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Report: Innovative New Conveyors at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

PMMI Media Group editors fanned out across the many booths at PACK EXPO Las Vegas to bring you this Innovations Report. Here’s what they saw in the conveyors category.

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Morrison Container Handling System’s Smart Changeover system (1), shown this year at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, includes automatic changeover of the timing screw system and automatic changeover of all the conveyor rails around the system itself. Image #1 in the article text.Image #1 in the article text.

It uses operator assistance capabilities so even inexperienced operators can set the system up quickly. “Everything is located on the machine for a quick changeover and easy storage so the operator knows exactly where the parts go, labeled accordingly, and color coded so the operator can’t make the mistake of putting the wrong parts in the wrong location,” says Dustin Lee, Morrison’s Director of Sales.

To that end, a color sensor reads the change part color and prompts for the proper recipe.

“The system is smart enough to know when there are no change parts on the machine,” Lee says. “As an operator puts on the next set, it will identify it and once it does that it will tell us we need to upload the proper recipe, and it won’t let me start the machine until I do so.”

When performing a changeover or setting up the line, the timing screws will automatically move to the correct location so as not to rely on an operator to visually inspect and set the timing between screws. All of the rails will automatically adjust to the proper setting.

With the push of a button on the HMI, and no tools needed, it’s possible to change over the rail locations to handle a wide variety of container sizes, allowing for infinite adjustment of rail position for many container sizes to run on the same line, the company says.

“It is smart and easy changeover to make it more user friendly and keep your production up,” Lee says.

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