Rusmail Conveyor Archive News 12/09/02:

• See what Rusmail Conveyors are doing to help our clients solve their handling problems.

*Increased throughput - powered roller line shaft conveyors.

• A major international bottled water producer needed to increase the throughput of bottled water, each bottle weighing approximately 20Kg

Solution:

• It was decided with the client to create a new transfer line from the existing bottling line to a new caged pallet line to reduce the amount of handling. This transfer line consists of part line-shaft powered roller and part gravity roller conveyors. The bottles from the transfer line are loaded into cage-type pallets, which are then removed by a forklift truck. The filled pallets each weigh approximately 800Kg

• Because the transfer line is regularly washed down with cleansing fluid for hygienic purposes, the powered roller and part gravity roller conveyors are fabricated in stainless steel. The caged pallet conveyor, which includes a turntable unit is fabricated in mild steel.

• This new system has significantly increased the throughput of bottled water, reduced handling costs increased and bottom-line profit.

*Do you have the problem of removing scrap metal from forming or stamping machines?

We have the answer!

• A specialist machinery manufacturer needed a conveyor system to remove scrap from a large roll-forming machine. This scrap metal varies from small slugs of 2mm diameter to sheet off-cuts at 250x900mm size.

Solution:

• The Rusmail Belt Conveyor system starts beneath the roll-forming machine, running at a shallow incline approximately 5m with a clearance of only 350mm from the floor. Scrap from this conveyor is then transferred to a second steep-inclined belt conveyor, approx. 2m long outside the machine to deposit the scrap in a waste collector. The steep-inclined conveyor is fitted with side walls and flights. Both units are fabricated in lightweight aluminum.

*We are 'hand in glove' with our clients!

• A leading Midlands-based producer of industrial gloves needed to find a more efficient way of transferring glove products to a printing line where the gloves are stamped for identification purposes.

Solution:

• Products are stacked in bundles on four Rusmail Quick Delivery QD Belt Conveyors operating at right angles to an existing printing line . To assist the operatives in removing the gloves from the new conveyors, the conveyor had to be brought as close as possible to the existing line. Integral drum drives, with only 83mm diameter drums were incorporated into the conveyor for this purpose.

• The four installed units were identical, all 4m long and fitted with 600mm wide PVC belts, height adjustable stands, under-guarding. Each conveyor was supplied with a foot operated stop/start switch with armoured cable. The integral drum motors were each rated at 0.12kW. Due to the client's continuous operation, each conveyor was pre-assembled and run-tested in our factory to allow very quick positioning and installation.

• Rusmail Quick Delivery QD Belt Conveyors fitted this purpose like a 'glove' and the clients objective of increased efficiency has been achieved.