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As robots continually penetrate our daily industrial lives to improve productivity, reduce waste and inefficiencies and raise quality, one would expect that they would demand more, not less compensation for their hard work. Quite the contrary – the costs are reducing!
ITC is one of India’s foremost private sector companies. ITC has a diversified presence in Cigarettes, Hotels, Paperboards & Specialty Papers, Packaging, Agri-Business, Packaged Foods & Confectionery, Information Technology, Branded Apparel, Personal Care, Stationery, Safety Matches and other consumer goods products. ASAP Automation India installed a conveyor system with powered and non powered conveyors for truck loading at ITC Coimbatore…
There are basic rules of the road for designing a conveyor system. Here are a few.
· Determine the size curve required for your conveyables before picking the width of the conveyor for your system
· Be sure to select straight tangents before or after curves depending if you are entering or exiting a belt conveyor or a live roller conveyor
· Never skimp on horsepower. It doesn’t cost much more before the system is installed but it’s always more expensive to upgrade later
· Unless you have first hand knowledge of how a product conveys, test it. Inclines and declines can surprise you since boxes or totes may be slippery or unevenly loaded. Airborne particulates can be a gotcha…
Click on “Rules of the Road” above to read more…
In a down economy, businesses start to maintain their conveyors instead of replacing them. As the economy starts to squeeze the wallet, new conveyor sales start to fall but spare parts sales, according to Bob Trebilcock from Modern Material Handling magazine, could potentially increase 25% this year…
What if you don’t know what the heck this grease-covered thing is that is sitting on your desk with a note that just says, “We need one of these”? “Geez thanks, I will get right on it!”, is what I would be thinking. Well to help you get what you need, here are a few things that would be good to have when you contact Hytrol or Bastian.
