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Having a stock of the correct conveyor spare parts, such as Gravity Conveyor Brake Rollers, will keep your system running smoothly and in the event of a breakdown reduces downtime significantly. North Conveyors Ltd can advise on exactly what you need and make sure you have a supply of essential spares. We partner with a wide variety of conveying and automation suppliers enabling us to supply spares throughout the UK at discounted prices. The following list shows examples of the parts we may recommend you to keep in stock:
Conveyor Belts – we can source all types of spare conveyor belts available including smooth conveyor belts, grip top conveyor belts, flighted conveyor belts and marked conveyor belts. All conveyor belt spare parts are available in a range of width and material options.
Conveyor Rollers – conveyor rollers come in all shapes and sizes. We supply all types of conveyor rollers from steel 24v DC drive rollers, to high impact plastic rollers for gravity conveyors. We can source a variety of brands to best suit your needs and existing equipment.
Drive Bands and Belts – drive bands and belts are wearing parts, and are an important part of a conveyor system. We supply drive bands and belts for any conveyor system.
Sensors and Accessories – Also know as photo cells or PEC’s and their accessories such as reflectors, mounting brackets and cables, are a critical part of your spares package. We supply multiple brands of sensors and accessories to work with your new or existing conveyor system.
Motors – belt conveyor and roller conveyor motors vary in size, power rating and gearbox configuration. The motor specification depends on your conveyor design and product being handled. If a motor fails, your system could be completely out of action, so holding spare motors in stock on your premises is highly recommended. We can supply motor and gearbox combinations from a wide variety of manufacturers.
Control System and Pneumatic Components – from emergency stop buttons, to pneumatic control valves, we can provide a comprehensive set of spare parts so that you have a stock of components that are commonly damaged on typical conveyor installations.
Whatever your conveyor spare parts requirements are, please get in touch; North Conveyors Ltd are on hand to provide expert advice on conveyor system spare parts stock holding.
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Warehouse Automation
Warehouse automation is the application of computer software and/or automated machinery to improve the efficiency of logistics operations. Typically, this refers to operations within a warehouse or distribution center, automating tasks such as inventory and stock management, put away, picking, packing, transport of product on a warehouse roller conveyor systems, and sortation. The term intralogistics is commonly used when referring to solutions for the warehouse industry, and the term defines the marriage of software systems to physical automated machinery, allowing businesses to control the physical flow of product around their operations using high level software applications, which provides tracking and status information at all stages of their operations. Intralogistics solutions allow businesses to gain real-time productivity data for their operations, allowing them to identify bottlenecks and problem areas, and collect data about their operation so on-the-spot decisions can be made about stock holding, labour resource, etc. Data can be collected about their operations, so forecasts can be produced for future planning, which is a very powerful tool in a modern warehouse operation.
Warehouse automation systems are comprised of a variety of hardware and software components, some examples of these are as follows:
Automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS), including pallet cranes, miniload cranes, shuttles, and autonomous mobile robots (AMR). These technologies service a rack(s) of storage locations, allowing many levels of stock to be stacked vertically, and allowing for high storage densities of product, which is automatically stored into and retrieved from the racking when the product is required to be picked. ASRS technologies remove the need for human operators to physically travel to stock holding locations, once picked conveyor systems will then transport the tote, box or pallet of product to an operator for picking, and in the case of AMR systems, the complete rack or pallet of product is brought by the robot to the operator for picking.
Conveyor systems enable the automated movement of products around a warehouse, removing the need for operators to physically move product between locations, which is a non-value adding activity. Containers can enter automated conveyors in one area of the warehouse and, either through hard-coded rules or data input, be moved to a selected destination.
Vertical carousels and lift storage systems are based on paternoster lift or vertical carriage lift technology, allowing for high density vertical storage of small to medium product sizes. This technology is similar to vending machines, but on a larger scale, and can provide a cost-effective solution for the automated storage and retrieval of stock in a warehouse or factory.
Sortation systems enable the sortation of stock items or complete order parcels. Sortation systems are available in a wide variety of hardware options, depending on budget, throughput, and number of sort destination requirements. Automated sortation removes the need for manual operator sortation, massively reducing sort errors through human decision making. Sortation using autonomous mobile robots (AMR), provides a robust system compared with traditional fixed infrastructure type sorters, removing the single point of failure, and providing flexibility and almost infinite expansion possibilities.
Industrial and collaborative robots, typically four and six-axis designs, are used for palletising, de-palletising, packing, and order picking.
Factory Automation
Factory automation is the process of incorporating automated machinery into the manufacturing process of components and products. With automated systems in place, manufacturing businesses have the ability to manufacture and assemble goods without the need for an excessively large human workforce, which could prevent businesses from making profit. The aim of factory automation is to decrease risks associated with laborious and dangerous work faced by human operators, the main advantages of adopting factory belt conveyor systems for factory processes are as follows:
- Remove human operators from dangerous environments
- Remove tasks from human operators, which involve monotonous or hard physical work
- Improve process accuracy
- Increase process throughput and cycle time
- Reduce operating costs
- Increase process resilience
Automated systems in manufacturing environments generally fall into three categories, integrated production lines, robotic systems, and special purpose machines.
Integrated production lines are the most common solution seen in manufacturing environments, these lines are typically adopted to perform a specific set of functions in a process in a specific order, such as bottling lines in a drinks manufacturing environment. Each process stage in the manufacture of a specific product is automated in a linear flow layout, taking raw materials or components and bringing them together to form the finished product.
Robotic systems are common in modern manufacturing environments, their functions can be used to perform a variety of tasks, and due to their flexibility in operation, they can be used for bespoke applications where speed, accuracy, and repeatability is required. Most commonly however, industrial and collaborative robots are used in the following applications:
- Case packing
- Palletising and de-palletising
- Assembly
- Parts manufacturing
- Machine tending
- Welding
Special purpose machines as the name suggests, are machines designed and developed to perform a specific function in a manufacturing operation. The function that requires automating is often very unique, and so “off the shelf” automated machines and solutions are not readily available, and so a machine needs to be developed specifically for that purpose.