Customizations to automation conveyor applications can often add months to a lead time. But unless you utilize a configurable flexible conveyor solution, alternatives to conveyor customization can take even longer. The question is, how can a custom conveyor built by somebody else be faster than building one myself?

One of the biggest challenges faced by applications engineers today is the time it takes to receive accurate pricing and model numbers. You spend time using an online configurator from a conveyor manufacturer, downloading the step files and setting up mates and references in SOLIDWORKS to meet the requirements of your automation system. The conveyor software is typically built for only one thing: communicating one particular conveyor’s specifications to your conveyor design software.

The most accurate layouts and pricing typically come from a successful relationship between you and your salesperson with your current conveyor system provider. But time between pricing and revision exercises can slow down the process and get in the way of your delivering your proposal to your customer.

Developing an automated conveyor system layout, estimate, and proposal involves developing a layout and a budget for your customer. As you develop the automation strategy including the conveyor system design, accurate and impressive delivery to your client could be hindered by conveyor design software that either doesn’t exist, or, if it does, lacks flexibility, innovation, or generally slows you down. Recently, we’ve addressed these concerns by creating conveyor software to help conveyor automation integrators design better, more advanced conveyor systems easily.

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