Author: May Conveyor Admin
AUTOMATIC PALLET TRUCK IN-FLOOR CONVEYOR SYSTEM BY SI SYSTEMS
The new Lo-Tow pallet truck in-floor conveyor system is designed to improve operator productivity and accuracy. Operators load their pallet trucks and bring it over to the nearest towline station. They scan the destination, engage the towpin in seconds and the pallet truck is automatically delivered to the correct location in minutes, eliminating all human…
Conveyor Belt Tracking – Mistracking Causes and Solutions
Conveyor Belt is the carrying medium of a belt conveyor often called as conveyor belt. Conveyor system consists of two or more pulleys commonly called as drums with an endless loop of carrying medium that rotates about them. When one or both are powered the belt and the material on the belt will move forward.…
Lectra Aims to Disrupt Auto Leather Value Chain
The outlook for automotive leather is looking bright. Demand is soaring worldwide as automakers seek to make the interiors of vehicles from subcompacts to pickup trucks more luxurious. Plus, the availability of hides is improving because fewer shoes are being made of leather due to a global consumer shift to more casual footwear. According to…
Eagle SureConnect
Eagle SureConnect, an important innovation from Fenner Drives, radically reduces the complexity of installing polyurethane belting – slashing downtime and associated labor costs. The Manheim, Pa. company is an international leader in the supply of value-added, problem-solving products for conveying and power transmission applications. Countless industrial and manufacturing processes rely on uninterrupted service from conveyors.…
Factors to Consider in Food Processing Metal Conveyor System Design
The designing of the ideal food processing system is vast because of the complexity and diversity of the food processing industry. Some of the factors that may affect the system design include the qualities of food being processed, the sanitation methods used to prevent the formation of bacteria, the environmental conditions where the foods are…
ProSpare to launch Starclean at Hillhead 2016
A NEW product which tackles the challenges of belt cleaning in a completely different way to traditional belt scrapers has been launched by ProSpare. FE Schulte Strathaus & Co KG have been at the heart of changing the way conveyor belts are cleaned across Europe, but their ground-breaking new system has not been available in…
ABB to automate 13-kilometer long conveyor system at Chilean copper mine
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, won an order from Tenova TAKRAF Chile to automate one of the world’s most powerful conveyor belt systems to be built at Chuquicamata Mine in Chile. The belt system will deliver copper ore from the underground mine directly to the concentrator plant, 13 kilometers away from the…
Different Types of Mechanical Conveyors
The advancing technology has made transportation very easy. Now we use different types of conveyors to transport solids. Below we have made a list of some of the most common mechanical conveyors. Belt This is the most common type of mechanical conveyors. They are very popular in the industry for transporting material and moving parts…
New conveyor system transporting bulk material efficiently from open pit mines
Excavators and trucks are conventionally used to transport material extracted from open pit mines. This material removal method, which relies on diesel power, has several disadvantages including high operating costs for fuel, personnel, accommodation, travelling and maintenance; high safety risk created by weather conditions or human factors; and environmental damage caused by carbon and noise…
What goes around, comes around
Tucked into the right-hand corner when you first walk into the Burlington Town Center is a sight unlike anything else in the area: a collection of booth-style tables arranged for easy access to the small plates of sushi that pass by on an ever-moving conveyor belt in the center. A Cuisine is an Asian fusion…