Spiralling into control
June 1st 2007 Georgia-Pacific turned to
Astec Conveyors to install
a number of conveying
lines carrying cartons
from case packers feeding
through to palletisers.
Originally an order has
been placed for two case
elevators, but the supplier
could not deliver within
the required eight week
period. Therefore, wile
attending a major
packaging exhibition a
decision was taken to
install spirall conveyors.
"Unlike any other slat bed
conveyor, the slat does
not run on any kind of
wear strip," commented
Georgia-Pacific's Paul
Sculthorpe. "This means
that there is no additional
friction created when the
conveyor is subject to load
by the product being
carried." The modular
constructed spiral
conveyor only needs one
drive, even for units with
12 turns, and it also has
the ability to operate at a
maximum speed of
60mpm.
The spiral conveyors
integrate with a series of
driven roller conveyors
located at higher level,
feeding cartons along
straight sections and
around 90° and 180°
bends to accumulate in
line and provide orderly
feed for the two
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