Conveyors Help Increase Productivity
November 1, 2013
Dynamic Conveyor Corporation offers indexing conveyor systems designed to increase labor usage efficiencies.
Lindal North America (Columbus, IN) specializes in the production of valves, actuators, spray caps and overcaps for a range of consumer products. The company had been dropping prepared parts into boxes via chutes on the molding machines. "We were manually changing boxes as they were filled and had to do a weigh-check on each box, using a variety of check weighing machines," said Lindal Molding Engineer Jay Bray. "If we did not manually move a box off the line fast enough, parts would back up into the chute and the drop zone. Production got clogged, resulting in downtime."
Bray learned about Dynamic Conveyor's modular DynaCon conveyor system and its start-stop flexibility for companies who wanted to reconfigure their conveying systems.
"The polycarbonate modules that make up the DynaCon conveying system are shipped in a box, so they are relatively easy to completely assemble in-plant and easy to reconfigure if the conveyor system needs change," said a Dynamic Conveyor spokesperson. "They also provide a self-lubricating feature, improving traction and durability, and the conveyors are relatively easy to clean and maintain."
Lindal contacted Dynamic Conveyor for advice, and the company sent a representative to the Columbus plant to assess Lindal's conveying requirements. After discussions and negotiations, Lindal North America installed DynaCon indexing conveyors with quick stop-start and reverse-drive capabilities.
"The indexing DynaCon conveyors allow us important 'cushion' time," said Bray. "They give our people more operating flexibility. They give us a larger time window - it was about seven minutes and now it is about 28 minutes - to perform other surrounding tasks without having to go back and 'balance' box component-count quantities later. We have improved labor usage efficiencies while ensuring consistent box-loading accuracies."
For more information contact:
Dynamic Conveyor Corporation
5980 Grand Haven Road
Muskegon, MI 49441
800-640-6850
www.dynamicconveyor.com
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