Having a range of pallet handing solutions Astec Conveyors were asked by a leading manufacturer to design a flexible automated production assembly line with the aim to reduce manual handling.

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The new automated assembly line transfers pre- assembled cages along an accumulation conveyor to a specially designed 2 axis pick and place transfer unit.

Stacks of pallets are accumulated on a heavy duty twin chain conveyor system and a pallet de-stacker feeds single pallets into a guarded area to a position where the cages are automatically lifted onto the pallet via the 2 axis transfer unit.

The cage and pallet then proceed to the operator fixing station where the pallet and cage are assembled together; when complete, they transfer to the bottle insertion machine via a series of accumulation conveyors.

The system comprises of heavy duty driven roller and twin chain pallet conveyors, turntables, 90 degree chain transfer unit and a pallet de-stacker.

The project was designed, manufactured and installed complete with the electrical control system without any major impact on production and has virtually eliminated manual handling, delivering a 10% increase in productivity with a payback on the total project of 1.25 years.

On the back of this success, Astec have been awarded another contract by the same company for another conveyor system to further automate production.

Astec Conveyors can provide bespoke design, manufacture and installation of conveyor systems to meet individual handling requirements for light, medium or heavy duty applications in stainless steel or mild steel construction.

Paul Fox – Sales Manager

Tel: 01283 210333

Email: sales@astecconveyors.com

www.astecconveyors.com

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