A partnership agreement between Crisplant and Australian materials handling company Industrial Conveying is turning parcel sorting systems into quantifiable energy savers for Australian industry.
Crisplant’s longstanding edict is that environmentally friendly products not only have to save the planet, but they should save money as well to quantify themselves for industry application.
The ICA/Crisplant partnership is offering Australian companies the chance to draw on this capacity to gain a total turn key project from conception to handover – complete with strong technical focus on the optimisation of power requirements, the companies claim.
ICA is a materials handling design and manufacturing company which provides local system and equipment support, so the partnership encourages a high percentage of Australia-manufactured equipment with only the sorter being imported.
Head of ICA’s Design and Engineering Division, Barry Thompson, says local engineering and service support is the critical factor for a geographically isolated continent such as Australia.
‘This partnership provides a local presence for technicians and technology for materials handling and sorting systems which would otherwise have to rely on slow delivery times from Europe or North America,” said Thompson.
“There is no doubt that in post and parcel handling operations a fast and efficient sorting system is an absolute necessity and the cliché ‘time is money’ always applies.
“But it is also true that energy is money – or to put it another way, ‘using less energy saves money’.
“So the ICA/Crisplant partnership is here to provide fast, efficient sorting systems that also work on a much lower power requirement.”
The LS-4000 series of sorters from Crisplant are reportedly the first to incorporate innovative linear synchronous motors (LSM) as their drive technology rather than industry-standard linear induction motors (LIM).
These next generation LSMs have been engineered by Crisplant to boost electrical efficiency so that they use 75% less energy than comparable sorters with LIM motors – without affecting operating speeds, capacity or reliability.
High-speed LSM actually eliminates contact between moving parts, thus providing ultra-low levels of wear-and-tear and extremely quiet operation, the companies claim.
This series of sorters also introduces a common installation and technology platform that focuses on a space-saving design that provides valuable extra room above the sorter and on the floor to maximise space.