Use for production line or assembly line where items start out as a chassis or frame and other components are added as it progress down a conveyor line.
Omtec PBT Ball Transfers and PPD Positioner Pad Strips are ideal for creating FLEXIBLE progressive assembly lines or production lines in modular roller conveyor.
Strips are modular in design to fit virtually all gravity roller, power roller and industrial roller conveyor line systems.
Use PBT Ball Transfer and PPD Positioner Strips where items need to be oriented, conveniently located and firmly positioned while a task is performed on them.
Omtec PBT Ball Transfer and PPD Positioner Pad have No Pinch Points!
Flip a switch
Omtec PBT Ball Transfers raise to move, orient and position items.
Flip switch again
Omtec PPD Positioner Pads raise above the PBT Ball Transfers to firmly locate items in a stable work position.
If an individual workstation is not needed in a particular days production run, the Omtec patented PBT Ball Transfer and PPD Positioner Pad Strips in the conveyor line can be in their retracted positions. This allows items to continue traveling uninterrupted on the conveyor roller to next subsequent station down the line.
1) Items travel on the conveyor roller to a position over the Omtec patented PBT Ball Transfer and PPD Positioner Pad strips.
2) The operator raises the Omtec PBT Ball Transfers above rollers in the conveyor line, allowing for easy orientating and convenient positioning of the item for the required conveyor workstation task.
3) The operator then raises the Omtec PPD Positioner Pads above the balls transfers and conveyor rollers to firmly locate and hold the item in a stabile position while the required assembly line task is performed.
