CDLR Turntable & Transfer Car Conveyor Cell for 4K lb. Pallets

CDLR Conveyor System for 4K LB. Pallets

Application: Conveying 48″x48″ Pallets of 55-gallon drums weighing 4,000 LBS. each. Solution: LEWCO provided a combination of pallet handling conveyor, including Chain Driven Live Roller (CDLR), Drag Chain Conveyor, Turntables, and Transfer Cars. In the customer’s initial layout, they had several turntables. After learning more about the application and required rate, LEWCO proposed using Transfer …

CDLR Conveyor with Bow Tie Rollers

CDLR with Bowtie Rollers Boost Productivity

A national manufacturer of steel propane tanks and pressure vessels needed to increase their productivity and output.  Their current conveyor system was outdated and inadequate to keep up with increasing demand.  They required a conveyor capable of handling steel cylinders ranging from 24″ O.D. to 47″ O.D., with lengths ranging from 6ft to 24ft and …

LEWCO Finishing Line for Extruded Aluminum Beams

The engineering team at LEWCO recently worked with a customer to design a process line for modifying extruded aluminum beams.  They already had a multi-strand walking beam to buffer and feed parts onto the line, so to minimize drives a notched conveyor design was developed to fit around the existing equipment. A special center section …

LEWCO Heavy Duty Transfer Car for Furnace Application

Recently, LEWCO was asked to move product between several queue stations with a transfer car.  The load was substantial, 60” square and up to 4,000 lbs.  Our engineers worked with the customer to provide heavy-duty Chain Driven Live Roller conveyors with 3.5” diameter .300” wall rollers.  The same conveyor was mounted to a powered transfer …

LEWCO Pallet Management and Robotic Interface

Recently a customer requested pallet handling conveyor for their (2) robotic palletizers.  For flexibility and to maximize robot up-time, LEWCO built (2) pallet dispensers that could feed either of the two robots.  To create a buffer queue for stacks of empty pallets, a chain conveyor was placed in front of each pallet dispenser.  Floor space …