In today's fast-paced industries, the efficient movement of products is vital for productivity and cost reduction. Among conveyor systems, the Chain Driven Live Roller (CDLR) conveyor stands out for its versatility and value. In this blog post, we will explore the advantages of CDLR conveyors and why they are widely used in warehousing, distribution, and manufacturing.

1. Versatile Handling of Various Products:
CDLR conveyors can transport products of different sizes and shapes. With adjustable roller spacing, they accommodate small boxes and large, bulky items, reducing the need for multiple conveyors and saving time and costs.

2. Durability and Reliability:
Built for heavy loads and constant use, CDLR conveyors are highly durable. Their chain-driven rollers are less prone to slippage or breakage, resulting in minimal downtime for maintenance and repairs.

3. Customization for Space Optimization:
CDLR conveyors can be customized to fit unique layouts. They can curve around corners, incline or decline to match production line elevations, maximizing space utilization and improving workflow.

4. Increased Productivity and Streamlined Operations:
CDLR conveyors enhance productivity by ensuring a smooth and continuous flow of products, reducing bottlenecks and handling time. This leads to quicker order fulfillment, reduced labor costs, and improved customer satisfaction.

CDLR conveyors offer a range of benefits that drive efficiency, productivity, and cost-effectiveness in industrial operations. Their versatility in handling different products, durability, customization options, and seamless integration into existing setups make them essential for warehouses, distribution centers, and manufacturing facilities. By implementing CDLR conveyors, businesses can optimize operations, minimize downtime, and stay competitive in today's demanding market.

When it comes to choosing the right type of pallet rack for your warehouse, two options are often compared: roll-formed and structural. Both types have their advantages and disadvantages, and the decision ultimately depends on your specific needs and budget.

Roll-formed pallet rack is made from thin sheets of steel that are rolled into shape and then welded or bolted together. This type of rack is less expensive than structural rack and is more versatile, as it can be easily adjusted and reconfigured. Roll-formed rack is also lighter in weight, which can be an advantage if you need to move or relocate the rack.

Structural pallet rack, on the other hand, is made from thicker steel that is welded together to create a more durable and sturdy rack. This type of rack is ideal for heavy-duty applications and is able to withstand higher weight capacities. Structural rack is also more resistant to damage from forklifts and other machinery, making it a good choice for high-traffic areas.

In terms of capacity, structural rack is typically able to handle more weight per level than roll-formed rack. This is because the steel used in structural rack is thicker and stronger, allowing it to support more weight without bending or buckling. However, roll-formed rack can still be a good option for lighter loads or for applications where frequent adjustments are needed.

Overall, the decision between roll-formed and structural pallet rack comes down to your specific needs and budget. If you need a more durable and heavy-duty rack, structural may be the better choice. If you need versatility and adjustability, roll-formed may be the way to go. Ultimately, consulting with a pallet rack expert can help you make the best decision for your warehouse.

Skatewheel conveyors are a vital tool in the world of material handling, especially in industries that require the efficient transportation of light to medium loads. One of the most critical aspects of designing a skatewheel conveyor is determining the number of wheels per foot required to ensure that the conveyor operates smoothly and efficiently. In this blog post, we will delve deeper into the technical aspects of determining the wheels per foot on a skatewheel conveyor.

The first consideration is the load that will be transported on the conveyor. The weight and dimensions of the load have a significant impact on the number of wheels required to support the load and ensure its smooth movement. A heavier load will require more wheels per foot to distribute the weight evenly, while lighter loads can operate with fewer wheels.

Another important factor is the diameter of the skatewheel. Skatewheels come in various diameters, and the larger the diameter, the more weight the wheel can support. As a result, fewer wheels per foot will be required for larger diameter wheels. The spacing between the skatewheels is also crucial in determining the number of wheels required. The spacing should be such that the load is evenly distributed, and there is no sagging or deflection in the conveyor bed.

