Accumulating Conveyors
Accumulating Conveyors hold product in place until given a signal to release it. Applications include feeding product to a machine such as a case sealer at a specified rate, or to hold all items to be shipped on a given truck until that truck is ready to be loaded. Accumulation is similar to power roller conveyor with important exceptions. The drive pressure on the product can be adjusted to a minimum, or even eliminated altogether. This is useful when a long line of cartons have to be accumulated without pressure so that they can be utilized in a process such as loading, sorting, taping, strapping, palletizing, or picking. Minimum and zero-pressure systems are available.The conveyor solutions are available in two different configurations; spiral and storage.
Spiral Accumulation Conveyor
The spiral shaped accumulating conveyor (alpine conveyor) functions as an accumulation/buffer zone between machines. It can also be used as an in-process step, e.g. for cooling or drying, or simply to elevate and lower products. This type of accumulating conveyors are used inline or as a bypass.
Accumulating Buffer for Storage
The accumulation buffer track is typically used in testing and sorting applications. The automated storage and retrieval system , provide an effective and ergonomic system. The accumulation system can be used for intelligent buffering, balancing of process flow, kitting, test and burn-in solutions or as storage for different items.