01
Application context
The conveyors needed to take multiple sizes of pizzas through and between processes such as freezing, wrapping, inspection and more.
Because the pizza dough is not frozen yet, there were obstacles with handling the product such as the need for tight transfers and not being able to use guides.
- Pizzas come out of the freezer side-by-side and run straight through the Pre-Switch set of Servo conveyors without any adjustments.
- Pizzas pass through the 1 st switch, the Dual Lane Pivot Conveyor, and the second Switch.
- Pizzas enter the S-conveyors with a common infeed where they are splits into two single lanes.
- Pizzas then enter the Pre-Circle Placer Servo conveyors where the Servo’s will be properly adjusting the pizza’s spacing
02
Design considerations
When running all sizes except for the 16”, this will function just like a straight conveyor.
Moving the conveyor into the S-Position is simply done by removing a set of pins, sliding the section over, and then re-inserting the pins into the proper stop location for the offset.
- Pizzas receive a cardboard circle from the Circle Placer units.
- Pizzas are fed into the customer’s Wrapper unit.