The speed of the conveyor is also a vital consideration. A faster-moving conveyor will require more wheels per foot to support the load and maintain stability. Conversely, a slower-moving conveyor can operate with fewer wheels per foot.

The number of wheels per foot on a skatewheel conveyor requires a detailed analysis of several technical factors. Proper consideration of the load weight, skatewheel diameter, wheel spacing, and conveyor speed will ensure that the conveyor operates smoothly and efficiently, providing reliable material handling for your facility. By taking the time to design a skatewheel conveyor that meets your unique needs, you can optimize your material handling operations, increase productivity, and reduce costs.

Get your Office Organized with Workstations and Cubicles from Indoff

Not everyone realizes that Indoff is about much more than conveyor systems. We sell office interiors as well and among our most popular products are office workstations and cubicles. We can design custom cubicles to suit your specific
needs and create almost any kind of workstation imaginable. Just contact your Indoff branch partner, John Fincher, at 404-216-0304 to find out how you can organize your office to help your employees be more efficient and productive.

Reorganizing your Office Work Space

John can visit your office and evaluate your current set up while he looks at ways to improve your processes through skillful organization of workstations and cubicles. He will ask a number of important questions and listen carefully to
your answers. He will consider your company’s needs from formulating the initial concept through completion of the project. John will be able to customize a solution that will work in conjunction with your current practices and help you
meet your future goals. He is an expert with Auto Cad software and will be able to show you a virtual office design in an electronic format that will exceed your expectations.

Making the Most of Cubicles

The Indoff cubicles offer customization options not found with every cubicle system on the market today. All the cubicle walls surrounding the worker can be transformed into productive work surfaces or even small nooks for personal items like pictures or plants. The cubicle walls are all within reach of the worker and the feature holes and hooks for hanging shelves, bulletin boards and other accessories. This serves to provide more usable horizontal work surface as some items can be moved to vertical surfaces. John can find out exactly what your company needs and make suggestions that will help you get your employees in super-organized mode.

Let John come out to your facility today for a free consultation. He can do an Auto Cad drawing for you and help you find a way to streamline your processes through better organization and work flows. In today’s precarious economy, doing more with less is the top survival tactic with most businesses, and Indoff workstations and cubicles can help offices organize their staff so that the same group of employees can increase sales, production and revenue.

Choosing a material handling solutions requires taking a number of factors into consideration including total costs, labor concerns, safety issues and the environmental impact of the conveyor system. Using automated material handling solutions to move products from one point to another is the best way to reduce costs and maximize efficiency. Conveyor systems designed by John Fincher, Branch Partner at Indoff, Inc. can offer numerous advantages to warehouse managers and their companies.

Your Indoff Atlanta Branch Partner, John Fincher, can provide you with top-of-the-line pneumatic tube systems by Eagle or Diebold. Designed for use in industrial, commercial or retail applications, pneumatic tube systems will save your organization both time and money.

Faster and More Cost Effective Delivery

With the ability to move 20 to 25 feet per second, pneumatic tube systems are much faster than people. The systems make much more efficient use of time while saving on labor costs. Employees' time can be used more effectively when important items and vital information is transported securely by a pneumaticsystem. The systems are safe and reliable, and installation by skilled professionals can be arranged by your Indoff Atlanta Branch Partner, John Fincher.

Pneumatic Tube Systems Specially Designed for Every Customers

Pneumatic Tube Systems provide easy, secure delivery of currency, medications, lab specimens and product samples among many other items. The fast-paced world in which we live and work today requires operations managers to find ways to cut budgets and run facilities more efficiently. Pneumatic tube systems are designed to do just that. There are a number of different systems available, each of which can be adjusted to meet the specific criteria of the customer. Indoff Atlanta Branch Partner, John Fincher, can gather specifications and produce CAD drawings for virtually any pneumatic tube system needs.

