The online configurator is intended to allow users to configure the conveyor and options they need, which speeds up the RFQ process. Note: The configurator does not generate pricing.
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LEWCO and trusted integration partner, Air Specialists, recently helped a major Japanese motor manufacturer with their conveyor needs. The customer wanted to streamline their operation by adding new drag chain conveyors with a pop-up right-angle transfer. They needed to convey dunnage racks carrying personal watercraft hulls. Each rack measures 12 feet long by 4.5 feet …
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When a leading automotive supplier of suspension systems sought to boost throughput at their robotic weld cell, they chose LEWCO to develop the best solution. The primary challenge was to accumulate and convey steel rails and fabricated sub-assemblies, which get welded to the rails. The rails measured approximately 8” wide, 8” high, and 8.5ft. long, …
Our customer faced a pressing need for an automated solution to efficiently sort and transport their bagged product from the filling machine to the conveyors at their delivery dock. They had to handle hefty 100-pound bags of rice at a rate of 16 bags per minute. Recognizing the challenge, the customer turned to LEWCO, Inc. …
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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 Their current conveyor system was outdated and inadequate to keep up with increasing demand.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 …
Did you know LEWCO originally began designing conveyors for the automotive industry in the early 1980’s? Fast forward to today, the engineers at LEWCO are still creating innovative, robust, and cost-conscious solutions for automotive customers. Earlier this year, LEWCO engineered and manufactured a tire and wheel storage and delivery conveyor system for an automotive assembly …
A customer approached LEWCO in need of a 40ft long gravity flow conveyor for plastic shipping totes that included a right-angle transfer at the end. Gravity flow conveyor has inherent risks that sometimes a product might not move automatically. The same product and load may successfully convey 9 times in a row and on the …
A LEWCO Integrator has a customer who has an existing parts washer conveyor. They needed to return the round shaped metal parts back to the beginning of the line. The product rate and somewhat wet part surface precluded a belt or chain transfer. As happens often, space was at a premium; there was not enough …
A customer needed a way to automatically convey his products into the next phase of manufacturing. However, they also needed personnel access to the machinery from time to time, and this new conveyor would be in the way. We discussed gate sections but the conveyor width made that impractical. The customer needed non-marking rollers, about …
A budget and floor space restricted opportunity was presented to LEWCO by one of our integrators. The customer needed to convey two different sizes of round metal products in an alternating release to the next operation. LEWCO always recommends powered conveyors in any automatic process, but the customer was unable to justify a powered conveyor. …
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An automotive manufacturer was building a couple of alternately sized product, being fed at a 1:1 ratio into a parts washer. Upon exiting the washer, the parts needed to be sorted by size into two lanes. Product throughput peaked at 10 parts per minute. The product had residual moisture on it from time to time. …
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