Conveyor Systems ltd
To provide the optimum solution for
materials handling requirements through
the use of state-of-the-art 3D design,
supply and integration of proven quality
equipment to achieve the best return on
investment.
www.conveyorsystemsltd.co.uk
The mezzanine consists of 2 upper
and weights causing damage to each
where a despatch operative removes
floors which along with the ground
other and potentially initiating jams
and places them onto a pallet or
floor form three independent pick/
along the system.
into a wheeled cage ready for carrier
pack zones and sortation areas which
were designed specifically to avoid
The upper mezzanine floors use 2
collection.
powered Ambaflex spiral lowerators
CSL provided the full turnkey conveyor
(almost 100 units supplied by CSL
project including control, installation
Repairs.
throughout the UK to different
and commissioning of the wide range
customers), to safely and continuously
of packages.
Once an order is picked, packing
bring the boxes down where they are
operatives check the order then pack
then barcode scanned to determine,
into an array of outers ranging from
by way of state-of-the-art scanning
poly bags to large cardboard boxes
arrays on each line, which carrier
prior to applying carrier despatch
despatch lane they require.
Corrigan stated “As this was a new
When the packages reach the correct
the conveyor system prior to the
despatch lane they are diverted off at
mezzanine floor installation, but CSL
90 degrees using high speed switch
provided a detailed 3D drawing which
sorters. Depending on the source
included both the mezzanine and the
pick floor, they either decline down a
conveyors which brought clarity to
grip top belt to an ergonomic picking
this. The install process was smooth
height or transit on a horizontal
and the end results have allowed us to
roller conveyor to the discharge area
increase control, flexibility & volumes”
issues caused when one combined
system is stopped for maintenance/
labels. The consignment is then placed
on a section of zero line pressure (ZLP)
accumulation roller conveyor which
starts the transit to the sortation
area on the ground floor. This type of
conveyor is used widely on the system
to ensure non-contact queuing due
to the wide variety of sizes, shapes
Wiggle’s Programme Manager for
the project and Head of Logistics
& Operations Development, Dan
facility it was difficult to visualise
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