Gentle Handling of Aluminum Product on LEWCO Conveyor

A manufacturer of high-end aluminum door panels recently contacted LEWCO to supply a challenging lift transfer. The new equipment needed to be integrated with existing equipment and allow for future expansion. Care and protection of the finished aluminum part surface was a requirement. In this process aluminum extrusions are received from cutting equipment at 90-120 …

LEWCO Custom Line Shaft Driven Live Roller Sortation Conveyor

An office furniture manufacturer recently moved and sorted their products manually, and resulted in products being handled several times. The customer approached a LEWCO distributor for a solution to reduce labor and increase the accuracy of the products accumulating on the shipping dock.     After initial discussion we arrived at a line shaft powered sortation conveyor …

LEWCO Heavy Duty Pallet Stop Mounted in Pop-up Chain Transfer

LEWCO has decades of experience designing and manufacturing pallet handling conveyors. LEWCO recently supplied a customer with a Chain Transfer Conveyor system that features a retractable, heavy-duty pallet stop inside of a pop-up chain transfer. Chain Transfers Conveyors provide a method for right angle, directional changes from within Chain Driven Live Roller Conveyors.They consist of …

LEWCO Poly-V Driven Conveyor with Bump Turn

Recently LEWCO developed, tested, and delivered a process conveyor for a major appliance manufacturer. This conveyor was built to handle custom pallets holding multiple parts needed for final assembly. The rectangular pallet bottom needed to be introduced with narrow side leading, but delivered with wide side leading at the end of the line. This was …

LEWCO Custom Multi-Strand Drag Chain Conveyor and Chain Driven Live Roller Conveyor with Pop-Up Chain Transfer

LEWCO Inc. recently developed and delivered a custom Multi-Strand Drag Chain Conveyor with an entry ramp to a leading packaged food supplier. Along with the Multi-Strand Drag Chain Conveyor, LEWCO also constructed a low elevation Chain Driven Live Roller conveyor with pop-up chain transfer. The customer has palletized cases of can goods weighing up to …

LEWCO Pallet Stacking, Destacking, and Dispensing

Pallet stackers/de-stackers provide an automatic method of dispensing or accumulating empty pallets into or removed from a conveyor system. LEWCOrecently added an economical stacker/destacker to its pallet handling conveyor product line. Fixed Pallet Size In addition, LEWCO continues to make the variable pallet size stacker/destacker.With this design, settings can be adjusted to accommodate various pallet heights and widths, should your needs change over time. …

LEWCO Chain Driven Live Roller & Chain Transfer Loop

Recently LEWCO developed a process conveyor loop for a world class heavy equipment manufacturer.  Captive steel pallets used in the system are 42” square and up to 1200 lbs each.  Pallets are manually loaded via overhead gantry at one end, and automatically moved to staging and work zones along one side in zero-pressure fashion.  Once …

LEWCO Slat Conveyor with Indexing Fixtures

LEWCO recently supplied a customer with a slat conveyor with indexing fixtures. The customer needed a slow speed industrial conveyor for final checking of their parts utilizing an existing fixture. Their existing operation consisted moving the parts manually from station to station, creating unequal work balance and inconsistent tact times. Speed was critical along with …

LEWCO Robot Palletizing Conveyor System

Recently, LEWCO utilized multiple products to provide Case and Pallet Handling Conveyor for a Robot Palletizing System.  This system included multiple zones of 24V MDR Case Conveyors with bump turns and pushers to arrange and locate the cases for the robot interface.  Pallets were dispensed from LEWCO’s newly developed Pallet Dispenser, and accurately located with …

LEWCO Parcel Handling Belt Conveyor

LEWCO Parcel Handling Belt Conveyor

LEWCO has extensive experience designing and manufacturing equipment for etail -commerce istribution industries. As a FedEx Ground Approved Supplier, LEWCO recently supplied one of their Major Integrators with slider bed belt conveyors as part of a larger parcel handling system. These units were provided as part of the Unload Lanes located at each dock door where full trucks deliver their …