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Dorner have a  standard design for a conveyor  belt lift gate. This device, based on and employing standard Dorner  aluminium profile based conveyor  belts allows the user to access areas on the production line by lifting part  of the conveyor and walking through the conveyor path, closing the gate behind  to re-start the line. The basic lift gate concept uses ...

When managing the movement of  pallets on a pallet  conveyor, a 90 degree change in direction can be an issue to be overcome in  various ways and AS Conveyor Systems have a few options. One way would be to have a bend, but  with chain driven pallet  conveyors this can be a problem technically and in addition, the bend can ...

One of the neat features of Flexmove plastic  chain conveyors is that the individual lanes can be positioned very close to  each other. When the conveyors are placed so close, it makes it much easier to  transfer products from one lane on plastic  slat conveyorsto the other than for alternative types of conveyor where  bearing housings and other conveyor parts...

New from Dorner conveyors and  available from AS Conveyor systems, are 2200 series conveyor belts  with a modular plastic belt and centre drive. The centre drive on this conveyor belt  system has many benefits. The centre drive can be positioned  almost anywhere along conveyor frame. The centre drive frees up both ends of  conveyor for operator and machine  interface. The...

AS Conveyor Systems will shortly  publish full details of an expanded range of belt  conveyor bends on their website. "Conveyor belt bends have always  been available from AS Conveyor Systems but these new options will broaden the  offering for our customers" said Tom Murphy,  Director. "The new conveyors will have both  stainless and mild steel construction, to add to the...

Flexmove have just introduced driven  bridge modules for it's range of slat conveyors. Sometimes when 2 plastic chain  conveyors meet end to end there is a gap between the drive end of one slat  conveyor ant the tail end of another. This is due to the larger drive and  tail end sprocket diameters that these conveyors usually  have. This situation...

Further to the recent sale of the  Valuframe aluminium profile system brand, Automation Supplies Ltd are now to  focus on their conveyors and conveyor systems  range under the banner of "AS Conveyor Systems" "This recent development leaves the  way clear for a significant investment in our conveyor business and plans are  already in progress for the addition of exciting new...

For production lines, a 2 tier conveyor belt system can help  increase productivity and efficiency. Having one single belt conveyor is  always a good idea to improve product flow, but having two working together  gives added flexibility. For example, one conveyor can take a  heavy component and the other belt take a lighter product at a higher level. One conveyor...

The Flexmove plastic slat conveyor systems utilises plastic chains to transport products in an efficient manner. The plastic chain allows a certain amount of product slippage and this can be useful when merging two or more products from different sources. In the video here you can see that these round products are perfect for merging because they are flat and...

The Series20 aluminium framed conveyor belt from Automation Supplies is a compact belt conveyor for transporting small parts. The frame is based on an aluminium profile, the profile has 5mm slots along the side of the frame that can take slot nuts for attaching components and ancillaries such as supports and side guides. The roller at the drive end and...