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Hatfield Quality Meats processes 6,000 hogs per day in the ultramodern and highly automated 750,000 square foot plant they opened in 1991. Dependability, safety and sanitation are the standards of equipment operation in this Pennsylvania company. Dick Feldkamp, Manager of Industrial Engineering, said, "We chose Van der Graaf motorized pulleys over others we tested because their seals held up the best under high pressure washdown (700 PSI plus detergent). Our choice has been right - we have had zero downtime."

Hatfield uses approximately 25 Van der Graaf drum motors on their busy cut floor lines and on their sortation conveyors. This pork processing facility uses the stainless steel, Van der Graaf drum motor pulleys in conjunction with sanitary, hinged white plastic belts which use sprocket drives. Van der Graaf provides special, self-aligning, floating sprocket mounts for powering these type belts.