Parts Accumulation and WIP Conveyor Case Studies
Automotive Parts Storage Conveyors
Automotive Parts Storage Conveyors Pacline offers overhead conveyor solutions for high-density storage systems with FIFO characteristics to allow the largest amount of automotive parts to be stored in the least amount of space. This is achieved by taking the...
Tent Drying Conveyor
Tent Drying Conveyor Commercial Tent Rentals & Sales Limited is the largest established tent rental company in Eastern Canada. As Atlantic Canada’s leading supplier of tents, their inventory ranges from sizes suited to a backyard barbecue for family and...
Automotive Parts Accumulation Conveyor System
Automotive Parts Accumulation Conveyor System Under-body frame parts for the Auto Industry are successfully handled on this Pacline Overhead Conveyor. These irregular- shaped metal stampings convey smoothly between welding operations by being handled on the PAC-LINE™...
Compact Conveyor for Efficient Parts Accumulation
Compact Conveyor for Efficient Parts Accumulation Overhead Conveyor Keeps Floor Space Clear Metalworking Production and Purchasing, 1988 Irregular metal stampings, such as these under-body frame parts for the auto industry, are successfully handled and transported...
Three-tier Buffer Zone Accumulation Conveyor
Three-tier Buffer Zone Accumulation Conveyor Some 4,500 feet of overhead conveyor at Guelph Products, Guelph, Ontario, efficiently handle instrument panels for just-in-time (JIT) shipment to their main Chrysler assembly plant at Brampton, Ontario. Five overhead...
Traditional Sausage Business Goes High Tech
Traditional Sausage Business Goes High Tech Kitchen Kuttings is a small business located in the Mennonite community of Elmira, Ontario. Owned by three Old Order Mennonite women, Kitchen Kuttings began as a small shop selling cheese and homemade products such as jams,...
Overhead Conveyor Streamlines Instrument Panel Production
Overhead Conveyor Streamlines Instrument Panel Production Nearly 1 mile of overhead, enclosed conveyor track at Guelph Products links sequential manufacturing steps and provides transport of parts to a just-in-time (JIT) staging area prior to shipment. The track is...
How to Store 1,000 Parts in 100 Square Feet of Floor Space
How to Store 1,000 Parts in 100 Square Feet of Floor Space In both manufacturing and warehousing, workers are constantly challenged with minimizing floor space requirements while maximizing storage capacity. Typical solutions may include installing in a few extra...