Multi-Conveyor recently built several conveyors specifically designed and engineered to improve ergonomics in the semi-automated transport of very heavy, powder filled and sealed paper bags of dry food. Filled and sealed upright bags require an operator to manually reposition the product to lay flat for initial transport out of a bulk bagging room. Multi-Conveyor custom…

Say hello to ChIP, Custom Industrial Product’s newest addition to its family! ChIP acts as the brand ambassador for Custom Industrial Products, a leading material handling innovator specializing in vertical reciprocating conveyors (VRCs), mezzanines and other safety-related products. ChIP is a reflection of Custom Industrial Products and its founding principles of hard work, and developing…

The Pharmafill(TM) BCV1 Bottomless Conveyor from packaging machinery manufacturer Deitz Co.,features a proprietary hugger belt design that safely suspends filled bottles and other containers weighing up to 12 pounds in total. Suitable for wine, liquor, beer, cosmetics, and a variety of foods and beverages in glass and plastic bottles, the Bottomless Conveyor automatically accepts the…

Ryson’s Bucket Elevators combine vertical and horizontal transportation of bulk materials. Designed to gently transport a broad range of bulk products, they are completely enclosed with overlapping pivoting buckets, that prevent spillage and helps mitigate foreign debris. Their modular design allows them to be built to order, enables easy customization, and makes them versatile and…

Multi-Conveyor recently built a 9-foot by 42-inch sanitary food-grade stainless steel wire belt conveyor with a pivoting discharge end.  The pivot is used to dump batches of rejected bakery product from proceeding down the line. Replacing an existing transport conveyor, this section was engineered to retrofit seamlessly into the customer’s current production layout. In the…

… using Slug Accumulation, Micropitch & 90°Transfers, Curves and much more Multi-Conveyor recently built a series of independently powered conveyors to reorient various size cartons of product for inspection, fed from two cartoners, merging to a single case packer.  Wide-side leading product end transfers from the cartoners, then rotate 90° in orientation, merges to a…

For applications that need a little extra boost in load capacity, the new 2700 Medium Duty Conveyor from Dorner has the strength to carry heavier products for a variety of industrial automation and packaging applications including palletizers, multi-lane processing, case and tray handling and end-of-line packaging. With regards to Dorner’s industrial flat belt conveyor options,…

Multi-Conveyor recently built two identical 20-foot long, four-lane timing belt conveyors for an automotive component manufacturer to move individual parts prior to the paint process.  Each conveyor has four lanes of 1.5-inch wide stainless steel reinforced timing belts with vertical and horizontal adjustments. George Packard, Account Manager at Multi-Conveyor, explains, “This is a  four-lane timing…

Enclosed 8-inch cable and disc systems can convey volumes comparable to belt or bucket systems with less power, product loss, damage, and downtime according to Cablevey Conveyors, a mechanical conveyor manufacturer that serves the specialty food, coffee, nut, powder, produce, and pet food markets. Food processors and packagers have long sought a safer, more energy-efficient…

Having served the 3D-printing market with its piFLOW®p vacuum conveyors, Piab in now proud to introduce the first vacuum conveyor developed specifically for additive manufacturing – the piFLOW®am, which is now available for integration into OEM systems The piFLOW®am is a small vacuum conveyor designed based on requirements from OEMs within additive manufacturing segment. The…

Multi-Conveyor recently built a series of six settling (or vibrating) conveyors to facilitate product settling of filled, open-flap corrugated cases. Single lane product will end transfer on and off again in various sections of the customer’s existing line. Tim Bori, Project Manager at Multi-Conveyor, said, “We built a series of basic settling conveyors to vibrate…

Multi-Conveyor recently built a high-level hygienic 48” wide, flush grid and side flexing plastic conveyor belt solution to replace an existing wire belt system – while satisfying the customer’s need for a far more sanitary constructed conveyor in the process. Product discharges in multiple lanes from the customer oven to the Multi-Conveyor infeed. Rows uniformly…

EXAIR’s Line Vac Air Operated Conveyors provide an efficient method of converting ordinary pipe, hose or tubes into powerful in-line conveyors. To accommodate the wide variety of unique problems manufacturers face, EXAIR has the ability to customize and tailor Line Vacs to different specifications. Certain processes may require customizations like unique sizes, shapes and materials…

For customers looking to reduce their sanitary conveyor system’s power consumption by as much as 55%, the new iDrive2 permanent magnet motor for Dorner’s AquaPruf conveyor is a great option. Supplied by OneMotion, a packaging automation products OEM and trusted Dorner partner, the permanent magnet motor uses less energy to run at higher speeds because…