Start with the decision you need to make: choose a conveyor type, control a difficult pack, calculate accumulation, define a machine interface, troubleshoot a fault or prepare evidence for quotation.
Each link opens a direct answer or a detailed guide. The pages use real product behaviour, machine-interface and acceptance evidence rather than assuming that one conveyor type suits every application.
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Question groupIf the product is unstable, begin with pack format and transfer questions. If machines do not stop or restart together, begin with the interface specification. If a line loses output during short stops, use the accumulation calculation. Keep the evidence from each answer in one controlled conveyor brief.
The library complements the existing selection guide, quote checklist, layout checklist and sample-trial guide.
Send Lancing the limiting samples, current layout, machine sequence and the production condition that needs to be controlled.
These answers need more than a short definition because the mechanical conveyor, product behaviour and controls sequence have to be considered together.
Define the real optical target, mounting geometry, guide position, product variation and fault response, then prove the selected arrangement with empty, filled, labelled and closest-pitch samples. See the product-detection sensor guide.
Track the inspection result to the same physical pack, command the reject, confirm that the pack left the good route and define the response if confirmation is missing. See the reject handling and confirmation guide.
Classify the exact installed parts by failure consequence, lead time, commonality and replacement complexity. Keep the component identity and return-to-service checks with the spare. See the critical-spares guide.
These answers help identify when the production problem needs a different motion or support principle rather than another standard conveyor size.
An indexing conveyor is better when the product must stop at a defined position for a machine operation or controlled manual task. Continuous conveying is usually simpler when the process can run in motion. Compare the required datum, dwell, product stability, queue behaviour and machine signals before choosing the indexing route.
Control the timing and lateral path so only one product enters the shared downstream position at a time. The design must match product stability, minimum gap and downstream capacity, then prove starvation, blockage and restart states. See the lane merging and diverting guide.
A puck is useful when the bottle cannot travel reliably on its own base or ordinary guides through several packaging operations. It provides a repeatable external footprint and can preserve orientation, but adds loading, unloading, return, cleaning and carrier-management requirements. Review the puck conveyor guide.
Use side grip when temporary support between two side belts solves a local transfer or base-access problem and the bottle walls tolerate contact. Consider a puck when the bottle needs a carrier through several stations or must retain orientation. The actual bottle, contact restrictions and packaging sequence should decide the route.
Single-file presentation helps the system associate one measurement or inspection result with one physical product and provides space for a controlled reject. If products arrive in several lanes or touching groups, use a merge or singulation section before the controlled measurement zone.
Send representative products, dimensions and weights, the required station or lane sequence, target good output, machine signals, contact restrictions, available layout and abnormal states. Include the least stable format and explain what must happen during starvation, blockage, fault and restart.