A modular conveyor system can help optimize production, incorporate accessories that enhance quality, and provide serviceability that increases uptime while lowering replacement costs. With the profusion of regulations, microprocessor-based processing equipment, formulation, testing, and other issues, the last thing that candy packagers need to be worried about is good old-fashioned material handling. Yet, this is an area that has become more sophisticated and can definitely impact both quality and the bottom line. Conveyors and accessory fixtures that are not precisely integrated into a production scheme can diminish productivity and even compromise quality standards. Production optimization is compromised when the conveyor system does not include all the right features, either because they are viewed as expensive or are unknown to system designers. In other cases, traditional conveyor systems that start out fitting production needs exactly become "de-optimized" due to changes in production equipment, causing the conveyor systems to no longer provide a precise fit.
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