Screw conveyors are used in conveying material from point “a” to “b”, across a vast range of industries, whether they are miniscule stainless steel augers used in the pharmaceutical industry, or heavy-duty conveyors for moving course, abrasive and heavy industrial materials.

Having the complete flexibility over the critical variables, including: the Diameter of the plate, Shaft size, Pitch, Thickness, and Grade of material no matter whether that's Mild Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel, High Tensile Steel, Abrasion Resistant Plates, Chromium Carbide sandwich plates, etc.) the Helix Flight Forming Machine gives the freedom and ability to design the most effective and efficient solutions for almost any given project.

Special formats in the design of a Helix which require either internal legs against the shaft, perimeter slots or special shaped notches, (and a huge range of other unique requirements like these) give almost limitless options through the use of Helix Flight Forming technology. The ability to form these special format flights, with cant angles, or out of special materials, or part revolution sections, adds further capability and an increased speciality where required.

Whether it’s a 2,000mm diameter, 50mm thick Rock Auger used in the quarrying, mining or drilling industry; or a 300mm Diameter, 5mm thick small auger for more delicate use, Helix Flight technology can resolve and supply the solution to almost every challenge. We understand the complexity of an Auger's Flights; high pitch to shaft ratios, surface type requirements, special needs for fitting wear teeth. We find the solution to make the fix!

Fortunately, due to our constant research and development Helix Flight is now the leading technology for cold forming heavy thickness helices for Augers while avoiding the costs associated with preheating, the provision of extra labour and the expensive energy costs to deliver a considerable competitive advantage, as does the ability to form helices cut with a lead edge in the final form and ready to accept teeth, and other wear parts. Helix Flight Forming Machines constantly remain one-bite ahead!

Helix Flight machines are used by high-volume professional manufacturers who value the integrity of the welded surface and the Pile design, they also value maximising the load capacity per pile, and also being able to have assured confidence regarding the ease of installation.

With almost 450 different applications for Screw Presses there are many special features which are accommodated by applying Helix Flight’s technology, including; conical shafts, cant angles, tapering diameter helix... the list is almost endless!

Helix Flight Forming Machines have the ability to form special, patented anchor plates with bolted patterns for Marine Flex N-Viro Anchor.

With capacity up to 6,000mm in diameter and a pitch of 7,200mm the Helix Flight Forming technology also allows cold forming of abrasion resistant perimeter band, cant angles, special tapered lead sections, and the opportunity to work in larger section sizes.

There is substantial growth in use of abrasion resistant materials such as Hardox 500 HB (TUF),
Creusabro 8000 and many other similar, extremely robust materials. Being able to cold form these materials guarantees the delivery of helices that have retained the original material performance characteristics, without degradation caused by a pre-heating (annealing) processes.

Food grade steels bring with it the requirements of maintaining a ferrous contamination free surface, no marking, arced welds and food grade finished polishing. This all starts with the forming process and Helix Flight’s ferrous contamination free system.

Common to many OEM designs is a large, lower helix lead edge with diameters of up to 2,700mm which must have precision, tight fitting tolerances on the helix lead-edge for sweeping material off the wagon floor. This, together with being able to form these helices with aggressive perimeter tapers in their final cut form, allows Helix Flight Forming technology to lead the way in this specialist field.

Remember – Helix Flight's technology has far less wastage due to alternative machines requirement to have to add tags to create the perimeter taper; and then have to spend additional time to re-cut the plate and save further costs spent on the extra time that is necessary for grinding and polishing to get the taper required.

Helix Flight technology enables complete versatility with no limitation on what kind of shaft is used: conical, square, hexagon, stepped, round shafts, etc., and helices are cut and formed flawlessly with the utmost precision to fit the required shaft perfectly.

The Helix Flight Forming Machine can provide hollow helix solutions by joining two helices with cant angles back-to-back which produces a continuous void between the helices where heated or cooling products/liquids can be placed to maintain a required temperature for the material being conveyed.

Helix Flight’s Blank Cut Design Manager (BCDM) software is an integral part of this production process, and with it, the competitive advantage it brings.