Conveying & accumulation

Flexible chain conveyor platform for food, medical, and assembly applications

Dorner Mfg. Corp.'s 2200 SmartFlex flexible chain conveyor platform fives customers the ability to build complete 2200 SmartFlex conveyor assemblies to their exact layout dimensions and view it in 3D within minutes.

October 11, 2013

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Conveying & accumulation

Plastic conveyor chains, modular plastic belts consume less power

System Plast conveyor components from Emerson provide lower friction than industry standard belts, while consuming 20% less power. In many cases packagers can dispense with trays.

October 11, 2013

Conveying & accumulation

Spiral elevator with compact footprint

New spiral elevator from Simplimatic has a 36-inch diameter and runs on a 12-inch pitch. It's expandable to different sizes. Optional is a co-helix on which containers can be collated.

October 9, 2013

Conveying & accumulation

Reduce glass-on-glass pressure in pharma accumulation tables

As a replacement for rotary accumulation tables that are too likely to damage pharmaceutical containers, the RX 36 Infinity System from Garvey greatly reduces glass on glass pressure, which reduces damage to containers.

October 8, 2013

Conveying & accumulation

High-speed FlexPicker with vacuum gripper

ABB's new 8-kg IRB 360 FlexPicker with Schmalz vacuum gripper uses vision guidance and conveyor tracking to individually pick random-positioned bottles, providing a robust method for handling heavier individual products and larger product groupings in multi-pick applications, with the ability to handle up to 500 products/min.

September 25, 2013

Conveying & accumulation

Video: Shuttleworth Expands Its Slip-Torque Product Line With New V-Clean, Wipe Down Conveyor

V-Clean™ offers food and pharmaceutical manufacturers that need light wash capabilities a high-value alternative to heavy wash solutions. V-Clean complements existing Shuttleworth industrial and easy clean conveyors and extends their popular Slip-Torque® technology.

September 25, 2013

Conveying & accumulation

Video: Pro Mach Offers Complete End of Line Integrated System

Pro Mach’s End of Line Group provides single sourcing for complete, turnkey integrated systems optimized for each customer’s unique packaging needs. The integrated system includes components from five Pro Mach brands.

September 23, 2013

Conveying & accumulation

Line Vac Air Operated Conveyor Video

EXAIR's compressed air operated Line Vac™ connects to standard hose or tube to create a powerful in-line conveyor. The compact design features large throat diameters for maximum throughput capacity. Eleven sizes in aluminum, ten sizes in stainless steel and five sizes in hardened alloy are suited to a wide variety of transfer applications. CE compliant. Mounting brackets available.

September 16, 2013

Conveying & accumulation

Drum Vac Video

EXAIR's compressed air operated Reversible Drum Vac™ System attaches quickly to any closed head 5, 30, 55 or 110 gallon drum. Its high powered vacuum fills the drum in less than two minutes. With the simple turn of a knob, the same stainless steel pump quickly empties the drum. Coolant sumps can be easily refilled, floor spills vacuumed, or contaminated liquids transferred to filtration tanks in minutes. The flow rate in and out of the drum can be controlled with the knob, making it ideal for dispensing liquids.

September 16, 2013

Conveying & accumulation

Chip Vac Video

EXAIR's Chip Vac™ picks up dry or wet chips and delivers them directly to an ordinary 5, 30, 55 or 110 gallon open-top drum. The CE compliant Chip Vac is used to clean chips from fixtures, floors and work surfaces of machining centers, lathes, saws, mills and other industrial equipment. The powerful suction is ideal for fast and efficient cleaning.

September 16, 2013

Conveying & accumulation

Video: KLEENLine’s reciprocator-shuttle conveyor delivers speed and flexibility

The KLEENLine stainless steel Servo Reciprocator rapidly transfers single rows of product into multiple rows and orients them for efficient processing or packaging. Additional applications include array formation, right angle transfers and loading for ovens, and multi-tiered cooling conveyors, and proofer flights.

September 12, 2013

Conveying & accumulation

Single serve coffee cup handling for pick and place demonstrated by Morrison Container Handling Solutions

Get an up close look at this custom solution designed to smoothly and effectively divide and invert single serve coffee cups to hand off for pick and place at 200 CPM. Morrison can design innovation solutions for your needs - feeding, turning, tilting, orienting, combining/dividing grouping/collating and more.

September 11, 2013

Conveying & accumulation

Video: Bakery line utilizes Niverplast Systems

Niverplast systems offers complete custom designed packaging lines including conveying, inspection, metal detection, counting and batching. The system shown is used to inspect and package baked goods and includes a verio-sealed unit and vibration table.

August 28, 2013