published on 16/10/08
Andrews Automation Ltd has recently finalised the installation of an extensive pallet handling system with Linpac packaging, who is a leading worldwide producer of a wide range of rigid plastic and expanded polystyrene (EPS) food packaging trays. The system is designed to transport finished products from manufacturing to the warehouse.
The pallet conveyor system was required in an effort to reduce handling, in particular ‘double/triple’ handling of products and thus reduce costs in a very competitive industry.
The pallet conveyor system takes finished goods pallets from the manufacturing building through two fully automatic rotary arm wrapping machines, down into the warehouse. The system was fitted by skilled mechanical contract engineers who can offer full engineering support.

The warehouse is located in a separate adjacent building and the link between these two buildings posed a specific problem: a big difference in floor level resulted in a requirement for the link pallet conveyor to operate at a decline of 7 degrees.
This posed no problems for the conveyor which was fitted with individual braked motors. Easily accessible for any proactive or reactive maintenance that the mechanical engineering team should need to carry out.
A graphics display screen is utilised to set up pallet requirements at any one of the nine manual palletising stations. Empty pallets are requested at the stations and are delivered automatically.


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