Many benefits of overhead system
June 1st 2006

A Rusmail overhead conveyor system is streamlining production at salad producer, Florette, by releasing valuable storage space and keeping operators at their packing station. An additional 72m2 floor space has also been created.

Anthony Fremond, project engineer for Florette said: "The 173m loop overhead system allows us to limit the amount of people traffic crossing the floor because the conveyor brings empty cartons direct to the operators for packing at a top rate of 90 boxes per minute. Previously the operators had to move from their workstations to do this.

Now there are no interruptions to the flow of work and everything is running more smoothly."

The installation makes use of otherwise wasted roof space and means the empty cartons take up no additional ground space as they move around at a height of 4ms on the conveyor above.

The reliable, lightweight system has a number of built in health & safety benefits. Fremond explains: "Operators can load and unload the system at working level thus reducing the need for bending and stretching and so protecting backs and preventing RSI."

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