Conveying - Articles - Page 25

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Motor-mounted drive

August 22, 2015

Engineered for conveyor applications, the Siemens SINAMICS G110M motor-mounted drive for SIMOGEAR gear motors includes USS/Modbus RTU, Profibus and Profinet/EtherNet/IP communication profiles.

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Pallet conveyor system

August 15, 2015

The Dorner 2200 Series Precision Move pallet conveyor system has a pin tracking system that guides 160 to 480mm pallets through 90° turns; the pallets move on twin dual-strand timing belt conveyors.

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Used with pump and conveyor technologies, the NORD SK 180E decentralized AC vector drive features 3 digital inputs, 2 digital outputs, 2 analog inputs, an integrated 24V power supply and an onboard AS interface.

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Thermoplastic rack

August 13, 2015

Constructed for applications such as CNC routers and conveyors, the Nexen Versa thermoplastic rack also can be used with a range of picking, part-marking and gantry-based automation systems.

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Vertical conveyor

June 25, 2015

The Nercon Flex Lift vertical conveyor for food, beverage and packaging high-speed applications has an open construction for access to all the components.

Dry Processing

Weighing and dosing conveyor

June 25, 2015

The Volkmann Conweigh gravimetric weighing and dosing conveyor system is available on Volkmann VS and PPC vacuum conveyors.

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Modular belt conveyors

June 21, 2015

Built on a single-piece 304 stainless steel frame to NSF standards, QC Industries HydroClean sanitary modular belt conveyors feature a self-draining frame, minimal horizontal surfaces, no exposed threads and hex head fasteners.

Dry Processing

Mechanical and pneumatic conveyors help process a new biscuit

The batching/blending system delivers cocoa powders and sugar to the same paddle mixer.

Debra Schug

June 16, 2015

Burton’s Biscuit Co., a leading UK producer of biscuits and snack products, is best known for its Jammie Dodger sandwich, two shortbread biscuits with jam in the center.

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All-steel conveyor belt

June 8, 2015

The Ashworth Omni-Pro all-steel conveyor belt features zero tension, 360? buttonless welds that are produced with an automated process that positions each rod before melting and fusing the rod and link together; the welds are free of crevices to help eliminate bacteria entrapments.

TECH FLASH

Four-to-one combiner saves space, money

For a packaged snack food manufacturer, a multi-lane tabletop conveyor system using four-to-one merge for cartons was the right solution.

Jeremy Gerrard

May 26, 2015

Four lanes of pneumatically actuated clamping devices and blade stops control the traffic of four rows of product and merge them to one lane for delivery to a palletizing system.