Multiple lanes, multiple flavors. Wow.
Multi-Conveyor recently built a series of stainless steel-constructed conveyors to transport cans or bottles to feed a case packer. In this embedded video, we focus on the manual loading of flavor varieties that transport through an adjustable multi-laner to create multi-flavor beverage case packs.
An initial conveyor (not shown) will assist the operators to load the already filled and labeled bottles or cans onto tables of three operator positions each. Multi-Conveyor employees demonstrate how operators feed the product from operator positions onto the multi-lane conveyor.
Each operator loading station is responsible for a specific flavor or variety of product. The individual products travel through 6 separate lanes with adjustable guide rails up to nearly 40 feet of multi-lane travel, coming together at a common discharge end to feed the case packer
The lanes combine product making a now mixed variety of can or bottle favors that create a multi-flavor case pack. Of course, this technology can also transport individual flavors as required.
Lane conveyors are often fed by diverts and can be used as a means of accumulation to assist downstream processes. Laners can be equipped with a variety of devices including gates, guides, fishtails and sweeps that can be controlled manually or fully automated with programmable logic controls or PLC.
