Overhead and Ceiling Hung Conveyor

Overhead, or ceiling hung, conveyor is often used to maximize space, sort, buffer, and distribute. Overhead conveyor, or ceiling hung conveyor, is one of the most economical methods of conveying while maximizing floor space. Bastian will examine your needs and goals to assist you in determining the best type of overhead conveyor available to meet your material handling integration needs. There are three main types of overhead conveyor commonly used in both the manufacturing and distribution industries. The main types of overhead conveyor include automated electrified monorail (AEM) conveyor, enclosed track conveyor, and overhead chain conveyor. Call us today for more information about how Bastian can assist you with your overhead conveying needs.

AEM Overhead Conveyor

Automated electrified monorail (AEM) conveyor
Automated electrified (AEM) conveyor systems are ideal for long distances, sorting, buffering, and distribution. Automated electrofied monorail (AEM) systems offer high throughput and provide versatility for complex track routing. High transport speeds and inclines/declines up to 90-degrees are other features of these systems. Automated electrified monorail (AEM) conveyor systems are well proven in many industries in addtion to being easy to operate and maintain.

Enclosed track overhead conveyor
Enclosed track overhead conveyor is one of the most economical methods of conveying. Some of the most common uses of enclosed track overhead conveyor include:

  • Handling products through processing such as spray painting, dip painting, bonderizing, washing, degreasing, drying, cooling, sand blasting, and heat treating.
  • Moving incoming parts and raw materials from receiving docks to storage, and outgoing parts to shipping docks carrying parts between storage and manufacturing, or from one department to another.
  • Carrying work in process of manufactured parts from one operation to another, and through assembly, inspection, and packaging.
  • As mobile storage (using free air space) in warehouses. Enclosed overhead track conveyor can also be used to store parts between operations.
  • Transporting items between buildings and over long distances, such as moving items from one plant to another.
Overhead Chain Conveyor

Overhead chain conveyor
Overhead chain conveyor systems are very adaptable since they maximize available floor space while conforming to structural contours. Once installed, overhead chain conveyor systems can be easily modified for additional workstations, relocated equipment, increased building size, or other revisions in conveyor paths. The design of overhead chain conveyor systems allow for the use of smaller processing equipment (tanks, freezers, ovens, etc.) and makes serving hard to reach production equipment more practical.

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