Month: December 2020

A fully automatic conveyor system designed to feed drinking cups from machine-to-machine.  Good access around the machines was maintained by utilising three vertical continuous lifts designed specifically for the product.  The compact lifts take up minimal floor space and lift product vertically up to high level conveyors.  This means product can be fed over walkways keeping the floor area clear.   

MODU System 85mm wide flexible chain conveyors were ideal for this project as they can be routed along straights, into curves and up or down inclines. 

 

Our control system was built to the customers site specification including software and communication with machines upstream and downstream.  If one of the machines stopped our system would pause until the machine restarts.

An operator touch screen positioned remotely from the main control panel, gave operators line information and control on the production floor. 

The system was developed in a short time to meet the customers deadline and included mechanical and electrical installation.  Service and maintenance contracts can be provided along with critical spares.   

Please contact us to discuss your product and application. 

 

Food Industry – Product Feeding 

Our customer provides frozen meals to the retail and wholesale sectors, producing for many of the UK’s biggest retailers and brands.  Their site is an 80,000 square ft state-of-the-art production facility. 

 

 

We Also Supply Spiral and Inter-Floor Conveyors 

Monk Conveyors supply and install full working systems which are designed to suit your specific needs.  We install full pneumatic and electrical control with operator touch screens if required.  Our control systems range from simple stop starts up to barcode capable controls, capable of communicating with your Warehouse Management System (WMS). 

Please contact us on 01252 369800 or email sales@monk-conveyors.co.uk for help and advice. 

Medical Industry – Plastic Moulding Belt Feed 

 The batch of eight M1950 belt conveyors shown below were built to carry medical plastic mouldings away from a machine.  Our medium duty belt conveyors are ideal for handling small to medium sized products and are compact in size. Small end rollers allow for good product transfer in and out of machines.  Precision bearings and a robust design means many years of trouble-free running.  Parts are held in stock for some standard sizes for quick delivery.   

Please contact our sales office by email or phone to find our more and receive a quick quotation. 

Medical Industry – End of Line Packing 

Monk Conveyors installs a powered roller conveyor system in a leading medical company.  The system was designed and built to feed packing tables and into a carton packaging machine.  Cartons were controlled and distributed automatically using pneumatic stops and sensors to detect the product.  Our electrical installation and control system provided a complete solution. 

 

 

Features Included: 

• Removable roller conveyor section on wheels for access. 
• Flexible Flexi-Conveyor and the end of the line which is perfect for vehicle loading and unloading, parcel distribution centres and depot’s, packaging, machine-to–machine linking and across docking applications. 
• Feed through a fire-door, with a drop out section to allow the door to close. 
• Emergency stop pull cord above packing tables. 
• Illuminated beacon to give the operators line status. 
• Spares and maintenance contract. 
• Communication with customer machines. 
• Control system, software and operator touch screen. 

 

 We Also Supply Spiral and Inter-Floor Conveyors 

Monk Conveyors supply and install full working systems which are designed to suit your specific needs.  We install full pneumatic and electrical control with operator touch screens if required.  Our control systems range from simple stop starts up to barcode capable controls, capable of communicating with your Warehouse Management System (WMS). 

Please contact us on 01252 369800 or email sales@monk-conveyors.co.uk for help and advice. 

Our new website www.monk-conveyors.com launched today shows our company’s strengths in providing systems which help customers improve productivity and efficiency within their sites.  Industries such as Packing, Online Distribution, Warehouse Sortation, Medical, Pharmaceutical & Clean Rooms, Food and Retail can benefit from our carefully designed systems. 

“Our goal is to provide cost-effective conveyor and automation solutions with a high level of service”

There is new information on our Industries page for Warehouse and Sortation.  New and updated Products pages for Interfloor Mezzanine Belts, Lorry Loaders, Auto Stackers, Pick to Light, Sortation, Pick & Place and Packing Lines.   

Monk Conveyors has over 25 years’ experience in conveying and handling equipment.  We listen to customers and always find out about the product and processes within their factory. All our customers expect high reliability and durability, and we expect nothing less from the systems we install.  Visit our Why Choose Us page to learn more.

We Also Carry Out Service and Maintenance

Monk Conveyors supply and install full working systems which are designed to suit your specific needs.  We install full pneumatic and electrical control with operator touch screens if required.  Our control systems range from simple stop starts up to barcode capable controls, capable of communicating with your Warehouse Management System (WMS).  

Please contact us on 01252 369800 or email sales@monk-conveyors.co.uk  for help and advice. 

Our packing conveyor systems help to create efficient packing areas.  Systems take up a small floor space and allow multiple pack tables to sit on both sides of a central feed conveyor.  Packers can randomly place product onto the conveyor which feeds work away.  The system creates gaps between the product before feeding under a barcode unit.  Monk Conveyors work with SICK and an OPS690 Scanning Rig is commonly used.  This has the ability to scan product from multiple angles if required. 

