Overhead Conveyor Systems are generally considered to be a track or beam type system which supports either a powered chain or free running trolley or both. Most commonly the product is hung from the underside of the track attached to the chain or a trolley unit. These systems are very common in the paint finishing industry as they offer excellent access to all sides and angles of the product, making the application of wet paints, powders etc. easier.
Often part of product finishing requires pre-treating and or curing at high temperatures and these systems have proven to be very effective and durable in inhospitable environments.
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Powered track systems consist of a chain and track arrangement powered by an electrically powered drive unit. Track systems can be C section, fabricated cruciform section or an I-Beam.
Free Track Systems consist of a trolley unit or dolly within a track section. The trolley unit is a single body with independent bearings that can be manually pulled and pushed to the operators requirements. Free track systems have many different components such as track switches, turntables and lifts for great freedom of direction.
Power & Free conveyor systems reap the benefits of both powered tracks and free tracks. The powered chain will engage and disengage with trolley units so that they can be powered through hot ovens and pre-treatments etc. but released for load / unloading, track changes etc. Power & Free systems often will require PLC programs and sensors to function in a predesigned production schedule.
Gantry systems are often a single or pair of universal or I beams and can have motorized or free moving trolley units with motorized cranes.
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In December 2018 Midland Handling Equipment won the largest order of its history to supply a new 406TC Power & Free Conveyor for JCB Cab System’s new factory in Uttoxeter. The Cab Systems department was being relocated from its existing site in Rugely to a new build on the A50, Uttoxeter. Cab Systems manufacture the […]