Moving Along with High-Tech Conveyor Systems (.PDF Download)

July 14, 2015

If we could climb into a time machine and visit manufacturing facilities in the 1950s, we might be surprised at what we’d see in terms of conveyor belts: rather rudimentary conveyors simply moving parts from point A to point B through packaging and assembly (and just two kinds of conveyor belts—dirty and dirtier). Today, however, manufacturing sites have changed, with conveyors becoming critical components for...

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