HaRo designs conveyor system over roof cladding

Traditional means of transportation such as forklift trucks, pallet trucks or hand trucks are still taken for granted and considered irreplaceable tools in traditional industrial companies. However, the fact that these always require manual operation and often reach their limits in today's industrial complexes is not yet sufficiently recognized by many management teams.

The solution with the use of modern conveyor elements is as simple as it is obvious: integrated transport systems not only help to radically reduce transport and personnel costs, but also offer a wide range of solutions and possible applications. The HaRo Group recently faced a particular challenge when it needed to connect two production halls and warehouses using innovative conveyor technology - via the existing roof cladding. The HaRo team had to develop a system capable of transporting goods weighing up to 800 kg from the production area of an old building with a buffer section across a bridge into the new warehouse.

About HaRo

HaRo has been active in the field of conveyor technology for more than 50 years. Heinz Hackländer founded the company in 1957, producing copper and brass gift items in a rented corrugated iron shed. After four years, sales were declining and the small businessman was looking for new ideas. He was inspired by his location in Wermelskirchen, which was regarded as the hub of the German wheel and castor industry. In 1961, he learned about the flow racks already in use in the USA, in which rollers screwed in sideways made lightweight boxes and cartons moveable. He presented his first sample rollers at the Hanover Industrial Trade Fair and promptly received a major order. The new rotating element was the starting point. Hackländer devised more and more applications, such as wider rollers for heavier loads with profiles and feet - the first roller conveyor. In 1967, the new factory in the Wermelskirchen - Elbringhausen industrial estate was built in several construction phases, initially with a production area of 2,500 m2.

Holistic design of a transport system and commissioning

Equipped with individual HaRo components, including roller conveyors, lifting tables, pallet buffers and rotating platforms, combined with the patented vertical conveyor, an integrated transport system was designed and successfully put into operation. This transports goods to their destination fully automatically, even at heights of up to ten meters.

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