UPM Conveyors has created a specialist division for product handling incorporating box fillers, product counting by weight, product conveying controlled through bar code reading, and complete systems to transfer product through all stages of manufacture.
A recent installation project undertaken by the division was for Plastek UK which focuses on the design, manufacture and decoration of packaging solutions for the personal care, cosmetics, pharmaceutical and food markets from a new 180,000 square feet factory based in Mansfield, Nottingham.
At Plastek UK under press reversing reject belt conveyors operate via the machine SPC control. This ensures only good product is transported via swan neck conveyors to high level conveyors to minimise floor area occupied. Product is then conveyed through a firewall to the assembly and filling lines with an over capacity storage facility that operates using high level detectors.
The complete system is controlled from a central PLC with all belts FDA approved, and installation was achieved without disrupting production.
