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High speed carton conveyor
05 October 2016
Following the success of previous installations, Astec Conveyors was asked to design a fully integrated conveyor system to handle a range of carton sizes at high speed for a major UK cereal manufacturer.
On the discharge from a checkweigher/X-ray machine cartons are divided into two lanes via a specially designed high speed lane divider with no moving parts that has the capability to proportionally split the carton feed to either case packer.
The cartons are then orientated from vertical to a horizontal position using twister conveyors to achieve the correct presentation to the case packers. On product selection via the HMI the conveyor speeds are automatically set for that specific product size.
Between the twister conveyors and the case packer in-feed, low back pressure accumulation conveyors are incorporated into the system to accommodate any possible minor downtime issues arising from the case packers.
The system was designed to be versatile and flexible in transporting various carton sizes with minimum line disruption on product changeovers. Astec installed the conveyor system and electrical controls to provide a turnkey solution that has been successfully operating and meeting the customer’s KPI requirements.
