Rolling out a roller solution
March 1st 2008 A manufacturer of rigid presentation
packaging has introduced Best
PowerFlex powered roller mobile
conveyors to improve movement of
product during packaging collation.
The conveyors were installed to
improve the flow of box lids and
bases from a pair of folding and
gluing machines to a central
finishing and collation table. Lid
and tray components are
produced on separate machines.
The low discharge height of the
box making machines was such
that it was not possible to achieve
ergonomically-correct working
heights. The conveying system,
therefore, was required to incline
upwards so that products could be
elevated to the correct work height.
The flexible and expandable
Best PowerFlex, a powered roller
conveyor was installed to transport
bases and lids upwards from the
machine to the collation table. The
adjustable legs of the flexible
conveyor enabled the exact
gradient to be achieved throughout
the bend from both machines.
The unit's self-tracking ability
means lightweight carton sections
are conveyed around the bend
without the need for additional
guarding, guide rails or rubber
coated rollers.
Highly flexible, the PowerFlex
enables a further workstation to be
added along one of the conveyors,
while the absence of side rails,
coupled with the unit's tracking
ability, allows easy access from
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