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SIC: 5181, 5182
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Hytrol Distributor: Cisco-Eagle Inc. (Little Rock, AR)
Conveyors Help Company Capitalize on Business Opportunity!
Liquor distributor swiftly responds to market demand
for micro brews by adding new conveyor line. Total installation time: Just
11 Days.
Who do you turn to when you need a new conveyor
line up and running fast to take advantage of a high potential business
opportunity? For Barrett-Hamilton Co., the answer was Hytrol Conveyor
Company. and its distributor, Cisco-Eagle Inc. of Little Rock.
Barrett-Hamilton, a Little Rock based distributor
of distilled spirits, wines, and popular beers, wanted to capitalize on the
burgeoning consumer demand for microbrewed beers. And it wanted to
take advantage of the opportunity quickly. Yet the company's distribution
facility did not have the conveyor capacity needed to handle such a major
expansion to its existing product line. Working with Cisco-Eagle, Barrett-Hamilton developed
a straightforward and highly efficient response to the challenge. The
new system incorporated minimum pressure power conveyors and curves, an incline,
and a rugged skate wheel diverter that streamlines the flow of orders to the
delivery docks. All of the equipment is seamlessly integrated to facilitate
order flow.
One particular feature of the project merits
special attention: the tight time frame. Complete installation-from
initial order to final implementation and testing-took only 11 days.
Barrett-Hamilton was able to achieve this kind of turnaround by ordering
the equipment and component from Hytrol's FasTrak Distribution Center in
St. Louis. The FasTrak Center can provide 24-Hour shipping on more
than 50 conveyor models in over 2,400 sizes.
Responding to a Business Need
The new conveyor system moves full-case quantities
of micro beers from a ground-level storage area to a quality control station
on the mezzanine. All orders need to pass through this station prior
to loading on the delivery trucks. For the full-case pick line, Cisco-Eagle installed
100 feet of minimum pressure horizontal power conveyor (190-ACC) with a feeder
belt at the end. An incline conveyor (190-RB) carries the orders up
to the mezzanine level. There, a live roller curve conveyor (190-LRC)
moves them onto a reversible belt conveyor, which is the quality control
station. Two other pick lines also merge at the quality control
station.
After passing a thorough inspection, all of the
orders move through an accumulation conveyor, down a decline conveyor and
onto high density skatewheel curves enroute to the shipping area. At
this point, Barrett-Hamilton had been having a problem with cases jamming
and not diverting properly. To address this situation and to accommodate
the volume added by the micro brew line, Cisco-Eagle added a "Y" switch divert
with high-density skatewheels and manual plow. This Hytrol unit provides
a simple method of smoothly converging or diverting product from one line
to another without jamming or back up. Barrett-Hamilton now provides a wide range of
micro brews to its retail customers, thereby capitalizing on an important
new business opportunity. And a basic conveyor system-fully installed
in less than two weeks-helped make it possible.
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