By Klaus Daenzer, Senior Plastics R&D Engineer Shuttleworth has been designing material handling conveyors for a wide variety of diverse customer applications for over 55 years. Whether glass, food, electronics, pharmaceutical or automotive components, each application process creates a unique set of demands on the rollers that convey that products along their path. When Jim […]
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The Collaborative Conveyor offers a wide range of industry insights, tips, and solutions. Browse through these conveying solutions to learn more about machine specifications, displays, and more. The conveyors available are robust and streamlined to create a seamless packaging system.
Shuttleworth’s Superstar in Paper Handling
By Klaus Daenzer, Senior Plastics R&D Engineer If you’re in the cut sheet paper industry, you’re well aware of the major issues you encounter in your line when it comes to paper shingling. Shuttleworth’s Star Rollers in combination with Slip-Torque technology, can help to eliminate the shingling or creeping of the bottom-most layers of paper […]
The Art of Combining Multiple Lanes into Single File Accumulation
Single filing or combining multiple lanes into a single lane routes traffic from multiple equipment such as ovens, presses, etc into one lane for filling, trimming, packaging and more. This process can also direct a single lane into an accumulation area when downstream machines fail and then pull them back into a single row when […]
Robotic Collaborative Conveyor System with Fenceless Technology for Packaging Line Automation
Our robotic integrator partners work with us to provide unique and specialized application expertise to meet the diverse customer project needs. Recently, Shuttleworth developed a new, innovative collaborative conveyor system to incorporate a FANUC LR Mate 200iD robot integrated with Rockwell Automation’s SafeZone Mini Safety Area Scanner for high-speed material handling in packaging lines. To learn more […]
Easy Clean – the perfect solution for sanitary applications
Are you a manufacturer searching for the perfect solution to meet your demanding sanitary applications? Shuttleworth’s Easy Clean™ Slip-Torque conveyor is ideal for the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and other applications where sanitation regulations are critical to the manufacturing process. The stainless steel conveyor is fabricated with continuous welds and innovative 45° steel strengths bends. The […]