Sancella is Austra!ia's largest female hygiene manufacturer. For the new packaging line the company has chosen FlexLink’s vertical wide chain conveyor system XB that was installed as a turnkey system in just a couple of weeks. “We required a system to take the product from our current four production lines and our future fifth line and put the products in a central location for packing”, says lan Duguid, Application Engineer for Sancella.

“The conveyor had to be able to handle various product lines, with different dimensions, in one system, from 100 mm high to 500 mm high”, says lan Duguid. “There is also the confined space in which to install the system. We had to be able to elevate our products and get them out of the way in a very limited area”.

FlexLink Systems was ideally positioned to provide turnkey solution
FlexLink was able to provide a tailor made solution to match Sancella's requirements with FlexLink's 175 mm wide roller cleat chain. FlexLink supplied a turnkey solution that raised the various sized products to a height of over three metres, allowing free and easy access underneath the conveyors, which have a total length of approximately 90 metres. Both top and side guide rails were employed to make sure the various sized products remained stable on the conveyor.

Maximized operator access 
Sancella wanted to maximize operator access underneath the conveyors. This meant that the supports needed to be spaced as far as possible. To accommodate their request FlexLink employed two suspension bridges as part of their system. This substantially increased the free area underneath the conveyors by allowing them to spread out their support structures.

Carton accumulation system via touch panel
A controlled carton accumulation system was designed to transfer the product off the conveyor to the palletising area. The design needed to be flexible enough to handle various sized products on the same line. FlexLink also provided all the control logic software for the system that could be accessed by operators through a simple touch panel.

Installation two weeks after order
There were a number of reasons why Sancella chose FlexLink to supply the system. lan Duguid explains: “FIexLink has a good track record and history with our company, that made us feel comfortable in dealing with them. The lack of noise their system generates was a critical factor. FlexLink conveyors were by far the quietest systems submitted to us. Finally, there was the lead time, we placed the order mid December 1998 and installation commenced in the beginning of January 1999. The other suppliers couldn't do that.” “All the staff were easy to contact, everyone was always available. Due to the time constraints of the project this was a really comforting factor for us”, adds lan Duguid.