Sorting System operates at speeds of 10 layer pads/min.
Press Release Summary:
Automated Model LT8 Layer Pad and Top Frame Separator System is designed to unstack layer pads and top frames from incoming mixed stack, using 3 pallet lifts for sorting. It includes Model AS889 Autoserter with Indramat servo drive, top frame handler to remove top frames, and independent layer pad and top frame squaring assemblies. System is also equipped with integrated safety interrupt light curtain, perimeter safety guarding, and control system.
Original Press Release:
FleetwoodGoldcoWyard Introduces First Automated Sorting System
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. - June 21, 2006 - FleetwoodGoldcoWyard, a leading supplier of advanced
conveyance technology and material handling equipment, announces the introduction of a
revolutionary automated sorting system that is the first of its kind in the industry. The Model LT8 Layer Pad and Top Frame Separator System is a truly unique product design that provides automated sorting at speeds of 10 layer pads per minute.
The Model LT8 separator system is designed to unstack layer pads and top frames from an
incoming mixed stack, using three pallet lifts for sorting. The system also offers optional pallet infeed and discharge conveyors to assist with the conveying of full mixed stacks and the removal and stacking of empty pallets.
Special features include:
o Model AS889 Autoserter with Indramat Servo Drive for removing layer pads and top
frames from mixed stack
o Top frame handler to remove top frames and place in separate stack
o Independent layer pad and top frame squaring assemblies
o Integrated safety interrupt light curtain and perimeter safety guarding
o Integrated control system
Traditional separator systems are operated manually, utilizing outside sorting labor. FGW designed the Model LT8 in response to its customers in the container manufacturing industry and is now the only packaging company equipped to assist companies that require an automated sorting process.
ABOUT BARRY-WEHMILLER
Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc. is a world leading supplier of packaging, corrugating and paper converting technology, as well as consulting services, across a broad spectrum of industries. Barry-Wehmiller's balanced and diversified approach to the market is made possible through 12 interactive divisions: Accraply, a leading manufacturer of automatic labeling systems; Barry-Wehmiller Company, manufacturing bottle washers and pasteurizers for more than 120 years; Barry-Wehmiller International
Resources, a leading information technology services provider and e-business solutions developer; Central Bottling International (CBI), specializing in quality industrial manufacturing equipment and services for the food, beverage, and packaging industries worldwide; Design Group, a world leader in manufacturing automation and engineering consulting services; FleetwoodGoldcoWyard, a leading supplier of advanced conveyance technology and material handling equipment; Hayssen Packaging Technologies, a form/fill/seal technologies and services leader for more than 90 years; MarquipWardUnited, a leading manufacturer of equipment for the corrugated and folded carton industries; Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), specializing in the design and manufacture of converting machinery for the tissue and nonwovens industries, as well as printing systems for the flexible packaging industry; Pneumatic Scale, a global provider for can seaming, capping, centrifugation, dry filling, labeling, and liquid filling; and Thiele Technologies, a leading producer of cartoning, case
packing, bagging, and palletizing equipment.
In fiscal year 2006, a combination of organic and acquisition growth is expected to grow Barry-Wehmiller's annual revenues to more than $800 million for the first time in the company's 120-year history, with more than $200 million of that in global markets.
