CSL lifts the spirits in bottling hall
A premium alcoholic drinks manufacturers appointed Conveyor Systems Ltd (CSL) to provide a solution to transit caseloads of flat packed Whisky cartons from a lower floor storage area up to the bottling hall before entering a carton erector and robot packer.
To overcome obstructions, CSL selected the compact Qimarox Prorunner Mk1 vertical elevator as its small footprint created a minimum access hole in the upper floor. Its patented reinforced belt drive design ensures its ultra quiet, can operate at higher speeds and requires low maintenance. The elevator was fitted with a motorised roller conveyor platform to allow for the automated infeed on the lower floor and outfeed transfer on the upper floor.
CSL used 24v (ZLP) accumulation roller conveyors to feed single cases onto the elevator platform conveyor.
On reaching the upper floor discharge position the case is driven onto another section of 24v non-contact roller conveyor, feeding single cases to be loaded into a carton erector. A build-back sensor stops the elevator delivering more cases if there is no space on the conveyor.
To ensure the elevators are safe and CE compliant CSL fitted mesh guarding on the lower floor and stainless framed clear polycarbonate guarding in the bottling hall above.
