Food firm Intersnack installs high level case conveyor
Astec Conveyors has recently designed and installed a high level case conveyor system for the expanding company Intersnack.
Previously, palletising of cases was carried out manually at the end of each production line, and then transferred by pallet truck some 50 metres through a busy operational area to the warehouse.
As the area in the packing hall was very restricted, Astec Conveyors designed a system to automatically merge different case sizes from the various production lines into one single line, using zero line pressure zone controlled powered roller conveyors.
Due to restricted space, Astec introduced a spiral conveyor to provide continuous, smooth vertical transfer of product to a high level. The spiral conveyor can be operated in either direction and features a space saving small footprint of only 2m.sq, which does not impacting on the valuable packing hall area. It also offers additional benefits of low maintenance requirements and long operational life.
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The spiral feeds onto a high level powered roller system to the warehouse, eventually declining down a belt conveyor onto a gravity roller section for manual sortation and palletising.
As a result of the conveyor system being installed, both labour cost and pallet truck operation in the packing area – through to the warehouse has drastically been reduced, whilst also addressing and eliminating several safety issues.
The system was installed as a turnkey project in conjunction with Elmleigh Electrical who designed the electrical control system.
Astec Conveyors can provide bespoke design, manufacture and installation of conveyor systems to meet individual handling requirements for light, medium or heavy duty applications.
