Automated Solution Delivers Efficiency in Rice Bag Sorting

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. …

Conveyor for Automotive? Think LEWCO!

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 …

LEWCO Custom Pin Escapement and Modular Plastic Belting Conveyor

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. …

LEWCO Diverter Arms and Modular Plastic Belting Conveyor

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. …

LEWCO Continuous Disc Turn Conveyor

Our Integrator’s customer needed to combine several lanes of gravity roller conveyor into limited space in his multi-floor Distribution center. The conveyor needed to travel continuous from the second level to the ground level.  After considering 180° curves (powered and non-powered), right angle pushers, and cross lane transfers, they decided on the continuously rotating disc …