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The Creform Material Handling System, manufactured by the Creform Corp., recently provided an automotive supplier of fabricated metal parts with the ability to move components from its stamping operations to welding cells for further processing, according to a Creform news release.
The automotive supplier required heavy-duty, high-capacity flowracks to move in-process parts within the welding cells, and the flowracks needed to be reusable because the processes periodically change. Also, the flowracks had to bear heavy weights, so the Creform 42mm pipe and joint system was used to construct the flowracks, giving them each a 1,500 lb. weight limit.
Given that the supplier's stamped parts are placed in plastic returnable totes with "waffled" bottoms--meaning they don't have smooth consistent surfaces and do not perform properly on traditional narrow skatewheel conveyors--Creform installed its new Placon Wide Roller conveyors that bridge across the openings on the bottom of the totes. Placon conveyors are ideally suited for conveying odd shaped and sized parts without packaging, Creform reported, noting that the low-friction Placon conveyors allow shallow flow lane angles that are suitable for both plastic totes and cardboard boxes.
The Creform system doesn't leave any wasted or unsued space on the flow lanes, according to the company, because the Placon conveyor mounts fit over metal joints as well as the 42mm pipe, allowing the conveyors to be positioned directly against the rack's edge. Plus, aluminum, heavy-duty extruded lane dividers are held by mounts secured to the conveyor rails, guiding even the heaviest totes and boxes securely and consistently down each lane.
Creform 42mm pipe is offered in seven different colors so structures can be easily identified by department or use. And carts can be fitted with casters for mobility and label holders for identification of contents.
The Creform system is used to create an array of material handling and efficiency enhancing devices, including push, special purpose carts, flow racks, roller conveyors, workstations and AGV/AGCs.
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