Conveyor transfers are essential to maintaining a manufacturing plant’s efficiency. Because these transfer sections have to interface and hand-off products to downstream processes, a poorly designed solution can increase scrap rates and may cause bottlenecks on the line.
When something goes wrong with a transfer, it could shut down production entirely while repairs take place. If the system is a customized solution, it brings a new set of challenges with getting the line up and running again. You may have to fabricate new parts or break down other conveyor sections to access specific components.
Designing a conveyor transfer solution for any of these requirements is easier than you may think. Glide-Line’s conveyor systems have a modular design that is proven to gently transfer products with smooth and controlled movements. Below, we discuss each of these conveyor transfer scenarios and how you can solve them using Glide-Line’s solutions.
While this may appear to be a simple transfer design, it requires precise control during the process. The upstream conveyor has to halt while the shuttle operation occurs, and then release the next product once the shuttle conveyor returns.
Any flaw in the design could lead to collisions and if the system’s starts and stops aren’t smooth, it could jostle products causing damage.
To solve this problem, Glide-Line designed our Zero-Contact Zoned Conveyors. By controlling each zone independently, you can protect products and expertly shuttle items from one conveyor to the next, without any of them ever touching.
Check out this video to see how the system works and how it can accommodate almost all of your shuttling requirements.
Smart and efficient changes in elevation allow you to maximize the utilization of available space. Efficiently using all available space increases production capacity and saves costs. This trend is now reshaping the agricultural sector with high-density vertical farming becoming popular around the world.
Glide-Line’s Vertical Transport Units (VTUs) are adaptable to any kind of application that requires a change in elevation. There are multiple application options available with different sizes, strokes, and deck configurations.
Here is a quick video to demonstrate the versatility of our VTUs.
Some applications require you to change the angle of the product during the transfer process. The degree of change may also present a problem, as most roller-powered solutions will use a curved path, which increases the footprint of the conveyor system.
With a lift and rotate unit, you can change the orientation of a product to any degree. Because the system lifts, rotates, and drops to the correct angle in a single, smooth motion, you can protect your product and change the orientation using the smallest amount of space.
This design principle allows Glide-Line to deliver new capabilities with our conveyor designs. The Glide-Line 360 product line provides endless configurability, giving you all the flexibility without increasing costs or creating dead space in your facility.
Listen to Kevin Mauger explaining why we designed the 360 conveyor solution range.
Glide-Line’s range of customized standard solutions provides you with all the capabilities you need to maintain smooth and efficient control over all the traffic on the line. It delivers the same gentle movement of your products as our timing belt and roller chain conveyors, with expert manipulation that solves your application challenges.
Discover all of our customized standard solutions and conveyor transfer capabilities in this video.
If you need a smart, efficient, and completely flexible conveyor transfer design, Glide-Line has you covered. Instead of telling you, we can show you how flexible, fast, and cost-effective our solutions are in our in-context 3D configurator called IMPACT!
Discuss your requirements and start configuring your ideal conveyor transfer solution with Glide-Line today.