RTE Carton Accumulation

The customer required a conveyor system to transport product from the discharge of a freezer system over to a new case packer. The conveyor system also needed as much accumulation time built into is as possible. The customer wanted this system to be able to be used for up to 16 package sizes and rates. The Harris conveyor design group used our experience from many other accumulation systems to design a conveyor system that was dual lane with over 500 total feet of conveyors in two layers to maximize conveyor length with the least amount of floor space required. Harris also designed a custom auto guide rails system that allowed the customer to change over from one package size to another in less than 20 minutes. The accumulation system uses a low back pressure belting and clamp stops with photo eyes to maximize accumulation if the case packer were to stop momentarily without stopping the production line upstream. Harris was able to fabricate, deliver and install this system in a very reduced time frame. The installation and start up went so smoothly that the customer was able to start up and run many days ahead of schedule.