Non Con Handling
From oversized and irregular products to fragile or awkward items, CSL Automation designs bespoke solutions to move, handle and process non-conveyable goods safely and efficiently, reducing manual handling and keeping operations flowing
Dealing with Non Con items
Awkward, oversized, irregular or unstable products don’t have to remain a manual handling problem. CSL Automation designs bespoke solutions to automate the movement of products that conventional conveyor systems struggle to handle.
‘Non-con’ refers to traditionally non-conveyable items that present challenges for conventional conveyor systems.
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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.
Mezzanine
Mezzanine floors can effectively double your usable warehouse space without expanding the building footprint, giving you more room for storage, picking or packing.
Crossbelt Sorter
Automated sortation can route thousands of packages per hour with precision, drastically cutting labour, errors and processing time in high-volume operations.
Packing Benches
Packing benches provide organised workstations for packing tasks, improving efficiency, ergonomics, and accuracy with integrated shelving, tool storage, and surfaces designed for fast, consistent order preparation.
Roller Conveyors
Roller conveyors automate heavy or bulk goods movement, cutting out manual lifting and speeding up internal transfers with consistent, smooth flow.
ARB Sorter
ARB sorters use angled, independently rotating rollers to redirect, sort, and align products smoothly, enabling high-speed, flexible, and precise material handling with minimal manual intervention.
Automated Belt Conveyor
Automated belt conveyors efficiently move materials using motorised belts, improving workflow speed, reducing manual labour, enhancing safety, and supporting continuous, reliable transport in industrial and manufacturing environments.
Weight Scale
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.
Automated Carton Sealer
Automated carton sealing enhances packing efficiency with consistent tape application, reduced labour, and reliable throughput, delivering fast, secure, and cost effective case sealing for high volume operations.
Pick to Light / PUT WALL
Pick to light uses illuminated indicators to guide operators to correct items, increasing picking speed, accuracy, and workflow efficiency while reducing errors in fast paced order fulfilment environments.
Pallet Conveyors
Pallet conveyors handle loads of up to a couple of tonnes, streamlining pallet movement and reducing manual handling, boosting safety and efficiency.
Autonomous Mobile Robots
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.
Vertical Elevators / Lowerators
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.
Automated 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.
Warehouse Storage
Warehouse storage systems use tailored racking, shelving, and automation to maximise space, improve throughput, and streamline inventory handling, delivering faster picking speeds and more efficient, reliable overall operations.
Automated Packing Machine
Automated packing systems run 24/7, reduce packaging errors and waste, and can accelerate throughput substantially, ideal if you handle high-volume orders.
Vehicle Loading
Automated vehicle loading systems use conveyors, sensors, and intelligent controls to streamline trailer handling, reducing manual labour while increasing throughput, safety, and loading accuracy across high-volume logistics operations.
Wheel Sorter
Interroll Wheel Sorter systems deliver ultra-fast, high-accuracy sortation designed for demanding parcel and distribution operations.
Euro Sort Split Tray Sorter
Euro Sort Split Tray Sorter systems from CSL Automation deliver fast, accurate, and gentle sortation for high-volume (up to 30,000 units per hour) fulfillment and distribution environments handling diverse product mixes.
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What are you struggling to move?
- Oversized or long products
- Irregularly shaped items
- Heavy products
- Unstable loads
- Soft or flexible packaging
- Items with an uneven base
- Products that roll, shift or tip
- Totes, containers or specialist packaging
- Mixed product sizes and weights
If it doesn’t fit a standard conveyor, we’ll find another way.
Depending on the product and process, solutions could incorporate belt conveyors, modular belt conveyors, powered rollers, specialist transfers, lifts, spirals, robotics, AMRs, custom handling equipment or combinations of technologies.
We design the automation around your product and operations, not the other way around.
Operational Benefits
Operational benefits
Reduce manual handling automate repetitive product movement.
Remove bottlenecks keep difficult products moving through the operation.
Increase throughput create a more consistent product flow.
Improve safety reduce lifting, carrying and repetitive manual tasks.
Reduce labour dependency redirect employees towards higher-value activities.
Support growth create a handling process capable of dealing with increasing volumes.
Designed to work with your existing operation
Every warehouse, factory and fulfilment operation is different. That’s why CSL Automation considers more than just the product being handled. We assess your existing equipment, available space, operational processes and required throughput to develop a solution that works within your wider operation.
Where appropriate, new handling technology can be integrated with existing conveyors and automation, helping businesses overcome specific bottlenecks without unnecessarily replacing equipment that continues to perform effectively.
Discuss your automation Project
Thank you for your interest in CSL Automation. As one of the UK’s leading conveyor and automation integrators, we can help design and install a system to help you take your business to the next level.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What differentiates CSL's automation and technology from other providers?
In many cases, yes. Products that are oversized, irregularly shaped, unstable, heavy or have an unsuitable conveying surface may require a different handling approach. CSL Automation can assess the product and process to determine the most appropriate automation technologies.
What information do you need to assess our product?
Typically, we’ll want to understand the product’s dimensions, weight, shape, packaging and stability, alongside the required throughput and how the product currently moves through your operation. Photos, videos and product samples can also help our engineers understand the application.
Can you test our products before we invest?
Where appropriate, product testing and trials can form part of the solution development process. This can help establish how products behave with different handling technologies before the final system is specified.
Can the solution integrate with our existing conveyor system?
Yes. Where technically appropriate, CSL Automation can design new equipment to integrate with existing conveyor systems and automation. This can allow businesses to target a specific handling challenge or bottleneck without replacing the entire system.
Can one system handle different product sizes?
Potentially. The solution will depend on the variation between products, including dimensions, weight, shape and packaging. CSL can assess your complete product range and design the system around the required operating window.
What happens if some products can be conveyed and others can't?
Identification, sortation, transfers or alternative handling methods can potentially be used to direct products through the most appropriate process.
What types of technology can be used?
There isn’t one universal solution for non-conveyable products. Depending on the application, CSL may consider belt and modular conveyors, specialist transfers, lifts, robotics, AMRs or bespoke mechanical handling solutions.
How do I know if automating our process is commercially viable?
CSL can assess the existing process alongside factors such as throughput, labour requirements, manual handling, operational constraints and future volumes to determine where automation could deliver the greatest operational benefit.
What should I do if I'm not sure whether our product can be automated?
Speak to CSL Automation. You don’t need to know which technology you require. Show us the product, explain how you’re currently handling it and what you’re trying to achieve. Our team can then explore the most appropriate solution.
