ryson Mass Flow Spirals are available with 10 in., 16 in., and 20 in. slat widths and a total weight capacity of 3,600 lb at any one time. Versions are available in powder coated carbon steel, stainless steel, and wet environment configurations.
Applications
Ryson Mass Flow Spiral Conveyors are used where bottles, cans, jars, or similar containers need reliable vertical movement in a compact footprint. They are especially valuable when line speed, uptime, sanitation requirements, and space constraints make traditional conveying methods less practical.
- Bottling lines: vertically convey full or empty bottles between production elevations.
- Canning lines: support high-speed can movement before or after filling, packaging, or downstream conveying.
- Bulk depalletizing: move containers away from high- or low-level depalletizers while preserving floor space.
- Food and beverage plants: specify stainless or wet environment versions where sanitation and durability are important.
- CPG manufacturing: connect high-throughput packaging operations with compact vertical conveying.
- Industrial manufacturing: move jars and similar containers in continuous flow with reliable transitions.
The Mass Flow Spiral conveyors are based on the already proven and reliable Ryson Spiral technology. Only one drive motor is needed, equating to substantial savings in controls and systems integration.
Application Example: Mass Flow Spiral coming off a bulk de-palletizer.
Ryson Spirals for Food and Beverage ApplicationsHigh Capacity Mass Flow Spirals (Models 1900-400 & 2400-500) are able to provide space-savings in bulk de-palletizing of bottles, cans and jars. Use of the Ryson Mass Flow spiral conveyor in conjunction with either high or low-level bulk de-palletizers provides yet another way to increase productivity.
All Ryson Spirals are designed for low maintenance and long life. Many spirals operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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- Features & Benefits
Ryson Spiral Conveyors have many unique features that make them ideal Vertical Conveying Solutions. Many of our features are designed to save money in the long term, essentially lowering your total cost of ownership.
Design Flexibility: Our unique design offers flexibility of configuration. It also adds the ability to field modify to accommodate changing future needs at a fraction of the cost of a new conveyor.
Nesting Slats: provide a smooth and efficient conveying surface, ensuring gentle product handling and suitable for all types of conveyable items. Our efficient rolling friction chain-slat design only needs a single drive, resulting in substantial savings in energy, controls and systems integration.
Our innovative chain-slat design enables a low friction operation without any sliding movements or wear-strips. This allows the Spiral to stop and start fully loaded.
Our efficient rolling friction chain-slat design only needs a single drive, resulting in substantial savings in energy, controls and systems integration.
Most Spirals ship in one piece and leave our factory pre-assembled and pre-tested. Installation is generally an efficient process and reduces time for implantation and integration.
Our Spirals and components are designed for reliability, low maintenance and long life. They have an impressive up-time record reducing the total cost of ownership.
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Our innovative modular design allows Ryson to customize any Spiral Conveyor with ease and can also be economically modified in the field to accommodate changing needs. All spiral conveyors are made to order and can operate up or down in a clockwise or counterclockwise rotation and can optionally be reversible. The position and length of the in feed tangent on up spirals and out feed tangent on down spirals can be customized to meet specific layout requirements.
Only one drive motor is required, resulting in substantial savings in energy, controls and systems integration.
All Ryson Spiral Conveyors are made to order and comes in a wide range of sizes and configurations.
All Ryson Spiral Conveyors are equipped with an automatic chain tensioning device and built-in overload protection as a standard. This helps save both the Spiral and the product it is conveying.
All Ryson Spirals are designed with a horizontal section at the in and outfeed. This assures a safe and reliable transition between the spiral and adjoining conveyors without product damage and undue wear.
The Spiral Conveyors convey loads up or down in a continuous flow, facilitating high throughput. Many spirals can operate at speeds in excess of 200 FPM and are optionally reversible.
Ryson Spirals are powder coated carbon steel with choice of any standard RAL color. They are also available in hybrid versions suitable for wet environments or stainless steel versions for washdown applications.
Ryson Spirals are designed for low maintenance and long life. Only high quality components are used throughout. All bearings are sealed for life and need no further lubrication. The chain is of heavy duty nickel plated construction and needs only infrequent lubrication. The slats are made of a nylon composite, need no maintenance and can easily be replaced as single components without the use of special tools. Ryson has a full staff of factory trained service technicians ready to assist. All of our service techs are PMMI Certified Trainers. All of these factors contribute to Ryson’s low total cost of ownership.
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Why the Ryson Design Matters
Ryson’s efficient rolling friction chain-slat design requires only one drive motor, helping reduce energy use, controls complexity, and system integration costs. Nesting slats provide a smooth conveying surface for gentle product handling, while horizontal entry and exit sections support reliable transfers between the spiral and adjoining conveyors.
All Ryson Spiral Conveyors are made to order and can be configured for clockwise or counterclockwise rotation, upward or downward operation, and layout-specific infeed or outfeed tangents. This flexibility helps integrators and plant teams fit vertical conveying into existing or new production lines.
Why Choose Ryson
Ryson Mass Flow Spirals combine high-throughput vertical conveying with practical engineering advantages that matter in production environments: compact footprint, one-drive simplicity, low maintenance, field-modifiable modular design, and durable component construction. Many Ryson Spirals operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, supporting demanding production schedules.
Ryson also supports buyers beyond the equipment purchase. Most spirals ship pre-assembled and pre-tested, helping reduce installation and integration time. Ryson’s parts and service team includes factory-trained service technicians and PMMI Certified Trainers, giving plants additional support for long-term uptime and total cost of ownership.
Quick Facts
- Moves bottles, cans, jars, and similar containers vertically in continuous flow.
- Helps reduce floor space compared with conventional incline conveying.
- Supports high-throughput operation up to 2,000 units per minute.
- Uses one drive motor to reduce controls and integration complexity.
- Available in powder coated carbon steel, stainless steel, and wet environment versions.
- Designed for low maintenance, long life, and demanding production environments.
Frequently Asked Questions
What applications are best for Mass Flow Spirals?
Mass Flow Spirals are best for beverage, food, bottling, canning, and packaging lines that need to elevate or lower many containers continuously without separating every item into single file.
Is a Mass Flow Spiral suitable for food and beverage environments?
Yes. Ryson offers powder coated carbon steel, stainless steel, and wet environment versions. For food and beverage applications, sanitation requirements, washdown needs, product type, and operating environment should be reviewed during specification.
How does the one-drive design help integration?
Ryson’s one-drive spiral design can reduce motor, controls, energy, and integration complexity compared with systems requiring multiple drives. For integrators and plant engineers, this can simplify controls and lower total cost of ownership.
Can Ryson customize the conveyor layout?
Yes. Ryson Spiral Conveyors are made to order and can be customized for rotation direction, infeed and outfeed tangents, and layout requirements. Field modification may also be possible when future needs change.
What are some common applications for the Mass Flow Spiral?
The Ryson Mass Flow Spiral Conveyor transports products vertically, and are often used if the pasteurization, filling, case packer or bulk de-palletizing process is on another production level.
Do Mass Flow Spirals require water lubrication?
No, Mass Flow Spirals do not require conveying surface lubrication. The smooth conveying surface allows product to slide on and off the spiral, and retains orientation while in the spiral. This helps reduce the cost of operation.
What is the benefit of Nesting Slats?
Nesting slats provide a smooth and efficient conveying surface, ensuring gentle product handling and suitable for all types of conveyable items.