10.07.22
The customer required a conveyor system to transport product from the discharge of a freezer system over to a new case packer. The conveyor system also needed as much accumulation time built into is as possible. The customer wanted this system to be able to be used for up to 16 package sizes and rates. The Harris conveyor design group used our experience from many other accumulation systems to design a conveyor system that was dual lane with over 500 total ...
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The customer needed a conveyor system for individually wrapped small frozen products. The product comes from two wrappers in 8 lanes at 300 pieces per minute on each wrapper. The conveyor system requirements are to take the 8 lanes wide down to 1 lane wide, then convey the single lane around to custom fabricated hand pack stations. Harris custom designed these 3-4 worker hand pack stations to bring the product in at a higher elevation with the empty cases directly below ...
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Harris was contracted to design and install conveyors that improved the quality control process for the customer.
The existing system was over 20 years old, frequently breaking down and causing product damage when pushed into the freezer. The pusher was pneumatic and too aggressive with the unfrozen pans causing product loss. The customer was also concerned with the unsanitary design, making the equipment hard to clean. In addition, the existing system did not have room to accommodate quality ...
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Harris was contracted by a bakery to replace an obsolete spiral conveyor in their packaging area. The spiral conveys 2,500 pounds per hour of frozen bakery product from the freezer and elevates the product 14 feet up to a hand packing line. The previous spiral was over 10 years old and ran a standard chain driven design, which needed lubrication on a regular basis and would break often. In addition, it was not a sanitary design and could not be cleaned properly.
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Harris was responsible for design and installation of a dual spiral accumulation system. The customer was hand palletizing cases of product creating a space issue and a bottle neck in the packaging area. The customer wanted to automate and minimize the foot print of this process to create valuable space to be used for growth. This customer had worked with Harris previously, purchasing our vertical sanitary conveyors. The customer chose to work with our company again because of our ...
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Harris was hired by scrap metal recyclist American Iron & Steel Company as the general contractor to build a new, state-of-the-art enclosed metal shredder. The project included building the facility to house the shredder, along with the plumbing, HVAC, electrical, process equipment (shredder and conveyors), dust control system, walkways and platforms.
The metal shredder was built with several unique features that allowed it to operate safely and conform to environmental regulations. Rather than discharging stormwater, Harris installed ...
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