Material Handling Systems, Conveyor Systems Design and Fabrication, Tuttle, Inc., Friend, NE

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Material handling systems move raw materials, part components, final parts and everything in between from one location in your facility to another. This can consist of a simple transport path, or a complex route with production steps throughout.

Our machinery is custom made to accomodate any material type including:

Packaging materials such as bottles, boxes, bags and other containers.
Bulk Materials
Powders
Liquids
Slurries
Other Parts and Materials

For examples of our custom designed and engineered systems and equipment, see our Material Handling Systems Showcase.

Specifications · Custom Designed Equipment Specifications · Conveyor Specifications

Specifications

Design Process		We will work with you to design an entire material handling system for your facility or an individual machine to supplement your current system. Our team of engineers make several visits to our customers' locations- ensuring that the equipment is designed to meet the unique layout and resources of the facility. Material selection for the equipment is based on the product that is being transported and/or the process being utilized. We design our systems with AutoCAD and Solid Edge, creating floorplans and 3D renderings of the equipment for customer approval. We supply all technical drawings, bill of materials, maintenance manual and work procedures to our clients throughout the design, fabrication and installation processes.

Common System Materials and Features		Our material handling systems can consist of single machines working alone or multiple pieces of equipment working in tandem to move product from location to location. Based on the application, we can customize the equipment with different features and materials to meet a variety of private and public standards. For the food service and pharmaceutical industries, we create all contact areas from stainless steel for sanitary purposes and to meet FDA standards. Customer requests which we have met include making equipment suitable for use in Class 100 clean room facilities. We have also designed and fabricated our material handling systems within enclosures for noise reduction purposes. We are able to design our material handling systems around the available resources of your facility. We can accomodate any: Power supply Hydraulic system Air/Compressor system Plumbing system We can create stationary equipment that is bolted to the ground, or movable equipment equiped with casters and Quick Connect adapters for all utilities. We have also made systems which ride along tracks or rails within the facility.

Quality Control Assurance		At Tuttle, Inc. we work hard to ensure that we provide a complete, customized service and inspection program to suit your every need. The value delivered is not just the auditing of individual parts and components, but the systematic overview of a system's current performance and reliability. Tuttle, Inc. performs Preventative and Predictive Maintenance using the latest and most advanced technology available. To prevent valuable loss of production time, a system and its individual components must run at peak performance... every second of downtime counts. Through our customized service contracts, knowledgeable and experienced service team, and detailed inspection reports you will know of potential problems before they become a costly failure. Our maintenance and quality assurance program include providing: Spare Parts System Tuning and Balancing System Audits System Upgrades and Improvements Each maintenance service project performed by Tuttle, Inc. is backed by a 30-day guarantee on parts and labor.

Industries Served		We can supply material handling systems for any industry or application. However, we work mainly with the: Pharmaceutical Industry Food and Beverage Industry Pet Food Industry General Manufacturing

Custom Designed Equipment Specifications

Custom Designed Equipment		At Tuttle, Inc., we are dedicated to providing you with the highest quality machinery custom built to meet your needs. We can supply various types of machinery for: Process Equipment Packaging Equipment Assembly Equipment Our Material Handling Systems can be strictly raw material handling systems, or they can be integrated into larger systems such as: Packaging Systems Processing Systems Pneumatic Product Handling Systems Custom Assembly Lines

System Components		We can supply individual material handling components such as: Lifts Elevators Hoppers Tanks Conveyors Pushers Chutes Bulk Bag Stands / Unloaders We can also fabricate and install structures and enclosures such as: Fixtures Tables Carts Platforms Catwalks Stairs Ladders We build to meet OSHA regulations using hand rails, guards, interlock switches and any other safety feature necessary for your machinery.

Controls Integration		For any machinery we fabricate and install, we can incorporate the controls system necessary. We program and wire electrical controls such as: Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) Standard Push Button Controls Emergency Stop Buttons Safety Sensors Audiovisual Alarms We use predominantly Allen-Bradley PLCs with touch-screen or panel view displays.

Conveyor Specifications

Conveyor Types		We can design any type of conveyor system to meet your material handling needs. Whether it is for use as a component of a larger system or to be used on its own, Tuttle, Inc. can supply you with custom conveyors to meet any need. Our conveyors can be made in a variety of different material options including stainless steel, carbon steel and aluminum. Our conveyors can be designed to perform a variety of functions including: Mass Accumulation Diverting Part Orientation Part Sorting Part Alignment Flighting We design our conveyors around the parts you are moving. Depending on the part size, shape and medium we can supply various types of conveyors such as: Auger Belt Cable Shaker Drag Single Lane (Intralox, Rexnord and others) Elevator / Inclined Packaging Pallet & Box Roller Conveyors Troughed

Conveyor Accessories		Our conveyors can be fitted with multiple accessories to fine-tune their performance. Our conveyor accessories include: Single Filers Package/Container Orientation Devices Reject Devices Metal Detection In-line Weighing Check-Weighing Labeling Bar Coding System (application and verification) Waterfall and Twist Container Fittings We can custom design various other accessories for any material handling need.

Material Handling Systems

Design Process

Common System Materials and Features

Quality Control Assurance

Industries Served

Custom Designed Equipment

System Components

Controls Integration

Conveyor Types

Conveyor Accessories