Gravity Roller Conveyors Provide Delicate Handling of High-End Products

Logovisual who are a well renowned manufacturer and supplier of visual thinking and planning systems turned to L.A.C. to help them integrate a new materials handling roller conveyor system into one of their existing manufacturing processes. Brief Supply, deliver, install and commission a gravity roller conveyor system with lift-up transfers and gravity rollers for handling wood products in a gluing manufacturing process. Solution The conveyor system is made up of three gravity roller conveyors with two lift-up transfers that also have gravity rollers incorporated into them. The lift-up transfers allow the machine operators the ability to manipulate the wooden boards that can weigh up to 60kg and measure up to 1525 x 3000mm in size. The operator uses a foot switch to raise and lower the transfers freeing up their hands to manipulate the product as required. Due to the high-grade finish of the end product the wooden boards require delicate handling, so the conveyor rollers are coated with non-marking vulcanized rubber lagging. Three gravity roller conveyors Two lift-up transfer conveyors incorporating gravity rollers Foot switch Controls All beds with transfers are fed from one control panel which will have a global safety system to stop all movement on the two beds, if an e/stop is pressed