ProMach is your partner from start to finish. Our product brands are grouped into distinct business lines that make the most sense to our customers, covering every function of the production line: Filling, Bottling & Capping, Decorative Labeling, Flexibles & Trays, Pharma, Handling & Sterilizing, Labeling & Coding, Robotics & End of Line, and Systems & Integration.
learn more
Rotating and Laning Trays of Corn - System Spotlight
This system was designed for one of our customers that wanted to transport, accumulate, orient and divide Styrofoam trays of sweet corn to three separate customer supplied wrappers. The system uses our Easy Clean™ 1000 conveyer designed for a heavy wash-down environment and was built to handle 8 pack and 4 pack trays. Conveyed one size at a time, the included HMI declares which product is being conveyed and to which wrappers. 8 pack trays of corn enter the system from the tray loader with the narrow edge leading and 4 pack trays enter the system with the wide edge leading. 8 pack trays are rotated 90 degrees using a servo rotator. The rotator is manually moved to the overhead position for the 4 pack trays to convey across. The trays are then conveyed on an incline to elevate the trays in preparation for diverting. Servo gates are provided on 2 sections while a decline is provided on the third section to evenly divide the trays onto 3 outfeed units to the customer supplied wrappers. Each section has a high-level sensor to allow accumulation of product within each section in the instance a wrapper is unavailable to accept product. If all sections of the system have a blocked high-level sensor, a signal is sent to stop the tray loader.
Welcome to System Spotlight, giving you an in-depth look at Shuttleworth’s more advanced product handling systems and conveyor applications. In this video, we will showcase a solution for one of our customers that wanted to transport, accumulate, orient, and divide styrofoam trays of sweet corn to three separate customer-supplied wrappers.
Engineered to handle 8-pack and 4-pack trays, Shuttleworth designed this system for a wash-down environment. Conveyed one size at a time, the included HMI declares which product is being conveyed and to which wrappers. 8-pack trays of corn enter the system from the tray loader with the narrow edge leading, and 4-pack trays enter the system with the wide edge leading.
8-pack trays are rotated 90 degrees using a servo rotator. The rotator is manually moved to the overhead position for the 4-pack trays to convey across. The trays are then conveyed on an incline to elevate the trays in preparation for diverting. Servo gates are provided on two sections, while a decline is provided on the third section to evenly divide the trays onto three outfeed units to the customer-supplied wrappers.
Each section has high-level sensors to allow accumulation of product within each section in the instance a wrapper is unavailable to accept product. If all sections of the system have a blocked high-level sensor, a signal is sent to stop the tray loader. For more information on Shuttleworth capabilities and solutions, please visit our website at Shuttleworth.com.
Additional Videos
Check weighing and feeding trays of bread sticks
Vertical flipping automotive parts before diverting
See how we gently accumulate and combine lanes of packaged wet wipes
Laning cartons of oatmeal to three lanes for case packing
Operator inspects glass panel with device lift assistance
Gently handling stacks of paper plates in multiple lanes to a single lane to feed a shrink wrapper.
Multi-lane conveyor scanning and sorting 8 different UPCs of product into its own lane to prepare for case packing.
Rotating, orienting, laning and pattern forming small boxes for a robotic case packer.
Solution featuring a case forming, case packing and sealing integrated system for the food industry.
A solution orienting, transporting, and squaring loose paper stacks.
A high-speed diverting and laning device for unwrapped stacks of wet wipes.
A solution featuring several custom devices and applications to single row juice boxes from a case.
Accumulating, single rowing, and conveying rolls of masking tape.
Single rowing, accumulating, transporting and de-jamming paint cans.
Transporting, feeding and metering cardboard stacks into a customer supplied trimmer.
Carton orienting, bar code inspecting and rejecting.
Merging, transporting and metering machine automotive parts.
Transporting accumulating, merging and laning frozen pancake stack packages.
Accumulating, buffering, laning, merging and feeding multiple lanes of wrapped graham crackers.
Accumulating, merging, and feeding multiple lanes of sealed food trays
Accumulating, single rowing, and laning cheese cups. Features a reversible surface to prevent jamming.
Justifying and indexing cases for label application.
Accumulating and pattern forming rolls of masking tape for robotic pick case packing.
Transporting, rotating and feeding butter cartons for multi-pack wrapping.
Conveying and metering loose stacks of greeting cards.
Mass zoned buffering and single rowing of oil filter components.
Conveying and stacking wrapped paper plate stacks for manual or automatic case packing.
Laning and Diverting corrugated trays from one lane to three.
Conveying, flipping and transferring un-trimmed books.
Inspecting and sorting packaged food cups prior to laning for case packing.
Laning un-wrapped stacks of wet wipes and merging packaged wet wipes for case packing.
Conveying, transferring and indexing loose stacks of card stock. This system features our Star Roller surface and in-surface lift and transfer device.
Merging to a single lane and feeding multi-packs of butter cartons for shrink wrapper.
Laning and merging packaged wet wipes prior to case packing.
In-surface lift and rotate and positioning empty case for robotic pick.
Loose single rowing wet wipe canisters then rejecting fallen product.
Mass accumulating and single rowing rolls of paper. This system features a reversible surface to prevent product jamming.
Orienting and single rowing rounded frozen food trays using speed changes and chicane rails.
Metering, merging and shingling lanes of frozen Pizza Crusts.
Transporting laning, accumulating and metering frozen waffle packages.