A leading system integrator
Transforming material handling with innovation, quality solutions, seamless integration, and unrivalled aftercare
Conveyor Solutions
Driving efficiency, accuracy and throughput across fulfilment, warehouse eCommerce and production.
ConveyorCare
Service, parts and maintenance. Designed to minimise downtime, reduce operational costs, and ensure that your systems operates smoothly.
Automatic Labelling
Automated labelling machines can apply thousands of precise labels per hour, cutting labour costs, errors, and waste in your warehouse
Automated Sortation
Automated sortation can route thousands of packages per hour with precision, drastically cutting labour, errors and processing time in high-volume operations.
Automated Packing
Automated packing systems run 24/7, reduce packaging errors and waste, and can accelerate throughput substantially, ideal if you handle high-volume orders.
Roller Conveyors
Roller conveyors automate heavy or bulk goods movement, cutting out manual lifting and speeding up internal transfers with consistent, smooth flow.
Storage Racking
High-density racking dramatically increases storage capacity per square metre, letting you hold far more inventory in the same footprint.
Belt Conveyors
Automated belt conveyors can accelerate material flow by up to 35%, reduce manual handling by roughly 40%, and slash labour costs while sustaining continuous throughput.
Vertical Lift Conveyors
Vertical lift conveyors move heavy pallets or goods between floors at up to 2,000 items per hour, leveraging vertical space and cutting manual lifting.
Goods Lifts
Vertical lift conveyors move heavy pallets or goods between floors at up to 2,000 items per hour, leveraging vertical space and cutting manual lifting.
Spiral Elevators
Spiral conveyors can move up to 3,000 items per hour while saving as much as 80 % of floor space — ideal for boosting throughput and freeing up warehouse real estate.
Pallet Conveyors
Pallet conveyors handle loads of up to a couple of tonnes, streamlining pallet movement and reducing manual handling, boosting safety and efficiency.
AMRs
AMRs navigate autonomously, moving goods efficiently without human driving, improving throughput, flexibility and safety while adapting to changing warehouse needs.
Spiral Conveyors
Spiral conveyors can move up to 3,000 items per hour while saving as much as 80 % of floor space — ideal for boosting throughput and freeing up warehouse real estate.
Mezzanine Floors
Mezzanine floors can effectively double your usable warehouse space without expanding the building footprint, giving you more room for storage, picking or packing.
Vertical Storage
Automated vertical-storage systems use full-height space to deliver up to 90 % floor-space savings while speeding up order picking and inventory control.
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Automated Returns
Multi-Floor Handling
Order Packing
Order Picking
Pallet Handling
Product Sortation
Product & Material Transit
Stock Replenishment
We Design, Supply and Install a Wide Range of Automated Conveyor Systems
Conveyor Systems for eCommerce and retail
Custom Conveyor Systems tailored to your site and workflows
Conveyor Systems
that boost order fulfilment, picking and packing
Integrated Systems
for stock replenishment, Returns processing and multi-floor handling
ConveyorCare Solutions
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We don’t just design and install high-performance systems, we keep them running at their best. Our dedicated ConveyorCare and maintenance expertise ensures your equipment stays reliable, efficient, and ready to support your business as it grows.
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Our Process
Project Engagement
Your exact requirements must be considered from the first meeting to project completion. To ensure this, we will guide and advise you through every stage of the project process:
- At the initial stage, all aspects of your requirements (such as products, requirements, throughputs, ROI duration, building size, space constraints, fire exits, personnel and truck access routes, integration with existing equipment, manning levels, etc.) are considered.
- We plan and design our systems specifically to suit your product, from individual cartons or packages up to fully loaded pallets.
- Our final design is not an off-the-shelf solution but an amalgamation of standard and custom elements to ensure the perfect solution for your business.
Quotation and 3D Visualisation
At the initial quotation stage, we use 2D and 3D visualisation software to help us to develop and design the best solution to suit your requirements:
- We actively encourage regular client dialogue to help ascertain all the information required to enable us to put forward a meaningful concept and quote.
- 3D real-time simulations can be produced to prove throughputs and design philosophies.
- Accurate costings can be quickly and easily compiled, thus reducing the turnaround time.
- A detailed quotation will be presented to incorporate a comprehensive specification for all the mechanical and electrical components specific to the project.
Contract Placement & Design
Once the contract has been placed, a Project Manager is assigned to your project, providing you with a single point of contact. This ensures a clear and defined line of communication from design finalisation through to commissioning:
- Our project manager and engineers complete a site survey to check all building dimensions, machinery positions, walkways, exits, etc.
- A detailed project plan defines all critical paths, installation activities, and completion dates.
- User Requirements (URS) and Functional Design Requirements (FDS) are drawn up prior to implementation based on agreed-upon technical specifications.
