Telescopic Belt Boom Conveyors
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Telescopic Belt Boom Conveyors from North Conveyors Ltd. Vehicle and container unloading is one area of a warehouse or factory operation that consumes a lot of resource and is generally quite an inefficient process. Unloading of vehicles or containers requires operators to perform a lot of “non-value adding” activities, meaning they aren’t adding to the sale value of the product they are handling, by unloading it from a vehicle. The unloading process is pure overhead cost.
The ideal solution to problems such as this, would be to fully automate the process, removing human operators completely, replacing them with machinery to perform the mundane and repetitive tasks. The human operators can be moved to a different area of the building, to work on tasks that require dexterity and intelligence, while the machines perform the tasks that the operators didn’t really want to do anyway. However, vehicle unloading is notoriously difficult to fully automate.
In general, products for sale in the UK are brought in by container from places like China, where manufacturing costs are lower. The containers are packed from floor to ceiling with boxes of various sizes, to keep the shipping cost per unit as low as possible. When the containers arrive in the UK, the boxes inside have become a jumbled mess, meaning only human operators would be able to unload them.
Many automation companies have tried to crack the fully automated container unloading nut, but without success. Some companies claim to offer solutions, but in reality, the presentation of the product to the robot system is so random and ununiform, that automated systems are very unreliable, and do not offer the return on investment (ROI) that businesses require.
Therefore, solutions to remove as much of the manual handling as possible are the best approach, offering quick wins for businesses by removing a large amount of the “non-value adding” activities.
Telescopic belt boom conveyors from North Conveyors Ltd can help to remove a large amount of the walking distance from inside the container to the inside of the warehouse.
Telescopic belt boom conveyors are available to service dock doors with raised docks or level access, and are available with the following features and options, please contact us for more information and to discuss your specific requirements.
- Overall extended length from 11,700mm up to 24,500mm.
- Traversing chassis, enabling the movement of the boom between dock doors on rails.
- Fully mobile chassis, enabling the movement of the boom around a warehouse on self-powered wheels.
- Slewing chassis, enabling a pivoting action from the back end of the boom.
- Hydraulic tilt function to enable operators to raise or lower the end of the boom.
- Man-rider platform, providing a comfortable standing position for an operator and enabling the operator to control the machines telescopic action and raise and lower function. The man rider option allows an operator to stand and load/unload while standing on the platform and enable them to reach the top of the load in the trailer or container.
- High level chassis, for applications where there is no raised dock on the customers premises.
- Integration of infeed or outfeed conveyor transfer, enabling a feed to or from an automated conveyor system.
Call North Conveyors Ltd today on 0345 017 9765 to discuss your requirements with our experienced sales team.