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Production logistics
We define production logistics as the management of material and information flows in a production process. Regardless of manual or automated work processes in your production, you require a continuous flow and a strict control of the products through each step.

Your concerns:
  • Products waiting to be processed which represent lost time
  • Tied up capital
  • Underutilization of machines
  • Occupied floorspace

We offer:

  • Production process expertise
  • Conveyors and pallet components
  • Controls and software solutions
  • Integrated packaging, filling, machining or assembly systems
  • Customer references

As the picture illustrates, we offer many standard functions and designs for horizontal, vertical and multi-product flows which are tailored to suit your production plant. With the FlexLink modularity in systems, it is possible to automate only parts of your production line. We supply everything from integrated systems to standard components.

 
Industry Solutions - Your automation experts
Your profitability is our core business. Our solutions are based on in-depth knowledge of the processes that drives your production. We have unique experience of a wide range of machining, assembly, filling and packaging applications, tailored to your specific requirements.

We supply everything from integrated systems to standard components and operate within major global industries. Explore the opportunities to improve your profitability through a partnership with FlexLink.
 
Automotive
Application areas:
  • Pallet highway and satellite concept
    Pallet in-/out-feed and satellite conveyor layout for automatic manufacturing of engine parts.
  • Welding assembly line
    Automatic welding and riveting pallet line for car seat guide rail assemblies
  • Antistatic assembly line
    ESD protected pallet assembly line for electronic remote control car key heads.
  • Assembly systems
    Modular dynamic assembly systems with integrated production software with full plug-and-play capabilities.
  • Gearbox machining line
    Automatic machining, handling and buffering of synchronized gearbox sleeves.
  • PCB handling
    High throughput PCB assembly line providing transport, accumulation and other handling/routing alternatives.
  • Automatic in-/outfeed line
    Integrated pick-and-place, guard and conveyor concept for a bearing centerless grinding machine cell
  • Automation cell
    Standardized interface for quick and easy reconfiguration of different applications such as screw-driving, labeling, assembly, gluing and palletizing.
  • Machine integration
    Automatic fuel injector assembly & test line with bespoke pallets and fully integrated conveyors.
  • Inline accumulation
    Heavy duty crown wheel accumulated directly onto the chain before a machining cell.
  • In-line FIFO pallet buffer
    In-line FIFO pallet buffering (in-/off-line) with integrated elevation of pistons on pallets.

Examples of products handled:
air filters, bearings and hub units , brake cylinders, brake discs, brake parts, cam-/crankshafts, carburettors, castings,
clutches, compressors, connecting rods, engine heads/-locks, exhaust pipes, fuel injectors fuel pumps, gear wheels, headlights, oil filters, pistons, rollers, shafts, spark plugs, turbo rotors, universal joints, valve lifters, valves

 
Electronics
Application areas:

ESD assembly line
Electrostatic protected pallet assembly line of hard disc drives in clean room environment.

PCB assembly line
Integrated PCB assembly line of telecom equipment providing high-throughput, accumulation and tailored routing alternatives.

Assembly line
Dynamic assembly line of individual contactors utilizing integrated on-line assembly flow management software enabling make-to-order production.

Satellite assembly system
Automatic gluing of loudspeaker bass unit elements operating in a highway-/satellite configuration.

Automation cell
Standardized interface for quick and easy reconfiguration of different applications such as screw-driving, labeling, assembly, gluing and palletizing.

In-line FIFO pallet buffer
In-line FIFO pallet buffer (in-/off-line) and elevation of car horn on individual pallets without the need for additional drives and controls.

Test station
Fully automated test station with integrated pallet conveyor for steam irons.

Pick and place units
Pneumatic pick and place unit for handling of circuit boards on the assembly line.

Manual working station
Pallet buffer in a manual working station for assembly of electrical shavers.

Minienvironment
Enclosure built of standard FlexLink parts creating a mini-environment for HDD pallet transport.

Examples of products handled:
actuators, batteries, car electronics, car horns, car instrumentation, CD’s, circuit boards, computer parts, electric gas meters, electrical instruments, electrical shavers, hard disc drives, household appliances, light-bulbs, loudspeakers,
mobile phones, optical lenses, radios, satellite receivers, spark plugs, switches, transformers, video and audio cassettes

 
Food and dairy
Application areas:

In-line bottle rinser
Fully integrated in-line PET bottle rinser between unscrambler and filler handling up to six different bottles.

Vertical in-line buffer
Vertical in-line buffer integrating safe loweration, buffering and line balancing within a small factory footprint.

Hygienic filling line
Liquor bottle filling line meeting stringent hygienic demands through easy clean features as well as high line throughput.

Final assembly and packaging
Automatic final assembly and packaging of chocolate using an integrated robotics and pallet conveyor systems.

Decline conveyor
High capacity decline bottle in-feed conveyor to a shrink-wrapper, providing continuous operation providing reliable and easy adjustment before.

