Earlier, we shared the first part of a guide to conveyor systems for the food and beverage industry. Today we are going to analyze the second part and learn about new tools that will help your industrial workflow to be more agile and reliable. Let’s Start!
Accumulation Conveyor
These accumulation belts or rollers conveyors systems have a very reliable technology and proved in recent years.
The conveyors systems of this type are frequently used in the food and beverage industry because they achieve the zero pressure accumulation by means of pneumatic or electrical systems, they do not allow contact between one product and another when being divided by zones. They are ideal when you have boxes full of product, because they allow their accumulation and transport.
There are other conveyors systems that are more recent and that arose because of the need for an electric energy saving. These equipment no longer uses air, and only use electrical devices to make the accumulation, can work with 24 volts motors and retransmit in zones by means of o-rings, or use electrically motorized rollers, they have rollers with moto-pulleys and transmit by zones. These systems allow the product to be transported and accumulated to deal with line blackouts or palletizing processes that stop because they must be introduced consumable or any other process.
This technology allows to accumulate the product along the line and thus achieve a higher throughput rate.
Belt Conveyors
When we have very long systems that do not need a lot of accumulation, it is recommended to use the belt conveyors.
These automated equipment are widely used because they can transport hundreds of products from one point to another in a very long length. They are ideal when you want to move boxes for hundreds of meters.
This is a low cost technology and requires low maintenance, as it has a tested and standardized system for more than 50 years in the market. They are ideal for single-bottle or full-box workflows.
Remember that conveyor systems improve the order, safety of operators and the product itself, in addition to increasing the productivity of the entire workflow.
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