Advanced Conveyor Design Software

The Best
Conveyor Designs
start with
Sidewinder

Developed from the ground up, incorporating the
latest in conveyor technology and industry standards.

Engineering Excellence

Developed by
Conveyor Experts

In 2004 AC-Tek realized the global need for a new and easy to use conveyor design program. Sidewinder is the response to this need.

Developed by experts in conveyor technology, Sidewinder is truly second to none. It incorporates the latest in both conveyor design technology and industry standards.

In the past 20 years Sidewinder has been used by thousands of engineers to design countless conveyors around the world. It holds global records for some of the largest and most complex systems ever built. Yet it is still very much at home when used to engineer smaller in-plant systems.

Give Sidewinder a try today!

One Solution for Any Conveyor

Supports a wide range of conveyor types, bulk materials, and environmental conditions.

Sidewinder give you everything you need in a single package.

Overland Conveyors

In-plant Conveyors

Pipe Belt Conveyors

Feeder Belt Conveyors

Sidewall Belt Conveyors

Specialized Conveyors

Features

Sidewinder Features

Sidewinder has massive assortment of advanced features.

Industry Standards

CEMA 5th, 6th, 7th
DIN 22101 / ISO
Feeder Belts Calculations
Various Published Standards
Pipe Conveyor Calculations

Advanced Calculations

Vertical Curves
Pulley & Shaft Sizing
Belt Turnovers
Horizontal Curves
Material Trajectories

Added Features

Stockpile Sizing
Reclaim Volumes
Overhung Load Analysis
Stringer Loading & Design
...and much more

Professional Reports

Fully Customizable Reports
Microsoft Word format
Basic & Advanced Outputs
Adobe pdf creation from Word

Multiple Languages

Spanish
Chinese
Portuguese
Russian and others!

AutoCAD Integration

Import conveyor profiles
Export CAD drawings
Google Earth Support (kmz)
3D Ground Topography

Sidewinder Add-ons

PAX Pulley Design & Newton Chute

Make the best conveyor design software even better with these powerful features.

Pulley Finite Element Analysis

PAX Pulley Design
FEA Software

PAX is a full 3D finite element software program for analyzing conveyor pulleys. Accurate stress analysis, pulley shell and end disk optimization, fatigue life, and much more can be easily determined.

Transfer Chute Design

Newton Chute Lite
Free with Sidewinder!

Discrete Element Modeling (DEM) software for modeling the flow bulk materials through transfer chutes. A wide range of material properties can be analyzed. Chute geometries can be entered parametrically, or imported from a wide range of commercial CAD software.

AC-Tek has several Newton Software products. The most basic (Newton Chute Lite) is included free of charge with all Sidewinder licenses that have a current maintenance plan.

Global Presence

Engineers around the world are using Sidewinder

Here are a few of our global customers.

Pricing

Product Options

Sidewinder
Standalone
License

Single-user standalone license.

One year of annual maintenance is included.

Sidewinder
Network
License

Single-user network license.

One year of annual maintenance is included.

PAX
Pulley
Design

PAX finite element software.

A current Sidewinder
license is required.​

Newton Chute
Discrete Element
Modeling

Transfer Chute Design.

One year of annual maintenance is included.

Start optimizing your conveyor designs with Sidewinder today!