Slat conveyor

pneumatichorizontalhandling

Containers are presented to machines using a variable speed plastic slat conveyor. The machines are fitted with either a ‘Timing Screw Drive’ or a 'Container Gating System' that indexes and presents the containers to the filling positions. After the last container has finished filling, the containers are indexed. The conveyor is fitted with ‘No Bottle’ and ‘Queue Back’ sensors which interface with the control system to allow automatic operation of the machine subject to the level of containers on the conveyor. Standard container gating systems comprise of pneumatic two position gating systems that allow bottles to be introduced to the filling position and retained in position by the first stainless steel gate. On confirmation that filling is complete the first and second gates will reverse position to allow a filled bottle to be released downstream whist presenting the next empty bottle for filling. Timing Screw Drive indexing systems allow fast and accurate positioning of bottles under the filling position but has the added advantage of allowing bottles to be positioned with different pitch centres which can be an advantage on multifil counters as it allows all fill positions to have the same filling profile and as such maximise the line speed. PPS use VEE profiles scrolls which allows more than one bottle size to run on the same profile and as such reduces changeparts and respective changeover times too. Rejects PPS offers reject systems for all systems that we offer, these allow any affected bottle to be removed automatically from the line to a controlled area to ensure they are not released for consumption.