Saving space, cutting waste. And keeping the FDA happy.

Their Challenge:

Provide a durable, low-maintenance conveyor system to handle PET preforms that would require fewer operators, achieve greater efficiency and product quality, reduce waste, and meet U.S. Food and Drug Administration specs regulating surfaces.
Address inefficiencies and related problems in their injection-molding process.
Deliver an ROI of just 12 months.

Our Solution:

Design and build a durable, low-maintenance overhead in-line conveyor system that could transport preforms directly from injection molding to blow molding at a programmable speed for optimal, consistent cooling.
Install a separate but integrated Gaylord-Filling Cell Conveyor that would activate as needed to absorb excess preforms, allowing injection molding and tracking of preforms to continue uninterrupted, even if problems develop in blow molding.
Provide customized, operator-friendly controls that perform a variety of useful functions.
Ensure that all surfaces comply with FDA regulations for handling food/drink packaging.
Run the conveyor overhead to save valuable space on the factory floor.

The Results:

Our in-line conveyor solution minimized product handling and marring and reduced labor costs by decreasing the need for operators to attend gaylords and forklift drivers to transport them.
Our in-line conveyor solution greatly reduced product scuffing, and any injection-molding defects could be detected promptly, reducing waste.
This conveyor system reduced the need for forklift operators by 70%, saving nearly $500,000 annually.
The customer achieved a total ROI within 12 months.

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