Pressure/Pressure Systems

A pressure/pressure pneumatic system is the easiest to install and the most cost effective. It transfers items between two similar send/receive stations through a singular interconnecting tube.

Pressure/Vacuum System

The pressure/vacuum systems move carriers under pressure in one direction and under vacuum on the return. This particular system allows for more flexibility when transferring items.

Ticket Delivery System

A more recent innovation, the ticket delivery system is used most commonly by factories and warehouses that send and receive large volumes of products. The system is designed to convey items between the truck scale and the dispatch office.

Cash-Lift and Cash-Line

The cash-lift system is a two-way pressure vacuum system used mostly by the retail industry. It is convenient for employees partly because it takes up minimal counter space. The cash-line system is a one-way vacuum system that eliminates the need for manual cash collection. It is able to remove cash from a busy unsecured customer area and transport it to a secure area.

Centrix and M2 Elite - The Most Technologically Advanced Systems

The Centrix System is a semi-automatic system featuring amazing new technology. The system has one master station that is capable of sending and receiving carriers from as many as 21 different sub-stations. The M2 Elite System is a drive-thru tube system with a two-way video system integrated into the customer unit. This system is most commonly used by banks.

Indoff can save you money and help you trim time and resources from your organization's daily functions. Just call your Atlanta Branch Partner, John Fincher to get the process started. 404-216-0304.

Table top conveyor systems cannot operate efficiently without high quality table top chain. That is why Indoff is partnering with IWIS to provide customers with the best table top chain products available in the industry.

Indoff and IWIS offer the FLEXON maxxTop range of chain products which can be designed in stainless steel, plastic flat top, cast iron and regular plastic. The table top conveyor chains can also be designed in straight running or side flexing plate top versions. The chains are ideal for all kinds of industrial applications that use conveyor systems to move products.

• Beverage industry
• Container conveyance
• Pack conveyor systems
• Washing machines
• Bottling plants
• Packaging machines
• Packaging industry
• Glass industry
• Food processing industry

Our table top conveyor chains can be custom designed and built to meet each individual customer’s requirements for their specific applications. We offer a wide array of standard special straight and bent attachment plates, but are also able to help customers develop their own designs to fit special applications.

A variety of conveyor chains are available that include extended pins, U-shaped attachments and multi-strand connecting links. IWIS conveyor chains offer a number of unique benefits including:

• Parallel and synchronous operation
• Extremely precise positioning
• Higher than the norm tensile strength
• Smooth and quiet running

There is nothing lacking in Indoff’s ability, together with IWIS, to provide customers with the exact table top conveyor chain needed for a perfect solution to virtually any application challenge. Call your Indoff Branch Partner, John Fincher, for all of you table top conveyor chain needs. 404-216-0304

Cleated belt conveyors are one of Indoff's specialties, and are designed to control product on a horizontal or inclined conveyor. They are available in both belt or chain styles and the conveyors can be designed to fit into small or narrow spaces.

The key to the design of a successful and efficient cleated belt conveyor system is the spacing and the durability of the cleats. Both of these features may vary based on the customers' specifications. The cleats come in a variety of shapes, sizes and heights, and may be applied at various angles for better product control. The cleats are securely welded to the conveyor belts so that even very heavy products can be moved safely from one point to another.

The conveyor belts are also available with sidewalls which prevent products from spilling. Cleated belt conveyor systems can support virtually any type of product, from food to chemicals and from powders to liquids.

Indoff's cleated belt conveyor systems are designed to handle large or small product loads. Typically, light to medium belt systems hold 200 to 500 pound products while heavy duty applications are designed to support 500 to 1,500 pound products.

When your facility is in need of a cleated belt conveyor system, contact Indoff Atlanta Branch Manager, John Fincher at 404-216-0304. John can take your specifications and design a cleated belt conveyor system to move your products safely, quickly and efficiently.

