Conveyors are used to transport items from one area to another in a manufacturing plant or other facility. Assembly conveyors are specially designed to help workers put a product together by transporting parts from one station to another along a production line.
 

Assembly conveyors are used as a line to develop, assemble, store and transport items. They have the ability to transport in a fixed direction or can be adjusted flexibly as required. They provide convenience in moving products, ensuring speed, flexibility and productivity in the business's operating process.
 

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In terms of form and function, assembly conveyors are very similar to most other types of conveyors, the belt moves items throughout a factory until the items are ready for transport. The difference is that the assembly line is created to help workers assemble products.

Modern conveyors can deliver items to workers. Most assembly lines have a time limit on pushing an item away after a few seconds or minutes. While this may seem inconvenient, it ensures that workers move quickly enough to complete a product that meets the needs of the business.

Advanced assembly lines can set different times for different stations, because some tasks take longer than others.
 

- Increase productivity

Assembly conveyors help the assembly line become proficient. In addition, it promotes specialization which improves productivity. In case of a defect, you can replace the component or area or employee that caused the defect because it can be easily identified and repaired in a short time.

- Efficiency

A well-designed and planned assembly line can improve the speed of assembly and product completion. This means you can have more finished products in a given time. By bringing in an assembly line, you can improve this efficiency and even automate it.

- Ease of assembly and labor specialization

An assembly line allows workers or robots to specialize in a specific task. This increases ease, efficiency and reduces defects. It reduces your investment in training and specialization. An assembly line promotes this and helps build precise stop and go procedures to improve ease and efficiency in your assembly line.

- Product uniformity

By breaking down your product assembly into separate processes, you will begin to see a much more uniform and consistent end product. If one person were to create the entire product from scratch, their product could be significantly different than what another employee would put together.

- All operations are completed in a single line

Assembly conveyors help you develop a streamlined process for operation. They help reduce costs by improving throughput, optimizing cycle times, and reducing process variation.

- Low maintenance

Once the assembly conveyor has been designed and installed, it should be low maintenance and have a long life. It can be configured as required and modified as needed to accommodate new products or changes in the assembly process.
 

Assembly conveyors help assemble final products much more efficiently and smoothly by increasing production capacity in a shorter time. Different types of conveyors can be used in combination to integrate the assembly line and increase productivity.

Intech Group has the expertise to customize a solution that best suits your assembly line. Contact us today for the best advice and support: