Spiralling into control
July 1st 2007 Georgia-Pacific turned to Astec
Conveyors to install a number of
conveying lines carrying cartons
from case packers feeding through
to palletisers.
Originally an order has been
placed for two case elevators, but
the supplier could not deliver within
the required eight week period.
Therefore, while attending a major
packaging exhibition a decision was
taken to install spirall conveyors.
"Unlike any other slat bed conveyor,
the slat does not run on any kind of
wear strip," commented Georgia-
Pacific's Paul Sculthorpe. "This
means that there is no additional
friction created when the conveyor is
subject to load by the product being
carried." The modular constructed
spiral conveyor only needs one
drive, even for units with 12 turns,
and it also has the ability to operate
at a maximum speed of 60mpm. More articles from Astec Conveyors Limited: | 
