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简体中文 Material Characteristics: The First Threshold of Design
Question: How do materials determine the fate of a conveyor line?
The weight, size and material of the conveyed item directly locks the type of conveyor line. Example:
- Heavy Duty Vehicle Components: Must use chainplates or heavy-duty roller lines; ordinary belts break easily;
- Glassware: High friction conveying surface is required for anti-slip, and shock absorbers are added to prevent shattering;
- Food grade materials: Selected stainless steel material + dead-end design to avoid bacteria residue.
Design key: first do the material "physical examination", and then match the equipment load-bearing, non-slip, shock absorption needs.
The production environment: an invisible killer that cannot be ignored
Pain Point: Why do 90% failures originate in the environment?
The three main killers are temperature, humidity and space:
- High temperatures in foundries: Heat-resistant alloy steel conveyor frame to avoid deformation (case in point: downtime in a workshop dropped by 40%);
- Wet wash area: Stainless steel body + anti-corrosion coating, maintenance cost straight down 25%;
- cramped room: Spiral or multi-storey conveyor line with 40% space utilisation increase.
Personal opinion: environmental adaptation is not a cost, it's an investment - the savings are hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual maintenance.
Equipment Selection: The Secret to Saving 30% Costs
The core three questions: Should I choose rollers, belts or chains?
- Lightweight electronic components: Belt line (low cost + noise reduction);
- Palletised regular goods: Roller line (strong load bearing + easy maintenance);
- Heavy Duty Irregulars: Suspension chains (flexible avoidance equipment).
Guide to avoiding the pitDon't be fooled by "automation"! Reduce equipment costs by 50% by using manual stations for non-essential processes.
Layout logic: U-shape > straight line?
Space Magic: How to Speed Up 20% with Layouts?
- Linear Layout: Suitable for long and simple processes, but occupies a lot of space;
- U-shaped layout: Reduces material detour paths and doubles operator efficiency;
- L-corner: Adding guide rollers to prevent jamming, the failure rate is directly reduced by 60%.
Personal insight: layout is not about drawing lines, it's about simulating logistics - running the virtual process 100 times with CAD before moving on.
Maintenance costs: from hindsight to foresight
Deadly Misconceptions: Why Saving a Little Money Costs a Lot of Money
- tensioning device: Calibrate 1 time per month and extend belt life by 2 years;
- Centralised fluid supply system: Recycling of chip fluid, saving $300,000 per year in consumables;
- Modular design: Changing the drum is like changing a battery, with downtime pressed down to 4 hours.
*Data evidence: a car factory daily point inspection 10 minutes, annual breakdown repair costs from 800,000 to 120,000 down.
Exclusive point of view: design is essentially a balancing act
Conveyor lines aren't as expensive as they are in theMaterial characteristics, environmental limits, cost ceilingsFinding the balance between. An example:
A food factory originally planned to purchase a fully automated intelligent line, and then switched to "stainless steel drum + key station automation", the cost was cut by half and the production capacity reached the standard -...Precise matching is true efficiency.
Finally, I would like to send you a message: the design that can solve today's problems is called qualified, and the design that can foresee tomorrow's problems is called professional.