PET Neck-guide system
PET bottle base handling system with single side neck support replacing air conveyors in a PET bottle filling line.

In-line case elevation
In-line elevation and ceiling transportation of large boxes to end of line palletizer with automatic separation of boxes without any additional drives or controls.

Incline bottle conveyors
Incline out-feed conveyor from a PET blow moulding machine, allowing free floor passage and safe ceiling transportion.

Milk packaging line
Safe and hygienic transport of milk packages from filler to packer requiring smooth transport with a minimum of friction and safe guiding to avoid any packages falling over.

In-feed gravity chute
Filled boxes of pasta sliding down a gravity chute into a packaging machine.

Automatic lane merging
Automatic merger of two production lines without any additional drives or controls.

Examples of products handled:
biscuits, bread, butter, candy, cardboard boxes, cardboard cases, cardboard tubes, cereals, cheese, chewing gum, chocolate, coffee, confectionery, crisps, display packages, frozen food, glass bottles icecream, instant soup, juice, liqueur, metal cans, milk powder, noodles, PET bottles, pet food, snacks, soft drinks, sugar, sweets, tea, water, yoghurt

 
Medical and pharma
Application areas:

Bottle accumulation line
Dynamic horizontal accumulation table between filling and packaging operation in a controlled atmosphere, enabling line access through vertical wedge conveyors.

Assembly systems
Modular dynamic assembly systems with integrated production software with full plug-and-play capabilities.

Automation cell
Standardized interface for quick and easy reconfiguration of different applications such as screw-driving, labelling, assembly, gluing and palletizing.

Blow moulding line
In-line vertical transport between blow moulder and de-flashers of nebulas, improving line access and up-time.

Machine integration
Plastic bottle in-feed into a labeller using a made-to-order conveyor concept allowing installation five days after your order.

Vertical in-line buffer
Vertical in-line, FIFO, buffering of filled bottles creating elevation, space and increased up-time before packaging.

Inhalator packaging line
Inhalator filling, labelling and packaging line with cleated incline conveyor creating a walkway.

Decline case loweration
In-line ceiling transportation and loweration to end of line packaging with automatic separation of boxes without any additional drives or controls.

Tablet packaging line
Transfer and accumulation of capped bottles before splitting into two parallel lines for safety sealing and over-wrapping.

Examples of products handled:
pills, dental implants, laboratory apparatus, eyeglass lenses,
fluid meters, measuring and control devices, turbuhalers,
optical instruments, contact lenses, surgical instruments,
I.V. bags

 
Paper converting
Application areas:

Dynamic flow product distribution
Diverters, both vertical and horizontal, and combiners are used for distributing the product flow to different machines or for making the products available in the requested configuration. The dynamic flow control logic assures optimal line balancing for improved machine-utilization with little space required and minimum risk of product damages.

Elevation of products
A wide range of standard elevators for tissue roll and packed products are developed for high-capacity elevating of products. Gravity chutes or driven elevators make the lowering easy.

Dynamic line balancing
Tissue rolls being elevated to the main highway freeing up valuable floor space while allowing flexibility and dynamic line balancing, distributing products from any log saw to any wrapper, bundler, case packer or palletiser.

Flow controls
Easy management of complete line production through a password protected, touch-screen control panel utilizing a standard FlexLink operator interface. Our control-logics with speed control and line balancing maximizes machine utilisation and minimizes production cost.

Standard product orientations
T-wedge elevator for high-capacity elevation and upending of packs is one standard solution. Equipment for turning and collating products or rejecting faulty products and trim-pieces are other examples as well as adjustable guide rails for easy changeovers. A range of standard solutions for guiding and transfer products is used to secure the product orientation when conveyed. Adjustable, manual or automatic, guide-rails are available for easy changeover between product sizes.

Conveyor layouts
The conveyor layouts are adapted to the needs of the paper industry and are available in different sizes and configurations, the choice depends on the space available, the function needed and the product to be conveyed.

Core distribution
Elevator and conveyor for cores used for space efficient layout of machinery.

Examples of products handled:
bags, boxes, bundles, cases, cores diapers, stacks of tissue, tissue-rolls, wrapped products

 
Personal products
Application areas:

Incline bottle conveyor
Incline wedge conveyor for shampoo bottles creating passageway for operators as well as enabling ink jet printing on the bottom of the bottle.

Deodorant end-of-line packaging
End-of-line transport of shrink-wrapped transport cases before manual packaging operation.

In-line case elevation
In-line elevation and ceiling transportation to end of line palletizer with automatic separation of boxes without any additional drives or controls.

De-puck unit
In-line separation for easy transfer of perfume bottles and integrated puck return, fully adjustable for different sizes.

Machine integration
Conveyor running straight through a filling machine creating space and eliminating the need of in-/outfeeds and transfers.

In-feed elevator
Cleated chain in-feed elevator conveyor creating a continuous flow of empty tubes from a hopper directly into the filling line.

