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Another vertical lift replaced by spiral elevator

Astec Conveyors have supplied a further spiral elevator to a major home and personal care manufacturer to replace a vertical lift elevator. With increased production the existing indexing vertical elevators could not handle the incresed product throughput amongst other things. The system transfers cases from the filling lines, up to high level and across to the palletisers. Several vertical lifts have now been...
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Astec automate assembly line

Having a range of pallet handing solutions Astec were asked by a leading IBC (Intermediate Bulk Container) manufacturer to design an automated production assembly line with the aim to reduce manual handling. The new automated assembly line transfers the cages along an accumulation conveyor to a pick and place unit. The pallet stacks accumulate on a chain conveyor system and a pallet de...
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Astec supply a further high speed carton line

Astec Conveyors, a leading specialist in the design and manufacture of integrated materials handling systems has supplied a further high speed carton conveyor system to a major UK cereal manufacturer. Following on from the success of previous installations, Astec were asked to design a fully integrated conveyor system to handle a range of cartons sizes at high speed being discharged narrow edge leading...
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Patent for Astec Switch Sorter

The Astec High Speed Switch Sorter Unit has received a Patent for its unique design. The design has been well proven over recent years with many installations on sortation systems throughout the UK. This modular high speed switch sorter from Astec provides a new dimension in integrated system design, offering maximum versatility with bi-directional (left/right) sortation. The Patent relates to the design requiring...
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Safe Contractor Accreditation

Astec Conveyors Ltd has recently been awarded safecontractor accreditation for the sixth year. The safecontractor scheme is a programme which recognises very high standards of health and safety practice amongst UK contractors to help improve safety records. The scheme is adopted by most major companies in the UK and contractors must hold the accreditation certificate to work on site.
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