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Automation Supplies Ltd are UK distributors for Dorner conveyor systems. Fact: The Dorner AquaPruf LPZ Series stainless steel hygienic elevating or incline conveyors can be disassembled for cleaning in under 30 seconds, without tools. That alone can put a serious dent in your cleaning downtime and, by the way, secure a higher return on your investment. We’ve added another speed factor to the AquaPruf LPZ series: delivery. It’s now a standard product and can be at your loading dock faster than ever, so you can realise the benefits of this remarkable system sooner than you could believe possible.

igus has now developed a system called Guidelok, designed to keep an energy chain inside a guide trough, even at heights of 80 metres.

Got an area of your factory that’s full of belt conveyors at 90° angles to each other? Products getting snagged and belts wearing out when changing from one belt to the other? Ever wished that you could take a wide variety of product weights and widths reliably around a bend of 45° no, make that 60° no, 30°, well even better if you could change it yourself later. Wouldn’t it be great not to have to worry about belt alignment on even the longest stretches?

FA-ST Filtration Analysis Services Technology Ltd has introduced to their range a compact, lightweight (18kg) oil filtration rig designed specifically for Field Service and Mobile Engineers. It is ideal for transferring ‘new oil’ to machinery or for filtering small volumes of contaminated oil. Many manufacturers specify that all new oil should be filtered during replacement operations to their machines and this unit ensures that no contamination is transferred during routine services, oil changes and ‘topping up’ procedures.

Automation Supplies Ltd is used to getting a few curve balls thrown their way from customers looking for solutions, but in this case, through the vast Dorner modular conveyor product range, Automation Supplies was able to meet the customer's needs through creating a curve of its own. A customer in the meat processing industry had a requirement for a heavy duty Stainless Steel based anitary conveyor that was to feature curves. The team at Dorner quickly went to work to build an all-stainless steel welded unit with a plastic chain base that could be subjected to fast, effective and easy sanitation.

Everyone who’s ever taken a biology class knows that bacteria are the most abundant life form on earth. They’re everywhere. But one place they shouldn’t be is in the conveyor system of a major nutritional bar manufacturer. Our client’s old conveyer used a bucket and chain system to move ingredients through the plant. Buckets and chains, it turns out, are prime bacteria hangouts. Cleaning this antique system to the required levels for the food industry soaked up valuable man hours … hours that couldn’t be used in production. So the company asked Automation Supplies to come up with a solution: an easy-to-clean stainless elevating belt conveyor system that (oh, by the way) also had to negotiate a 23-foot rise in elevation at a 60° angle.

Dorner conveyors were recently specified in a very unique project for a pharmaceutical third party logistics (3PL) provider that offers drug reprocessing for major retail chains and pharmaceutical manufacturers. The drugs handled range from common antibiotics to highly controlled narcotics. This keeps their facility and processes under the watchful eye of the Food and Drug authorities to ensure that the product is properly tracked and routed to the correct destination for destruction or return to manufacturer.

When it comes to conveyors, a major cereal manufacturer found out the hard way that buckets and chains don't equal cleanliness. That's why the cereal manufacturer replaced a relatively new conveyor system with the Dorner AquaPruf LPZ Series stainless steel elevating incline conveyor.

Beta Max Inc. introduces its Max Climber™ 6000 Passenger Hoist System. The Max Climber 6000P is ideal for projects that require lifting personnel and various materials in industries including masonry, scaffolding, drywall, glazing and restoration and renovation. The Max Climber 6000P minimizes waiting time and increases productivity on the jobsite.

The range of air powered hoists and handling equipment manufactured by J D Neuhaus are particularly suited to construction site operations. These products can be relied on to work in conditions of dust laden atmospheres, as well as withstanding both high and low temperatures and inclement outdoor weather. They are not subject to the conventional limitations of electric powered equipment where working in dirty or humid conditions would raise issues of both operator safety and product performance and reliability. In fact, the JDN products have 100% duty ratings even when sited in hazardous areas according to EC Directive on Hazardous Locations 94/9/EEC.