News - Lewco Conveyors

May 13, 2020August 27, 2020

LEWCO Dual Lane Gravity Conveyor for Automotive Rack Storage

A nationally known automotive manufacturer was having trouble accessing the correct racks as they were being stored somewhat randomly on floor area. After consultation with LEWCO and the LEWCO integrator the customer invested in a non-powered roller conveyor system with dedicated lanes for their product. Lift truck traffic was reduced which resulted in better inventory management. …

May 13, 2020October 19, 2023

LEWCO Unitized Escapement Device

LEWCO recently provided an Automotive Integrator with Gravity Flow Conveyor to move machined parts from the machining area to the Assembly area. The completed parts were stored in dunnage and placed on conveyor lines to be stored until they were needed in Assembly. When Assembly is ready for the dunnage they remove one from the …

May 13, 2020November 10, 2025

LEWCO PLV19 Collapsing Width Conveyor

The customer was presented with the challenge of ergonomically accessing all four sides of light weight sheet metal products that were lacking real structural integrity. The parts ranged from 5” wide to 60” wide, and from 59” to 80” long, in a ten cell assembly line. Together, we developed a 24VDC driven PLV19 powered …

May 13, 2020October 19, 2023

LEWCO Corrugated Sidewall Belt Conveyor

LEWCO recently provided an automotive tier-1 supplier with Slider Bed Belt Conveyors to convey automobile front valances and other body parts post paint from one workstation to the next workstation. The front valances could not sit directly on the slider bed so LEWCO designed a belt conveyor with corrugated sidewalls to keep the belt above …

May 13, 2020October 19, 2023

LEWCO Metal Automotive Pallet Handling

LEWCO recently provided an automotive seat manufacturer with Zero Pressure Zoned Accumulation, Chain Driven Live Roller Conveyors and Pop up Chain Transfers to convey metal racks efficiently through the assembly area of the plant. LEWCO worked with the end user to design the system to fit into the floor plan and machining sequence. The conveyors …

May 13, 2020November 10, 2025

LEWCO HD CDLR35 Conveyor in 350°F Oven

A LEWCO customer had an existing 350°F oven for curing bricks. The old system used a series of transfer cars on a track pushed by fork lifts. It became inefficient and breakdowns were frequent. Together, the Integrator and LEWCO developed an indexing style of CDLR35 conveyor. This conveyor had to fit in a tight space, …

May 13, 2020November 10, 2025

LEWCO Gantry Loaded Machining Cell Conveyor System

LEWCO recently provided an automotive tier-1 supplier with Chain Driven Live Roller Conveyors and Pop Ups Cross Lane Chain Transfers to convey automotive racks through gantry loaded machining cells. LEWCO worked with the end user to design the system to fit into the floor plan and machining sequence. The conveyors were set up and fully …

May 13, 2020October 19, 2023

LEWCO E-Commerce Parcel Distribution System

LEWCO recently provided an integrator with a series of conveyors from our LEWCO RED line which is specifically designed for the Retail E-commerce Distribution industries. These units are part of an automated hub for a popular parcel handling service where packages are routed through a complex system of conveyors for the purpose of sorting and …

May 13, 2020November 10, 2025

LEWCO Plastic Tote Lane System

A long-time customer of LEWCO came to us needing to service multiple lanes of product in 15”x24” plastic totes, stacked four high, weighing up to 250 lbs per stack. Each lane was actually two independent tote lanes, mounted together in wide supports. Poly-V roll-to-roll belts were used for positive drive and a quiet system. Zones …

May 13, 2020October 19, 2023

LEWCO Aluminum Die Delivery System

A premium manufacturer needed to move large aluminum dies between processes. To maximize floor space the system was suspended from the roof structure, and accessed via vertical lifts to each work area at floor level. Overhead space was limited, so transfer and turntable units were custom-designed to fit the required envelope. The conveyor equipment was …