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ARB Technology Enables Smarter Layouts, Increased Throughput, Greater Product Handling Flexibility
Intralox’s Activated Roller Belt™ (ARB™) technology is a patented conveyance solution that brings the benefits of modular plastic belting to complex product-handling processes like sorting, merging, and aligning in order to increase functionality and reduce costs. ARB technology is proven in over 2,500 installations worldwide.
Intralox ARB technology enables…
- Efficient handling of most items: - Boxes, cases, cartons, totes, or trays with dimensions as small as 2 in. x 2 in. (51 mm x 51 mm) or as large as needed, weighing 1 oz.–200 lb. (28.35 g–90.7 kg)
- Increased throughput
- Flexibility to handle changing products, throughput rates, and other requirements
- Lower system ownership costs
- Less floor space consumption
- Increased system reliability
- Reduced system controls
- Safer working environments due to encased moving parts
- Reduced maintenance
- Difficult-to-convey packages such as tray packs, 2-liter shells, litho-packs, bundles, polybags, and shrink-wrapped packages of all sizes
- Oddly shaped items such as boxes with rounded bottoms and objects that are not perfectly round or square
Contact Robot Palletizer, LLC when planning your next project to see if ARB technology can be used to optimize your layout.
How ARB Technology Works
On an ARB conveyor, products rest on free-spinning angled rollers rather than on the belt surface. These rollers extend above and below the belt surface and are positioned at an angle in relation to the direction of belt travel. Rollers that are activated by the carryway surface below move products across the belt in the direction of roller orientation rather than the direction of belt travel. Because it is possible to move conveyed products selectively, ARB-equipped conveyors can change the direction, alignment, location, and speed of an item independently, without using rails or complicated mechanical controls.
Intralox ARB Technology Videos
Watch video of Intralox’s Activated Roller Belt™ (ARB™) sortation systems, depalletizing systems, palletizing infeed systems, singulators, case turners, and more. Click on the images below to see Intralox technology in action.
* The products shown in this video are used only to demonstrate the capabilities of Intralox equipment. The manufacturers of those products do not necessarily endorse Intralox. |
