Overhead role

To keep pace with the growth of its online retail operations in Doncaster, Next tasked Rusmail Conveyor Systems & OCA to develop a solution for handling sacks of parcels for despatch to stores and homes.

The resulting overhead conveyor system equates to over a mile of conveyors capable of loading, sorting and directing the sacks to specific off-loading points.

The project covered the design, fabrication, installation and commissioning of 6 conveyor loops of varying lengths each with a cable driven overhead conveyor equipped with hooks and sack recognition devices. The bespoke system also has automatic unloading systems, stainless steel drop-off chutes and PLC-based inverter speed control systems.