LEWCO Product Spotlight Featuring: Slat & Steel Hinge Conveyor

Slat Conveyors are used in horizontal conditions and operating at relatively slow speeds. They are generally used to move items that are not typically conveyable on rollers or belts, due to an irregular shape or bottom condition. They can also be used in assembly operations by modifying the slats to accommodate assembly fixtures. Steel Hinge …

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 …

Slat Conveyor Meets Auto Parts Manufacturer’s Unit Handling Needs

Slat conveyors can be easily modified for mounting assembly line fixtures.  In this  application, the customer wanted to convey torque converters, for vehicle transmissions, which would have a maximum weight of 30 lbs. each.  A robot places the part in the fixture at a rate of one part every 28 seconds.  Special color match supports factory …