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Product Sorting & Indexing - Collator Conveyor - Custom Automatic Infeed System
Collator Conveyors allow for product to be supplied continuously while being discharged intermittently for high-speed collation. Each collator, consisting of two groups of buckets attached to separate drive chains/belts, index as product is received via an infeed conveyor. Once all buckets from Group "A" are filled, they advance forward to the loading position while the Group "B" buckets index forward to receive product. Once product is transferred from Group "A", it moves forward so it's located directly behind the last bucket of Group "B". These machines, which can handle product backlog efficiently, provide multiple advantages to those in the energy bar industry where multiple varieties of the same product are made. Additionally, Benchmark's InFlight automatic infeeds automate loading into horizontal wrappers and cartoners, and custom infeeds can be tailored to specific product specifications. Our turnkey distribution systems are suitable for a range of products including baked goods, bars, cookies, crackers, and frozen foods. The modular designs support single-lane feeding and gentle product handling, while synchronized loading ensures precise product presentation to the wrapper. Solutions are available for single to multi-lane applications, reducing product waste and maintenance time.
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Designed to your specific product requirements, Benchmark's Shuttle Feeder delivers automatic loading of flat, even product for precise, continuous motion loading of vertically stacked product.
Watch video footage of the Card Sheeter in action as it receives hand loaded card stock, cuts it to a specified length, and transfers it to a horizontal wrapper.
Watch the video of the Strip Feeder as it automatically loads rigid products, strips from vertical stacks and feeds them into a horizontal wrapper.
Watch video of the Star Wheel as it loads round products, strips them from a lane of backlogged product, rotates it and feeds it into a horizontal wrapper.
Watch video of the high speed, continuous motion Disk Feeder loading stacks of product into a horizontal wrapper.