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Achieving
the maximum amount of efficiency from
a material handling system often
requires integrating multiple
stand-alone processes into a seamless
flow. This process change often requires facility changes,
equipment re-configuration,
sophisticated control systems and
intricate planning.
Conveyors & Drives, Inc.
has been delivering sophisticated
integrated solutions for many years.
See for yourself in the case
Studies listed below.
| Tree
of Life |
 Product
Handled: Natural Food
Products
"New Conveyor
System Keeps Tree of Life on
the Growth Curve"
Company:
Tree of Life Inc.
Facility: Southeast
Distribution Center
Location: Elkton,
FL
Product Handled:
Natural food products
Throughput: 60-65
cases/minute (capacity 90
cases/minute)
Types of conveyors: Horizontal
power (ACC and ACZ models), EZ
Logic (ABEZ), gapper belt,
sorters (SC and Pro-Sort),
sawtooth merge, incline belt
(RBI), gravity.
Full
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| Evenflo
Co. |
 Product
Handled: Baby feeding
products; baby carriers,
bathtubs, baby monitors,
gates, care and feeding
accessories for babies (1,100
total SKUs)
"New Conveyor
System Helps Triple
Capacity"
Company: Evenflo
Company, Inc.
Facility: Distribution
Center
Location: Canton, GA
Size: 200,000 square
feet
Throughput: 29,000
cartons (eight-hour shift)
Types of conveyors:
Live roller, gravity,
horizontal power, roller bed
incline, accumulator, saw
tooth merge, high speed
sorter, skatewheels
Full
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| Piggly
Wiggly |
 Product
Handled: Grocery products
(slow-moving, new &
specialty items)
"Flexible
Conveyor System Responds to
Current and Future Needs"
Company: Piggly
Wiggly
Facility: Warehouse
Location: Charleston,
SC
Size: 40,000 square
feet
V.P. Warehousing &
Distribution: Ronnie
Sauls
Throughput: 1,500 totes
per day (2,000 capacity)
Types of conveyors: Live
Roller, Horizontal Power
(Minimum Pressure and Zero
Pressure), Horizontal Belt,
Trash Belt, Push-off Sorter
Full
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| County
Seat |
 Product
Handled: Casual clothing
for men, women, and teens
"Integrated
System Can Meet Today's Needs,
Tomorrow's Demand"
Company: County
Seat Stores
Facility: National
Distribution Center
Location: Essex, MD
Size: 276,000 square
feet
Throughput: Over 24
million cartons a year
Types of conveyors: Live
roller, accumulating, gravity,
belt, trash takeaway, air
plow.
Shipment method: Mostly
truckload to pool points
Full
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