Palletizing
End-of-line palletizing unit of cardboard boxes tailored to suit your specific requirements.

Aerosol packaging line
A packaging line turning and buffering the shrink-wrapped products before they enter the labeler at the correct angle.

In-line cooling tunnel
In-line cooling tunnel layout with two parallel flows on each chain, which increases product quality and production uptime.

Lane merging
The FlexLink police unit merges two productions lines into one, keeping the products separated to avoid jamming without any need for electrical or pneumatic controls. Reliable and straightforward mechanical solution with very low maintenance needs.

Examples of products handled:
aerosol cans, baby oil, dental floss, deodorant, lipstick, mascara, perfume razor blades, sanitary napkins, shampoo, soap, tampons, toothpaste

 
Tobacco
Application areas:

Cartons
Efficient and safe systems adapted to any machine configuration with standard interfaces to suit current as well as future requirements provide profitable solutions.

Cases
Complete turnkey solutions for the end of line to palletising from a truly global supplier with local engineering support and training.

Mass-flow
Our expertise in providing highly flexible and trouble-free links between makers and packers, while maximizing efficient use of floor space and product quality.

Packets
With 20 years of proven solutions in gentle and high speed handling in an uninterrupted continuous flow of wrapped and un-wrapped packets.

Reservoirs
Unique conversion kits and upgrades for improving the operation, life, capacity and speed of existing OSCAR and POLAR machines.

Examples of products handled:
cartons, cases, cigarettes, cigars, filters, packets

 
Optical
Application areas:

Dynamic flow product distribution
Diverters, both vertical and horizontal, and combiners are used for distributing the product flow to different machines or for making the products available in the requested configuration. The dynamic flow control logic assures optimal line balancing for improved machine utilization with little space required and minimum risk of product damage.

Conveyor layouts
The conveyor layouts are adapted to the needs of the optical industry and are available in different sizes and configurations, the choice depends on the space available, the function needed and the product to be conveyed.

Managment of production data
FlexLink offers full traceability, and elimination of manual handling of job order information. This is automatic Quality Control and Quality Assurance (QC/QA). In addition to this, the risk of handling damages is minimized.

Elevation
A wide range of standard elevators for trays are developed for a safe handling of the products. Gravity or driven elevators make the lowering easy.

Dynamic in-/off line buffering
A wide variety of accumulation solution has been developed to satisfy customer needs. FIFO, LIFO and ASRS systems are some of the solutions.

Examples of products handled:
Semi-finished lenses, Finished lenses, Glasses, Production data

 
Conveying
The conveyors are based on an aluminium conveyor beam with low friction slide rails guiding a plastic multi-flexing chain. Products to be conveyed travel directly on the conveyor, or on pallets/carriers. Products that are handled have a weight from a few grams up to 30 kg and up to 1400 kg using roller and belt conveyors. The chain design permits horizontal as well as vertical change of direction.
 
Pallet handling systems
Pallets (product carriers) are used to carry products with unfavourable geometry and minimize the risk for damage of sensitive and fragile products. Pallet sizes from 100x100 mm up to 640x640 mm. Functions to stop, divert, merge, elevate, lift and control (RFID) together with our range of linear units, frameworks and enclosures, ensure efficient, high quality installations and systems.
 
Elevating
An elevator is used for elevating, lowerating or providing buffer capacity at the end of a conveyor run, or between different conveyors. A range of proven elevator designs support the standard pallet conveyor ranges as well as more general non-pallet applications. Just select the solution most appropriate for your specific application and then configure as required.
 
Accumulation, storage & retrieval
Accumulation is used for temporary storage of products in a process, for example between machines with different cycle times. Accumulators (buffers) are also needed when downstream machines need to be stopped.
 
Diverting and merging
FlexLink offers a wide range of devices for diverting and merging.
The diverters are operating vertically or horizontally and are used for distributing the requested amount of products to the down stream equipment and creating the most efficient line balance.
 
Palletizing
Palletizing is placing and securing units or containers on pallets. Typical applications can be tissue paper rolls, all sorts of plastic bottles, cardboard boxes, etc.
   
 
Picking and placing
Picking and placing is where a robot moves items from one place to another, for example from a conveyor in a production line to another conveyor in a packaging line. The robot is often guided by a vision system.
   
 
Machine building systems
FlexLink offers a wide assortment of aluminum profiles and accessories such as connectors, fasteners, feet, etc to build machine supports and safety enclosures. Pre-assembled enclosure sections and sliding door profiles as well as linear units are also available.
 
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Production logistics solutions
We define production logistics as the management of material and information flows in a production process. With FlexLink, you gain enhanced production efficiency from our process expertise, conveyor hardware, and advanced software.

We offer:
  • conveyor and pallet components
  • controls and software solutions
  • integrated packaging, filling, machining or assembly systems

Together with you we increase throughput, quality assurance, yield and delivery service. At the same time, you get reduced floor space, less administration, fewer products in process and lower manufacturing costs.
 


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