- Detailed project drawings are presented for your approval before the commencement of manufacture.
- Electrical and mechanical specifications can be agreed upon if you have your preferred suppliers.
System Manufacture
Besides providing a functional scheme, our priority is to design a reliable, user-friendly system which is optimised for easy maintenance and operational safety:
- Engineering layout drawings are produced using the latest design technology, which clarifies the mechanical and electrical interfacing between new and existing equipment.
- A technical liaison with other equipment suppliers is established during this phase regarding interfacing with our system.
- Offline Software and system philosophy will be tested to ensure that time on-site during commissioning is minimal.
Installation & Commissioning
Your allocated Project Manager will ensure that every aspect of delivery and installation is undertaken on time and with the minimum of disruption:
- Industry-standard as well as onsite health & safety regulations and conditions observed
- Installations are continuously monitored by the Site Supervisor and Project Manager.
- Our fully qualified mechanical and electrical engineers have extensive experience working in a wide range of industries.
- All devices are independently checked post installation, to ensure correct operation.
- Full commissioning of your system includes throughput speed testing, performance monitoring, software modifications, and diagnostics checks.
Documentation & Support
Post commissioning, we continue to provide adequate technical support and advice to guarantee optimum performance from your installation to ensure many years trouble trouble-free service.
- We include CE marking of the equipment (stand-alone or integrated), issued with your documentation.
- Comprehensive documentation (according to project type) including maintenance schedules, operational safety recommendations, itemised spares list, finalised drawings and maintenance contracts.
- Out-of-hours maintenance/breakdown service available.
- Full training is available for operators and Management to help ensure a seamless handover and implement in-house maintenance programmes.
Maintenance
Post commissioning, we continue to provide adequate technical support and advice to guarantee optimum performance from your installation to ensure many years trouble trouble-free service.
- We include CE marking of the equipment (stand-alone or integrated), issued with your documentation.
- Comprehensive documentation (according to project type) including maintenance schedules, operational safety recommendations, itemised spares list, finalised drawings and maintenance contracts.
- Out-of-hours maintenance/breakdown service available.
- Full training is available for operators and Management to help ensure a seamless handover and implement in-house maintenance programmes.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is an automation integrator?
An automation integrator is a company that specialises in designing, specifying and installing automated systems within a facility or process. Their role is to make different technologies from various manufactures work together seamlessly to improve efficiency, accuracy, and productivity.
Here’s a breakdown of what they do:
Key Responsibilities
- System Design: Analyse your current operations and future aspirations then create a plan for automation (e.g., conveyors, robotics, packaging machinery, picking technology, WMS/SCADA integration).
- Integration: Connect hardware (machines, conveyors, robots) with software (WMS, ERP, PLCs) so they communicate effectively.
- Customisation: Tailor solutions to your specific workflow, facility, budget, product types, and throughput requirements.
- Testing & Commissioning: Ensure everything works as intended before going live.
- Support & Maintenance: Provide ongoing service, maintenance and upgrades.
How are CSL different from other automation suppliers
- Specialisation in Conveyor-Based Automation
Unlike many general warehouse automation providers that focus heavily on robotics or AS/RS systems, CSL is highly specialised in automated conveyor systems. CSL design, supply, and install tailored conveyor solutions for eCommerce, warehousing, production, and distribution environments. This focus allows CSL to deliver customised, site-specific solutions rather than off-the-shelf systems.
- End-to-End Service
CSL offers a full lifecycle approach:
- Design & Consultation: Systems tailored to your workflows and throughput goals.
- Integration: Solutions that work with existing infrastructure.
- Aftercare: Ongoing maintenance, breakdown support, and system upgrades through the “ConveyorCare” program. This level of continuous support is not always standard among larger automation suppliers, who often focus on initial deployment only.
- Flexibility and Customisation
CSL emphasises custom conveyor systems rather than standardised packages.Integrating technologies like belt conveyors, roller conveyors, spiral conveyors, vertical lifts, and sortation systems from world class manufacturers to meet specific operational needs—ideal for businesses that require multi-floor handling, returns processing, and complex material flows.
- Strong Focus on UK Market and Relationships
CSL has been operating for over 28+ years, building long-term partnerships with major UK organizations. Their approach is relationship-driven, ensuring ongoing collaboration and adaptability as customer needs evolve. Larger global suppliers often prioritize scale over personalized service.
- Integration with Modern Technologies
While CSL specializes in conveyors, they also incorporate automation technologies such as AMRs (Autonomous Mobile Robots), pick-to-light systems, right sized packaging machines, vertical storage systems, validation systems—bridging traditional conveyor systems with modern automation trends
What is the CSL process from enquiry to deployment and beyond?
