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Perspectives on Material Handling Practice

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THE BASICS OF CONVEYOR ENGINEERING

(BELT, ROLLER AND GRAVITY)

BY

RICK GARRITY MANAGER, SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

INTERLAKE CONVEYORS, INC. 300 HWY 44 EAST

SHEPHERDSVILLE, KENTUCKY 40165

ABSTRACT Technology should not be applied as a goal but used as a means to reach a goal. INTRODUCTION Prior to the selection of any conveyor equipment, we must first have an in-depth understanding of the problem we need to solve. The understanding should ideally be understood by all areas that may be involved in the problem or solution. These areas may include operations, distribution, maintenance, marketing, MIS and management. When the problem has been defined, a team with representatives (especially those who will operate the system) from all involved areas should be assigned to begin to explore solutions. Quite often these teams can recommend simple procedural changes that can save thousands of dollars in material handling purchases.

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We must have a basic understanding of what any given technology’s capabilities are before we can apply it to solve our problem. This is why a basic understanding of conveyor engineering is required. Again, technology of any kind should never be applied just because it exists, It must improve your ability to meet your goals. Any system design should have a planned design life, sometimes referred to as the “design year”. This is the projected capacity required, usually a minimum of 5 years from the current year. Utilize marketing input and manufacturing or processing ability to match the design year rate with the system capacity. As an example, it would not be a good business decision to put in a system that can run 1 20 cartons per minute at design year if your facility cannot physically accommodate the number of production machines, storage or truck docks that would be required for this rate. To assist our team in the proper application of conveyor technology, we will be discussing the basic construction and technical capabilities for some of the most common types of conveyors utilized in conveyor systems. The types of conveyors we will discuss are:

• Non-Powered Conveyor (commonly referred to as gravity conveyor) • Powered Conveyor

o Belt o Roller o Lineshaft (refer to separate paper by Mike Coleman, Interlake Conveyors, Inc.,

“The Basics of Lineshaft Conveyor Engineering”)

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SUMMARY To insure a cost effective solution to material handling problems, we must:

• Obtain an in-depth understanding of the problem • Assemble a team of all involved parties to work toward an efficient organizationally

agreeable solution to the problem. • Obtain enough understanding of proposed technological solution capabilities to apply the

technology as needed to reach a cost effective solution. Apply technology only when it is required.

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