Jai Kudo manufactures contemporarystyled
eyewear and is one of the
largest stockists of ophthalmic
prescription lenses in the UK.When
it needed a handling solution that
would increase order picking
efficiency, Conveyor Systems (CSL)
was awarded a contract to design and
build a bespoke conveyor circuit that
would improve the flow of products.

CSL provided a cost effective
design, using modular conveyors
integrated into a circuit. Lenses are
picked to order from vertical storage
units and placed in special plastic
tote carriers. These are then placed
onto a close pitched powered roller
lineshaft conveyor with low pressure
accumulation that is well suited for
smoothly transporting very fragile
products. The lens tote carrier
continues around the circuit to be
halted at any one of four blade stops
to be removed to packing stations for
checking and placing in secure
packaging for shipping.

From this point in the circuit, CSL
incorporated gravity roller conveyor
sections at a decline to cost effectively
carry empty lens tote carriers back to
the order picking face to recommence
the order picking sequence.