 

Barcode Data enables us to question the Warehouse Management System (WMS) and retrieve information which can be used to route product.  Routing can be by product type, job number, size, pre-set flags or courier type and to a number of destinations. 

The product is routed using a number of standard options including side belts, diverter arms, air blows and switch sorters as shown in this project.  The switch sorter quickly diverts to one of three lanes without slowing the product down. 

 

Touch Screen displays make it easier for operators to run a system. Clear information is displayed and help screens can be added. Fault finding messages make it easier to find problems quickly.   

 Mimic screens show a graphical representation of the production line. They can then display the status of each part of the line by changing colour. If there is a blockage, a section of the line can be highlighted to show an operator the location of the problem.  Screens can also allow operators to adjust the line settings and these can be password protected to ensure only trained personnel have access.  

 Remote access to the PLC and barcode systems means that we can dial in to make minor software changes and assist site with problem solving. 

 All systems are mechanically and electrically installed with full handover and training.  Service and maintenance contracts can be provided along with critical spares. 

We Also Supply Belt and Pallet Conveyors 

Monk Conveyors supply and install full working systems which are designed to suit your specific needs.  We install full pneumatic and electrical control with operator touch screens if required.  Our control systems range from simple stop starts up to barcode capable controls, capable of communicating with your Warehouse Management System (WMS). 

Please contact us on 01252 369800 or email sales@monk-conveyors.co.uk for help and advice. 

MONK Inter–Floor Belt Conveyors provide a simple and reliable method for transferring plastic totes or card boxes between floor levels. 

Our Inter–Floor Belts are reversable allowing a continuous flow of product up or down between floors.  They are ergonomic, simple and safe for operators to use.  Operator controls includes emergency stop push buttons or emergency rope pulls, start/stop and direction (forward/reverse).  Sensors detect the product at the ends. Further options include variable speed, beacons, sounders, counters and operator touch screen displays. 

Tough PVC grip top or smooth belt material can be selected and operation is quiet and smooth.  A modular design means reduced installation time and low maintenance. 

MONK Conveyors offer a site survey and proposal drawing, full mechanical and electrical installation, training and handover. 

We Supply Belt and Roller Conveyors Systems to Customers in Retail / E-Fulfilmen, Parcel Distribution, Manufacturing and Finished Goods, Warehouse and Distribution.

We Also Supply Roller and Pallet Conveyors 

Monk Conveyors supply and install full working systems which are designed to suit your specific needs.  We install full pneumatic and electrical control with operator touch screens if required.  Our control systems range from simple stop starts up to barcode capable controls, capable of communicating with your Warehouse Management System (WMS). 

Please contact us on 01252 369800 or email sales@monk-conveyors.co.uk for help and advice. 

Monk Conveyors latest sortation project transfers flow wrapped packs to 20 postal bins.   

Packs are read by our Keyence barcode scanner; we then communicate with the WMS to retrieve job information.  This is compared to a reference list and a bin location is known.  Pack position is tracked with an encoder fitted to the conveyor drive.  Product is blown from the track into one of the 20 bins, optional mechanical diverter arms are available for larger products.  An illuminated push button tells operators when a bin is ready to be changed and a simple press of the button stops further product being blown to the bin while this is taking place.  Product was supplied at 1400 per hour with higher speeds available. 

Space restrictions were overcome using MODU 83mm wide friction chain to take product from the flow-wrapping machine round 90-degree bends to the sorting area.  The design concept was proposed to the customer in 3D CAD so they could clearly visualise the system and discuss the idea with staff and operators.  This led to a number of design improvements which could be put in place before the system was delivered. 

Videojet Laser Engraving System 

We worked closely with Videojet Technologies to design an automated engraving system.  Product is manually loaded onto the MODU System infeed conveyor with markers on the belt to space the product evenly.  Side guides are adjustable to take a large variety of product sizes.  The drinking glasses are then fed under a Videojet High Speed CO2 Laser Coding machine.  Engraving is completed on the moving product. 

Our MONEX extrusion was used to build a robust guard frame with sliding access doors and mounting for all of the equipment.  Encoders fed the conveyor speed to the engraving system. 

Full testing and sign-off was completed at our Hampshire factory followed by installation at the customer site. 

 

We Supply Roller, Belt, Spiral and Plastic Chain Conveyors  

Monk Conveyors supply and install full working systems which are designed to suit your specific needs.  We install full pneumatic and electrical control with HMI operator touch screens.  Our control systems range from simple stop starts up to barcode capable controls, capable of communicating with your Warehouse Management System (WMS). 

Please contact us on 01252 369800 or email sales@monk-conveyors.co.uk for help and advice.