Astro Metal Craft fabricates custom stainless steel screw conveyors to serve as food and chemical processors. 

Material characteristics such as bulk density, particle size, moisture content, temperature, abrasiveness, and flow properties all influence equipment requirements. Our team evaluates these operating conditions to develop a system that provides the required capacity, product handling characteristics, and integration with the overall process. 

A specialty of Astro Metal Craft is the fabrication of heavy-duty stainless steel augers utilizing sectional flighting. This construction provides excellent strength and wear resistance while allowing for configurations such as variable pitch, mixing, compression, and metering flighting. Depending on the application, systems may incorporate U-troughs, tubular housings, hinged covers, clean-out access, and sanitary features to support washdown procedures. 

In many processing operations, augers serve functions beyond material transfer. Flighting geometry, rotational speed, and system configuration can be engineered to blend materials, meter product flow, aid dewatering, or transfer heat.  

Each system is fabricated to match the requirements of the installation, including custom hoppers, discharge transitions, chutes, supports, and connections to existing equipment. Whether the project involves a replacement auger, a retrofit assembly, or a complete material handling system, we manufacture equipment specifically for the intended application. 

Food and Chemical Processors Scope of Work 

• Diameters from 2″ to 36″ (or more)
• Complete conveyor assemblies, replacement augers, and components 
• 304 stainless steel construction with specialty materials available 
• Custom-designed inlet and discharge configurations 
• Variable speed drives and industrial-duty power transmission components 
• Standard, variable pitch, mixing, and notched flighting designs 
• Heated and cooled conveyor systems for thermal processing applications 
• Food-grade and industrial finishes, including bead blast surface treatments 

With extensive experience fabricating food and chemical processors, Astro Metal Craft is able to manufacture screw conveyors designed around the specific material handling and processing requirements of each application.

Contact our team today!