- Initial Enquiry & Consultation
- Needs/requirements Assessment: CSL starts by understanding your operational challenges, bottle necks, throughput requirements, space constraints and future growth plans.
- Site Survey: A detailed review of your warehouse layout and workflows.
- Goal Alignment: Define objectives such as reducing manual handling, improving picking speed, or automating order fulfilment.
- Design & Proposal
- Custom Solution Design: CSL creates a tailored conveyor and automation system design utilising 2D and 3D designs and integrating technologies such as belt conveyors, roller conveyors, sortation systems, and mezzanine solutions.
- Simulation & ROI Analysis: CSL provide performance simulations and cost-benefit analysis to validate the design.
- Detailed Proposal: Includes layout drawings, timelines, equipment selection justification and investment breakdown.
- Project Planning & Integration
- Project Management: Dedicated team oversees scheduling, procurement, and coordination.
- Integration: Systems are designed to work with existing infrastructure and software (e.g., WMS, ERP, SCADA).
- Compliance & Safety: Ensures adherence to health and safety standards such as UKCE, Machinery directive, PUWER, Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
- Installation & Commissioning
- On-Site Installation: Skilled engineers install conveyors, controls, and automation components.
- Testing & Training: Full system testing and live product commissioning followed by operator training to ensure smooth handover.
- Go-Live Support: CSL provides immediate assistance during the transition phase.
- Aftercare & Continuous Support
- ConveyorCare Program: Includes preventive maintenance, breakdown repairs, spare parts, and system upgrades.
- Performance Monitoring: CSL can help optimise throughput and adapt systems as your business grows.
- Future Scalability: Solutions are designed to accommodate expansion and new technologies like AMRs or advanced sortation.
How does Automation save my company money?
- Labour Cost Reduction
- Fewer manual tasks: Automated conveyors, sortation systems, and robotics reduce the need for manual handling and product touch points.
- Lower overtime and seasonal staffing costs: Automation handles peak demand without extra labour.
- Increased Throughput & Efficiency
- Faster processing: Automated systems move goods quicker than manual methods.
- Reduced bottlenecks: Continuous flow minimises downtime and idle time.
- Higher order accuracy: Less rework and fewer returns due to automation precision and accuracy (up to 99.9%).
- Space Optimisation
- Compact designs: Automated systems often use vertical space (e.g., mezzanines, spiral conveyors).
- Better storage density: Optimized layouts reduce warehouse footprint meaning more stock can be stored or a smaller building could be selected.
- Lower Error & Damage Costs
- Consistent handling: Reduces product damage compared to manual handling.
- Improved inventory accuracy: Integration with WMS minimises stock discrepancies.
- Energy & Maintenance Savings
- Smart controls: Systems run only when needed with advanced sleep modes, reducing energy consumption.
- Predictive maintenance: Automation reduces unexpected breakdowns and costly downtime.
- Long-Term ROI
- Scalability: Systems can grow with your business without major redesign.
- Lower cost per unit handled: Over time, automation significantly reduces operational costs.
What project sizes would CSL be able to undertake?
CSL (Conveyor Systems Ltd) can handle a wide range of project sizes, from small modular conveyor installations for less than £50k to large-scale, multi-million-pound turnkey automation projects at £5m+. Here’s a breakdown
- Small to Medium Projects
- Single conveyor modules or simple systems for product transit.
- Modular conveyors integrated with packaging, labelling, or palletizing equipment.
- Ideal for businesses starting automation or upgrading specific processes
- Large, Complex Projects
- Full warehouse or factory automation systems, including:
- Multi-floor conveyor networks with mezzanine integration.
- Sortation systems (high and low speed).
- Order picking and packing automation.
- Pallet handling and interfloor conveying.
- Includes WMS/WCS integration, advanced controls, and data management for logistics.
- Industry Coverage
CSL works across:
- E-commerce & Fulfilment Centres
- Warehousing & Distribution
- Factory Production Lines
- Food, Drink, Pharmaceutical, and Chilled Environments
- Approach
Regardless of size, CSL provides:
- Custom design tailored to your space and throughput needs.
- Full project management from concept to commissioning.
- Aftercare services for maintenance and upgrades
Do you maintain systems you didn’t install?
Yes. ConveyorCare can be tailored for non‑CSL installations as well as systems we originally supplied.
What’s included in a typical service visit?
Electrical checks (e.g., panels, drives, safety verification) plus mechanical inspections (belts/rollers/bearings, tracking/tension, lubrication) with a focus on catching wear early.
Can you support us remotely?
Yes. Phone support, remote diagnostics and secure dial‑in (where enabled) help resolve many issues without a site visit.
Do you offer SLAs?
Yes. SLAs provide guaranteed response times, prioritised support, planned maintenance and performance reporting
