Problem:
Floor space was at a premium in the Racine, WI, USA plant of
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. They neeeded to start their can line on an upper floor but standard can conveyer lines would take badly needed space.
Solution:
Vertical conveying and multiple turns were easy with magnetic conveying lines.
Eriez Magna-Rails® firmly held up to 32-ounce cans at conveying rates of 150 cans per minute. The cans were continuously conveyed from the can dumper through filling and on to packaging. No change-over was necessary for the various sizes and types of cans handled on this production line.
Problem:
A small New Jersey, USA can maker needed to improve its automation without increasing maintenance costs.
Solution:
Magnetic conveying reduced the need for maintenance and was installed as a part of their existing system.
Problem:
A Canadian food processing plant was looking for a way to eliminate damage to lithographed steel cans. They found the solution in a new magnetic can handling system
Solution:
Incorporating
Eriez Magna-Rails® into the design, they built magnetic conveyors into their new system. While handling more than 1200 dozen cans a day, damage was eliminated, floor space was saved and production costs were reduced.
Problem:
How to move empty cans to the top floor of a gravity filling system?
Solution:
A major Hawaiian pineapple producer did it by installing a total of eight
Magnetic Belt Conveyors in their processing lines. The 24-foot long elevators transported cans at 150 to 1125 per minute and reportedly had never experienced a can jam-up.
Problem:
The Hanover Canning Company, Hanover, PA, was having problems conveying 7-pound (3.2 kg) cans up a steep incline.
Solution:
Problem:
A mid-California, USA canning company was experiencing spillage, can denting and other damages from gravity chutes.
Solution:
Can damage and spillage were virtually eliminated when magnetic elevators equipped with
Eriez Magna-Rails were installed. The flow of cans was controlled even on 35-degree inclines.
Problem:
Can tumbling was damaging cans at Nelson Brothers in Stevenson, B.C., Canada.
Solution:
Eriez
Magnetic Belt Conveyors paid for themselves in less than a year by eliminating can tumbling. The Erium™-powered Magna-Rail® never needed recharging to maintain its firm grip on the cans.