Conveyor Inventions – Setting Boundaries but Moving Limits ...

Albert Einstein, the Wright brothers, Henry Ford, Benjamin Franklin, and Alexander Graham Bell, geniuses all, have taken creativity and ingenuity just about to the limits of human brainpower. The one thing they all have in common is that their genius has sent history down a new path that has raised the standard of living for all of us. Many people attribute the invention of the conveyor to the advent of the assembly line, but in fact, it came along before the assembly line was put into operation. The building of machines to move items from one place to another can be seen as far back as the early 19th century. To most industry historians the Swedish organization Scandisk was the first to commercialize mass market and put into working production a conveyor type system. Originally geared mostly towards the mining industry and hauling large massed objects across long distances, the innovations of the conveyor have now expanded into almost every conceivable industry. After looking at some of the industries pushing the boundaries of conveyor modernization and what some of these technologies may be, we will have a better understanding of where the conveyor industry stands today and where it is headed for tomorrow. Long gone are the days of men and women hand cranking and turning conveyor apparatus' to allow for the movements of belts and pulleys to maneuver objects around. Conveyors are now highly specialized and flexible mechanisms that are responsible for such important projects as assembly of the Hubbell telescope. Certainly not exclusive to the space and exploration fields, conveyor implementation and invention reaches a broad spectrum of product and business categories. Conveyor systems are working their way through even more industrial uses such as in pulp and paper mills, auto manufacturing (where they have always been used, but now they are far more innovative), steel fabrication, logging, airplane and helicopter manufacturing and assembly, cargo loading and unloading, cell phone assembly, and in warehousing and distribution, to mention just a few. There will always be new and complex production conundrums and conveyors are regularly called upon to resolve all sorts of object moving snafus. There are many new innovations and gadgets in conveyor systems and is very interesting to have a look at some of these new fangled devices. Nowadays, conveyor systems are electronic and based on computer technology which renders them more powerful and at the same time more flexible in design. Some cutting edge improvements are such inventions as pneumatic systems and the travelator, which moves humans, not machine parts or some such. You can be absolutely sure that some folks are losing sleep at night in order to come up with new developments and to optimize the operating mechanisms of conveyors in areas like pressure, conveying line velocity, efficiency and of course, ultimate performance. One fantastic idea that is probably not too far in the future is the use of conveyors to park cars instead of using the services of the very human valet or parking lot attendant. Both robotics and artificial intelligence are becoming more a part of conveyor solutions adding to the excitement of the technological advancements that are just around the corner. Conveyors have found a place in the world from their onset because of their cost effectiveness and time and labor saving abilities. It is little wonder that they have been around for decades and will continue for decades to come .as they continuously improve the lives of everyone on the planet and the very planet itself. Visit Wilkie Brothers Coveyors for more information on conveyors or to order Webb Conveyors, Unibilt Conveyor Components or any other related replacement parts. This entry was posted on Saturday, January 14th, 2012 at 8:39 pm by Paul Timmerman and is filed under Technology. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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