Spiral solution
March 1st 2007 A leading global logistics companies recently appointed Keymas Controls and Automation to resolve a handling requirement at its main distribution centre. This necessitated transferring boxes from the loading bay on to an upper mezzanine floor. In principle. The obvious solution would have been to install an inclined belt conveyor, but this proposal was thwarted due to space restrictions. Keymas also considered installing a vertical elevator, which occupied less floor space, but because of the requirement for product indexing this would slow down the transfer procedure. Instead it was agreed to install a spiral conveyor in order to transport product to the upper floor. The robustly engineered spiral conveyor, provided an effective space saving solution to transporting goods between floors as the unit occupies a very small foot print area. With only one drive required for heights up to 7m. the spiral conveyor is energy efficient, simple to install with minimum controls, and very flexible in operation. More articles from Keymas Limited: | 
