Multi-Conveyor recently built a series of four plastic-belt conveyors designed to gap, rotate, transport and right angle transfer single lane, wrapped corrugated trays of canned goods.
The trays discharge wide-side leading from an existing heat tunnel onto the first conveyor that increases the gap between trays needed for a tray rotation. A consecutive dual-lane product turning conveyor rotates the trays 90 degrees to reorient the product to narrow-side leading. This rotation facilitates the ability for a labeler to apply on the wide side of the flats. Trays then transfer onto the third transport belt in continual motion.