A conveyor designed to be moved as a unit, Indoff portable conveyor may be wheel mounted or have supports that provide mobility. The moveable design allows operators to relocate the conveyor as needed to different areas of a factory, warehouse, storage facility or other building.

Indoff Portable Conveyor Ideal for Bulk Materials Handling Jobs

An Indoff portable conveyor is a convenient and inexpensive way to relocate warehouse or factory offices, process bulk materials onsite or manage supplies inside storage facilities. Most portable conveyor systems can accept products that are very heavy and those products can be easily moved from one place to another at a job site resulting in a safer more efficient way to move materials.

Moving Small Parts Made Easy with Indoff Portable Conveyor

Some specialized Indoff portable conveyor systems can be used to move small parts between levels. The special cleated belt along with the side guards can easily capture small parts and move them to a hopper, drum or other location. The portable conveyor features flapper guards that keep any small parts from falling through the belt.

Portable Folding Gravity Conveyor can be Stored on Trucks

This particular Indoff portable conveyor with its ergonomic design can speed up loading and unloading jobs
while reducing injuries, stress and strain on dock workers. The folding gravity conveyor can be stored on delivery trucks for use as needed, and is designed to accommodate larger cartons and packages up to 300 pounds. The tough aluminum rollers and sturdy axles make this a highly durable product. The floor supports are adjustable as is the speed of the belt which can be set to move in either direction. The  conveyor features center hinges for convenient folding and storage along with nylon coated lift handles for easy carrying.

Special Portable Conveyor Moves Products up or down Inclines

Boxes, bags, cases cartons and other product containers can be moved up or down virtually any incline with specially a designed Indoff portable conveyor. The narrow width allows the conveyor to be used in a stairway to move products from one floor to another. It can also be propped on a shelf and used for stacking products or picking out orders. This portable conveyor can even stand on end when not being used to minimize the amount of space taken up in a storage area.

Variety is the Key

The various Indoff portable conveyor systems each have their own unique designs that are applicable to different loading, unloading, moving and storage situations. The many choices in portable conveyor simplify jobs for delivery workers as well as loading dock, factory and warehouse workers. Along with speeding up the process of moving products, the portable conveyor helps reduce on-the-job injuries, worker’s compensation claims and absenteeism at work.

When your facility faces a challenge in which an Indoff portable conveyor may offer a solution, contact your Indoff Atlanta Branch Manager, John Fincher, at 404-216-0304. John can pay an onsite visit to your facility, observe your situation and provide a solution using one of the many options in portable conveyors.

The primary purpose of Indoff accumulation conveyor is to hold a product in place on the conveyor until an automated signal is given to release the product. This type of conveyor is ideal for distribution warehouses that need product to accumulate at or near a loading dock so that it can be conveniently loaded onto trucks when it is time for the product to be transported to a retail facility or end user.

There are two main types of applications for Indoff accumulation conveyor. For example one type of application may be used when a product needs to be fed at a specified rate of speed to a machine that will seal it, sort it or do something else with it. The rate of speed at which the product is sent along the conveyor can be altered depending on the job. Another option would be to simply hold the product in one place until a truck is ready to be loaded up with the product.

The Indoff accumulation conveyor typically comes with two pressure options. Minimum pressure allows products to lightly touch each other while they are being conveyed. Zero pressure accumulation means the products do not touch each other at all during the conveying process, and there is no force whatsoever placed on the product when it stops along the conveyor. The level of pressure may be set and changed at any time based on the sensitivity of the product being conveyed.

Your Indoff representative, John Fincher, can help you design an Indoff accumulation conveyor system that fits the specific needs of your warehouse or distribution center. If you already have an accumulation conveyor system but have parts that are wearing and need replacing, John can help you with parts like belting, drives, pulleys, bearings, rollers, squaring rods, flood supports and chain. Just call your Atlanta Indoff Branch Partner, John Fincher, for all of your accumulation conveyor needs. 404-216-0304.