Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our food and beverage distribution client in Eastern North Carolina needed to increase the capacity of their pallet-wrapping operation..

Working with the automated wrapper team, Brad Dowless designed a fourth conveyor line into the process. Pallets could now be loaded into four different lines, speeding up throughput over 33%.

Our sausage packing client in Georgia saw a 300% increase in their workload due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They called on Charlie Williamson, AEC conveyor specialist, to find a fast and efficient conveyor system upgrade.

Charlie Williamson, material handling and conveyor specialist, helped our client achieve a 400% increase in their order fulfillment process for faster beer deliveries. Conveyors integrated with a Pick-to-Light system provided the boost they needed to exceed order demand.

To reduce the cost of downtime during cleaning and maintenance at our client’s major food processing center, a stainless steel spiral conveyor was installed as a backup. Eliminating just one Saturday of downtime pays for this entire project.

To eliminate our client’s safety risks, Brad Dowless brought in a Mechanical Vertical Reciprocating Conveyor (VRC) from PFlow Industries. A VRC is basically an elevator lift strictly for materials. This provided the perfect, safest way to move goods to and from the second level.

Family Farm Grows Into Major Beverage Distributor with Hytrol Conveyor System Upgrade Arcadia Dairy Farm, out of Arden, North Carolina, began as a small dairy

Our beer and wine distribution company owner in Charleston South Carolina needed some help with his gravity and expandable conveyors that feed his truck dock.

Specialist Brian Hester designed and integrated Hytrols E24EZ zero pressure accumulation case conveyors to transport to the truck dock door without any back pressure using 18″ long zones. 

Our South Carolina client was using a slow manual procedure to place lids for a food processing operation. AEC installed a Hytrol 190-E24EZ energy saving accumulating conveyor with EZLogic® zone controllers. Now a fully automated lid placer and lid sealing system to speed up their operation.

In the artisan cracker-making process, as baked goods come out of the oven, they need an exact time to cool before moving on to the next process. If they’re not cooled properly, the extra heat will expand the sealed packs making it difficult to fit properly into the containers. To solve the cracker cooking conundrum, AEC’s engineers designed a fascinating piece of conveyor technology.

Our food and beverage manufacturing client in Columbia, South Carolina, had a hang up in their product’s conveyor journey.

Specialist Brian Hester designed a custom-built, two-strand plastic chain conveyor moving at different speeds to provide a consistent 90-degree rotation making a touch-free, smooth transition to a narrower conveyor.