Innovative Spiral Conveyors and Bucket Elevators Save Space and Reduce Total Cost of Ownership

When a tornado came through the Midwest and dropped a customer’s roof onto a Ryson spiral conveyor, the Ryson service team was able to reconstruct the spiral in place in a few days without having to take it to a warehouse. “Most competitors would remove the spiral and put a new one in its place,” Ryson President Dave Wineman explained. “Because our equipment easily bolts together and all of our components are standardized modules, we can rework equipment in a day onsite, which prevents customers from the costly expense of having to buy an entirely new machine.” Ryson began operations 26 years ago and is the number one manufacturer of spiral conveyors in the U.S. Specializing in vertical conveyor equipment like bucket elevators and spiral conveyors, Ryson’s products are sustainable, reusable, and 99% sourced in the U.S. “There was a small niche market for what we now call vertical transportation, and there weren’t many people in the industry to solve problems,” said Wineman. “We thought, ‘Hey, there are some products here that we could probably do well with.’ And now, Ryson supplies over 40 models of spiral conveyors and bucket elevators.”