Minimizing Material Change-over Time
Lauyans & Company’s customer is a manufacturer of stamped metal products for mass consumption. They use a process to blank pieces from sheet steel in a press. The sheets are conveyed to the press in stacks. Lauyans & Company designed and manufactured heavy-duty, Chain Driven Live Roller (CDLR) conveyor for this purpose. A fork lift … Continued
Efficiency for the Automotive Industry
Lauyans & Company’s customer works with major automotive manufacturers. They provide carpeting and pads using recycled materials. The product for this project is the insulation padding to reduce noise and insulate the passenger compartment. First, the material is pressed into shape to fit the floor boards of an automobile. A water jet is used to … Continued
Pallet Handling eBook Available Now
Selecting the right pallet conveyor system supplier is essential to make the system work properly, for seamless integration with other systems in the facility and to avoid wasted time or excessive labor in the process. The right conveying system supplier will have the application experience to assist you properly. They will work closely with you … Continued
Pallet Accumulator & Dispenser
Lauyans & Company’s customer came forward with a request. They wanted a pallet accumulation system for their process. Pallets that had been accumulated and stacked need to be dispensed individually on demand to a waiting Automatically Guided Vehicle (AGV). The customer had a demanding list of requirements: Five to six pallets would be manually stacked. … Continued
Gantry System Bridges the Gap Between Conveyor System and AGVs
Lauyans & Company’s customer is a major manufacturer of tires. They have a Gantry Tire Transfer System to move green, uncured truck tires from an Automated Storage / Retrieval System (ASRS) to Automatically Guided Vehicles (AGVs). The AGVs take the green tires into a pressure chamber where, with a combination of pressure and heat, the … Continued
Chain Transfer Between Parallel Conveyors
Lauyans & Company can provide a chain transfer that is designed to transfer loads between two (2) parallel runs of chain driven live roller (CDLR) conveyor. The chains fit between the conveyor rollers and are supported on a framework that can be raised/lowered with pneumatics, hydraulics or mechanically depending on the environment. This allows the … Continued
Load Lift / Rotate Station
Lauyans & Company has provided customers with conveyors for assembly lines. Often these involve multiple stations where operators perform load, unload, assembly, and packaging operations. Our load lift / rotate station will convey loads into a station where they can be safely lifted to an effective and convenient height for the operator. When needed, the … Continued
Fork Truck and AGV Load / Pick-up Station
Often Lauyans & Company customers need a material handling system that will interface with a material handling device such as a fork truck or an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV). A load needs to be precisely placed on a slave pallet, or picked up from one. The Lauyans Fork Truck and AGV Load/Pick-up Station serves this … Continued
Tire Downender
This Tire Downender is designed to accept tires that are received in a vertical orientation. It then discharges the tires in a horizontal orientation. The tires roll down a chute into the device. They land in a tubular framework that pivots down 90 degrees and lays the tire onto a chain drive live roller (CDLR) conveyor. … Continued
Zoned Accumulation Chain Driven Live Roller Conveyor
This conveyor is designed to handle and accumulate large (4’ x 8’) steel pallets. The loaded pallets are deposited onto the conveyor by an Automated Storage and Retrieval System (AS/RS) stacker crane. The first pallet is conveyed to the far end of the conveyor. Then, a pneumatic lift device raises the load off the conveyor … Continued