Installation Conveyors Going up: A pair of spiral conveyors raise the products 5.8m to the upper level
Oil’s well at AAK T
he £4 million invest- ment programme at AAK, Europe’s leading manufacturer of spe-
cialist oils and fats for food and cosmetics, involved upgrading the production facilities and replacing part of the existing conveyor system that links production with the despatch area and runs partly at high lev- el on a bridge. Powered slat
conveyors have been installed rather than con- ventional roller conveyors, which ensure consist- ent performance and reduce
maintenance. The
A conveyor system designed to transport goods between ground and upper fl oor levels with maximum reliability and minimum footprint has been completed by European Conveyor Systems for AarhusKarlshamn UK Ltd (AAK).
slatted belts are 400mm wide, in order to accommodate the various tubs and boxes involved, which weigh up to 20kg. In order to raise the products from the ground fl oor production area to the upper level 5.8m above while using the least amount of fl oor space, ECS has installed a pair of spiral conveyors – one taking tubs and bottle-in-boxes from two fi lling lines and the other dedicated to a bag- in-box line. The twin line has a nominal throughput of 36 items a minute, and the single line is rated at 14 items a minute. At the upper level the new equipment is
“Powered slat conveyors have been installed rather than conventional roller conveyors, which ensure consistent performance and reduce maintenance”
linked to the existing system, which carries product to the despatch area. Galvanised- steel platforms at the top of each spiral conveyor give access for maintenance. The whole project was carried out in stages to allow AAK to continue produc- tion as normally as possible. n
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