The conveyor is the backbone of an automated coating or pre-treatment line.
It controls how products move between cleaning, treatment, coating, drying and curing processes.
Two common overhead conveyor systems are monorail and Power & Free.
Monorail Conveyor
A monorail provides a continuous track along which carriers move.
Advantages
- Simple construction
- Reliable operation
- Lower system complexity
- Continuous product movement
- Suitable for consistent production sequences
- Good for coating and curing lines
Best For
- Similar products
- Fixed process sequence
- Continuous production
- Stable process timing
Power & Free Conveyor
Power & Free provides individually controlled carriers.
Unlike a simple monorail, carriers can be stopped, accumulated, transferred and released independently.
Advantages
- Flexible process timing
- Accumulation
- Buffer zones
- Independent carrier movement
- Different dwell times
- Product tracking
- Complex production routing
Best For
- Variable product sizes
- Different process times
- Automated production
- High flexibility
- Complex coating lines
Example
Imagine one product requires:
5 minutes degreasing
while another requires:
10 minutes degreasing
A simple continuous conveyor may struggle to accommodate both without changing the entire line speed.
Power & Free can provide more flexible carrier movement and process buffering.
Other Conveyor Options
Depending on the application, we can also provide:
- Floor conveyors
- H-beam overhead conveyors
- Monorail conveyors
- Power & Free systems
- Jib crane handling
- Hoist systems
- Custom tank-dipping transporters
Custom Hangers
The conveyor is only part of the solution.
The product hanger affects:
- Product orientation
- Coating coverage
- Drainage
- Oven airflow
- Loading capacity
- Conveyor balance
We therefore design custom:
- Flybars
- Hooks
- Frames
- Product racks
- Rotating fixtures
- Heavy-duty carriers
Selecting the Right System
The selection should consider:
Product weight + product dimensions + production rate + process time + factory layout + automation requirement
A conveyor should be designed together with the booths, tanks and ovens, not treated as a separate item.