Total handling solution
November 1st 2005

To improve the handling and transportation of cooker component parts Electrolux asked MCM Conveyors to provide a total handling solution.

It designed a system to give maximum flexibility and efficiency, with bespoke basket type jigs suspended from load bars, attached to overhead Power + Free trolley sets and conveyed around a series of process/delivery conveyor circuits to designated unload stations.

From three loading stations, product is routed from one building to an adjacent unit over a 6m gangway, feeding down to five enamel application booths. Each trolley set carries a single jig capable of holding a variety of components in differing quantities according to size.

Working closely with Electrolux management, MCM Conveyors designed an identification and routing system based on the use of 'coded flags' located on the trolley by two captive pegs and read by strategically positioned code readers.

The simple system requires manual setting of each trolley/jig.

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