Conveyor Systems Modifications and Upgrades

With new technology being created every day, the efficiency of your conveyor systems can make or break your operational success. At CSL Automation, we specialise in breathing new life into your existing conveyor systems through strategic modifications and cutting edge technology to maintain the competitive advantage of your business. 

Whether you are looking to increase throughput, reduce downtime, enhance safety or integrate smart technologies into your business processes, we have a team of experts to help transform your business starting with your conveyor systems. 

Explore our range of conveyor modifications, upgrades and modernisations today and discover how we can help you maximise the potential of your conveyor systems. 

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Conveyor Modifications and Upgrades Services 

A good conveyor system is able to adapt to a company’s changes whether that be in products, company direction or increases in throughputs. With the help of CSL Automation, you can make slight modifications to your conveyor systems to create an upgraded process that meets your new requirements. Some examples of the types of modifications we offer include: 

  • Re-configurations
  • Upgrades
  • Extensions
  • Relocations
  • Fire escape route changes
  • Change in routes/scope or function
  • Safety system upgrades
  • Improvements in energy efficiency
  • Control and software changes

Benefits of Conveyor Upgrades

Investing in upgrades and modifications for your conveyor systems can yield substantial benefits that can ensure you maintain your competitive edge. Here are just a few of the benefits you could experience from the modernisation of your conveyor system:

  • Increase Efficiency and Productivity: An upgraded conveyor system can lead to faster processing speeds and reduced downtime, helping you streamline your business processes. 
  • Cost Savings: With modern conveyor components, you could expect lower maintenance and energy costs as newer components are built with durability and lower energy consumption in mind. It’s also cheaper to modify existing conveyors and replace components. 
  • Enhanced Safety Features: Updating your safety features ensure that your system meets the latest and most stringent safety standards.
  • Space Optimisation: CSL can cleverly design a modification to a system even if space in your facility is tight. 
  • Maintain Your Competitive Advantage: Businesses are constantly looking for ways to maintain their competitive advantage whether that be with new technology or streamlining processes. Conveyor modifications allow you to adapt to market changes quickly. 

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Case Studies 

Over the last 25 years, we have helped businesses transform their conveyor systems to increase efficiency, throughput and safety. From designing custom multi-level conveyor systems to adding automation to fulfilment centres, we have done it all. Take a look at the businesses we have partnered with to maximise the potential of their conveyor systems.

Choose Conveyor Systems to Transform Your Existing Conveyor System

At CSL Automation, we are experts at designing conveyor modifications to increase the efficiency of your business processes. From reconfiguring your existing conveyor system to extensions, system upgrades and safety enhancements, our team can boost the productivity and safety of your conveyor system. Get in touch with us today and experience efficiency like no other.

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FAQs

Why do I need conveyor modifications?

Conveyor modifications are the key to keeping your business ahead of the competition. By upgrading your conveyor systems, you can increase throughput and processing speeds in line with customer demand and save money at the same time with more modern conveyor system components. To upgrade your conveyor system, get in touch with our team today. 

What other conveyor system services do you offer?

At CSL Automation, we pride ourselves in helping businesses transform their business processes to maximise their potential. That’s why we offer a range of maintenance services to ensure your conveyor systems are working at their best. From mechanical servicing to spare parts and conveyor relocations, we are happy to help. For more information on our services, take a look at our maintenance page. 

How can CSL improve the safety risks we have on our older conveyor system

Safety standards and designs can chnge over time, CSL will initially identify where improvements need to be made. These include updated safety control systems, additional / relocated emergency stop buttons, additional remote control panels, fence guarding, barriers, maintenance access etc. CSL design and deploy these changes. 

Our building layout has changed and now our conveyor blocks an emergency escape route

CSL will look at all the options to suit your building, escape routes, type of operation etc. and suggest the best solution. This may include walkover steps, lift up gates in the conveyors or gantry.  

Our warehouse has a conveyor installed by someone else, Can CSL make changes to this?

This is a more difficult question to answer, each circumstance is different. CSL will look at ease case individually and make suggestions depending on what is possible, nearly always there are options which can be successfully deployed to give the desired changes.  

Carrying out regular service work on your conveyor system will significantly reduce the risk of breakdowns and can highlight parts that need replacing before they fail.

Our Maintenance options include:

 

  • Annual service contracts
  • Ad-hoc/reactive service visits
  • Visual inspections Scheduled/Preventative maintenance visits
  • Wear part replacement programmes
  • System health checks
  • Remote dial in health checks

Breakdowns

We understand the importance of your conveyor system within your warehouse/fulfillment centre/factory, in the rare event of a breakdown we will organise one of our qualified/experienced engineers to visit site ASAP and carry out the repairs needed to get you operational again.

We can repair conveyors installed by ourselves and other integrators, our engineers specialise in equipment manufactured by Conveyor Units (Uni-XU), Interroll, Ambaflex, Qimarox, Intralox, etc.

Spare Parts

Having a supply of consumable and critical spare parts on site is always highly recommended, we estimate that more than 85% of equipment breakdowns can be repaired on the initial engineer visit if parts are held on site!

The supply of spare parts could involve anything from adhoc ordering of individual parts, “front line” breakdown spares kits, critical wear parts or comprehensive spares packages to suit your bespoke system which can fitted by either your in-house maintenance engineers or fully experienced CSL engineers. Spare parts packages can be mechanical, electrical or control based or even a mix to suit your system and requirements.

We can supply both from our own stock of critical genuine spares and a large inventory from our suppliers. Expedited delivery options are also available.

Modernisation & Upgrades

However well designed a conveyor system layout is, sometimes changes in products, company direction, increases in throughputs or changes in scope occur, meaning the previous conveyor system will need changes.

These changes often include:

  • Re-configurations
  • Upgrades
  • Extensions
  • Relocations
  • Fire escape route changes
  • Change in routes/scope or function
  • Safety system upgrades
  • Improvements in energy efficiency
  • Control and software changes

Our continual improvement programs will help you to optimise workflow while also reducing the operation costs. CSL understand the importance of your conveyor system and will define a detailed plan of implementation to minimise downtime and disruption.

By carrying out these changes not only does it save money over a new system it also cuts down on downtime and environmental wastage.

Safety

Over time safety requirements and legislation change, to help keep your conveyor system compliant and operationally safe CSL can carry out modifications to an existing system and its safety functions.

Often the suggested safety upgrades and modifications include:

  • Electrical
  • Pullcord e-stop systems
  • Additional & relocation of e-stops
  • Safety barriers & bump stops
  • Pedestrian barriers including gates
  • Traffic barriers
  • Build back sensors
  • Walk over structures
  • Retro fitting lift up gates

A lot of these changes are simple and can help organisations remain safe and complaint with health and safety legislation. A quick on-site survey can help us identify possible improvements and make suggestions for these changes.

Relocations & Decommissioning

For multiple reasons materials handling systems need relocating, this is usually within the same building or to a new facility. Our project team will carry out a site and equipment survey and will produce a project plan. This would be similar to the work carried out when the system was initially installed and will ensure the equipment will fit in the new location either in the same layout or with a re-configuration.

The equipment will then be disconnected and moved to the new location before being re-fixed and re-connected, this might also involve adding to the system or making software and control modifications.

Our projects and engineering teams can also assist with complete end of usable life decommissioning prior to recycling, this includes disconnecting and making safe the electrics, removal and palletising before collection.

Creating relationships that last

We are proud to have completed installations for many major organisations, forging strong relationships and continuing to provide automation solutions through ongoing maintenance or follow-on projects due to expansion and our customers’ trust in CSL to meet and exceed their needs.