Proven Dutch monorail technology, applied to dipping lines for the first time: a chain that moves in every direction, hangs in light portals without a heavy frame, and puts your complete production line at floor level, right in front of you.
The chain is the heart of every dipping line
The chain is actually the most important part of the dipping line. It carries every former, through every station, hour after hour, and its design determines what your factory building has to look like.
Dutch Dipping Technologies uses the latest chain model, built into a cassette. The technology itself is proven Dutch monorail engineering, developed by another Dutch company for other industries. Dutch Dipping Technologies is the first to apply it to dipping machines: a first in the dipping world.
Bends in every direction: that is the whole secret
A conventional dipping chain is like a sheet of paper: you can fold it up or down, but only along one axis. The chain climbs and descends in a single flat plane; it cannot turn left or right. So the whole machine becomes one tall, rigid wall of steel.
The Monorail chain is different. Its links pivot in every direction: up, down, left, right and back again. Over a stretch of roughly three metres it can even make a controlled twist, so products such as gloves can be turned during the process. Your line is no longer a wall. It is a route in three dimensions, planned around your floor, your corners and your building.
And because the cassette carries and drives the chain itself, the heavy machine frame disappears completely. The Monorail simply hangs in light portals: the orange rail in the photo above. A smart drive inside the cassette is, of course, included.
Why it changes your factory
Walk around your line, instead of climbing into it
Conventional dipping lines are built nine to twelve metres high, in an expensive purpose-built hall. When something needs attention at six metres, someone has to climb up into the machine to find it.
With the Monorail, the complete line, every station from dipping to curing, lies flat on a normal factory floor. You simply walk around your production line: full overview of the whole process, every detail at eye level, every part within reach.
We are honest about the trade-off: a flat line uses more floor area than a tower. But what you get back is complete oversight, faster intervention, easier cleaning and maintenance, and a far cheaper building.
More floor area does not mean wasted space. It means planned space. The Monorail lets you design the route around your building. Corners, U-turns, a loop back: everything stays at working height, where the process steps happen.
And the height of your building is not lost either. Vertical stretches are perfect for drying time: the product simply dries on the way up, no processing needed there. You can even make an opening in the ceiling, run the Monorail through it, and repeat the whole pattern on the next floor. One line, two levels, double the route, all in the same building.
What the Monorail brings you
A route in three dimensions: the chain bends up, down, left, right and back, and even twists over a few metres to turn products during the process
No heavy frame: the chain hangs in light portals; the cassette carries and drives it
Walk around your line: full overview of the whole process at eye level, no climbing to six metres to find a problem
Lower buildings: no expensive nine-to-twelve-metre factory hall required
Height used for drying: vertical stretches become drying time; through the ceiling, the pattern can repeat on a second floor
Easier maintenance and installation: every station within reach at floor level
Since 1946, Dutch Dipping Technologies has been among the pioneers of chain dipping lines. The Monorail is the next step: proven Dutch monorail technology, applied to dipping lines for the first time.
