A food and beverage manufacturing client in Columbia, South Carolina, had a hang up in their product’s conveyor journey. Corrugated cardboard cases filled with product leave the heat shrink tunnel still warm, travelling length-wise down a wide conveyor belt. Along the way, they need to transfer to a narrow belt system requiring a 90-degree turn without using a physical bump turn or mechanical device that could damage the boxes or catch on the warm heat shrink.
Solution: Case turner conveyor. Using a custom-built, two-strand plastic chain conveyor by CarryLine, Brian Hester provided the perfect solution. Set to variable speeds, the two strands moved slightly differently causing the boxes to consistently rotate 90 degrees with precision.
The conveyor itself was all stainless-steel construction and included a filler plate between the strands to prevent the heat shrink from catching on the edges of the chain as well as low profile UHMW guard rails.
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Post time: Jun-16-2017