Wide Belt Conveyor Solves Manual Handling Problem

Plastic Omnium wanted to reduce dust contamination and the over handling of moulded parts entering paint environments. Excessive handling causes issues at the paint line as the moulded parts could become contaminated with grease, and even suffer from electrostatic issues which attract dust and unwanted particles, potentially affecting the quality of paint finishes.

L-A-C Logistics Automation were approached to help develop a wide belt conveyor system that would reduce the manual handling of the moulds to a bare minimum. L-A-C’s own in-house design team worked with the sales department and customer to develop a solution that fitted requirements.

The final design allowed for parts to be placed directly by an operator from the moulding operation onto a 2000mm wide belt conveyor which was built in two tiers.

Each tier would convey a left-hand and right-hand part from the moulding process to the paint workshop.

The whole conveyor assembly has been mounted on castors to allow easy cleaning and maintenance operations to be supported.

Prior to the structure being installed, a full F.A.T. was provided at L-A-C’s own Nottingham factory. Once approved L-A-C’s engineers ensured a seamless delivery and installation was provided whilst Plastic Omnium had a planned operations shutdown. This helped guarantee the customer’s production processes were unaffected.

Vladimir Basarovski Plant Manufacturing Engineer said: “Again, as usual, thanks for your support and for the professionalism of your team that attended the site.”

The new installation has successfully reduced the amount of manual handling to a minimum and has also resulted in a reduction of waste parts and significant cost savings. View our belt conveyor modules range