turning through 180 degrees

Most finishing processes rely on a conveyor system to take untreated components on a circuit and through the product finishing cycle. However, conditions in finishing plants are normally not for the faint hearted conveyor manufacturer, as chemicals can attack lubricants or conveyor components, paints clog up chain linkages, and high and/or rapidly changing temperatures can have an adverse effect.

There is also the need to keep dust or ingressed particles from overhead chains and lubricants from contaminating products being carried on overhead conveyors. In order to achieve high standards of cleanliness and avoid product contamination, MCM has gone from conventionally designed overhead conveyors - with the pendent attaching to the chain through a slot on the underside of the track, through 90 ° or 180° in order to provide effective clean conveying solutions.

A 90° Move from Conventional Overheads

MCM Conveyors of Oldham have on occasions resolved the question of process cleanliness by installing 'Sidetrack' overhead conveyor, which is specially designed to minimise the risk of product contamination. With a range of capacities to suit individual handling applications (30/ 60/ 75kg per pendant), the MCM 'Sidetrack' conveyor is ideally suited for environments demanding clean operating conditions, such as food, garment handling, lacquer and paint processes, plus plastic component finishing.

With Sidetrack's narrow side-mounted pendant slot, the conveyor components and chain are virtually enclosed within the square sectional steel track. This considerably reduces the risk of chain-borne particles - such as oil, dust and other debris - dropping down onto the workpiece; any contaminates are retained in the track.

A 180° Move from Conventional Overheads

Developed particularly for finishing of automotive parts and plastic components, some of MCM's customers have reaped the benefits of installing a specially designed inverted conveyor.

MCM's inverted conveyor system comprises the same components as the more traditional overhead system, but switched by a 180° plane to be floor mounted. The quality of finish on wet painted automotive parts is usually far superior when completed on highly stable, inverted and dualtrack conveyors. These type of conveyors also prevent any dust and debris falling onto the components from the conveyor track, as they pass through painting booths, flash-off enclosures and curing ovens.

As part of the Oldham based Amber Industries group, whose other sister companies manufacture and supply a range of powered roller and belt conveyor modules, including straight sections, bends and merges for floor conveying applications, MCM Conveyors can provide total handling solutions for many and varied sectors. Depending on the customers requirement, MCM Conveyors have the experience and actual reference installations that bear testimony to their capabilities and qualification to advise on the most suitable overhead and floor mounted conveying solution to meet individual criteria.