An efficient network of conveyor systems is essential to meeting the demands of the market and bringing your business to new heights. Getting products from point A to point B on the factory floor sounds easy, but that is not always the case when conveying wide products.

NCC Automated Systems (“NCC” or the “Company”), an established provider of turnkey automation solutions and manufacturer of high precision pallet handling and sanitary conveyance products, announced today that it has been acquired by ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. (TSX:ATA) (“ATS”), an industry-leading automation solutions provider to many of the world’s most successful companies.

If you are like many engineers, you’ve probably been wondering - why doesn’t my current conveyor prevent product damage? Shouldn’t that be one of the primary functions of a conveyor?

In this ebook, we share how to combat surprises in your design change management process more easily, efficiently, and precisely. Combine steps and maximize the time you spend designing your project, and minimize time spent on changes and updates to your designs. Have you ever wanted to: Get the pricing, part numbers, and conveyor design changes done yourself and on your own time, without involving a sales rep? Use CAD models that have pre-configured SOLIDWORKS mates - and make changes to them in-context? Create a unique conveyor solution that's exactly right for you or your client, and doesn't cost more? You don’t have time to waste. Download this practical guide and find out how today.

Sometimes working with wider products that are common in the aerospace industry, application engineers may need to get creative with a conveying system design that fits within the floor layout and various constraints. Additionally, material handling systems that convey aerospace products have other special considerations. They require smooth starts and dampened stops – and of course requirements to transfer and present products at different stations for efficient assembly operations.

It’s time to celebrate Michelle Brennan, she is a Customer Service Representative. She has been a part of the Glide-Line family for just shy of 8 years. When Michelle started with the company, Glide-Line was in its infancy. Over the years she has seen the evolution of growth and is excited to be a part of what is to come in the future.

Glide-Line’s completely configurable roller chain conveyor is the first of its kind, offering precise and dynamic control over the physics of the pallet carrying rollers.

When you work with wider or elongated building products, keeping your manufacturing line humming is heavily dependent on your conveying solution – quite literally. Wider and elongated products need to integrate seamlessly so you can prevent product damage.

In situations where application engineers have an opportunity to design a new conveying system (and where there is a need for handling wide products), there is a cost-effective alternative to the industry standard roller conveyor available. Glide-Line’s multi-strand timing belt and multi-strand roller chain conveyors are an economical solution compared to traditional roller conveyors, especially when you’re manufacturing wide products.

Engineers who want to automate the movement of large, wide, or uniquely-shaped products know the challenges that traditionally come with this request: It can get expensive Configurability is near non-existent Product manipulation is very limited, if possible at all Synchronization between conveyors and devices is often an issue Thankfully, there’s a better way - and it solves all the challenges above, including cost concerns. In this ebook, we’ll walk you through our solutions for specific applications that are uniquely-shaped, “prohibitively” large and wide (according to our competitors), and that often pose problems for automation because they require gentle handling.