Gary Millar, Managing Director of Armill Lift Trucks Ltd, has kindly provided the following guide on what you should look out for when buying a second hand or refurbished fork lift truck.

It has been clear that when the major companies / manufacturers supply used machines the level of refurbishment isn’t what it should be as they are more interested in supplying new forklifts. You will often find that they will promote the age of the truck rather than what has or has not gone into a refurb, whereas the smaller and mid size independent suppliers look at the hours and the level of work that has gone into the machine.

For example - What is better, to buy a 2005 machine with 8000 hours serviced checked and painted for £7000 or a 1999 machine with 5000 hours with new chains, forks, seat serviced repainted where the mast back axle and brakes have all been thoroughly tested for £7000. Age of the machine is not always the number one indicator of condition or price.

This is the most common scenario encountered when buying used machines, the customer will look at the age of the forklift over it’s hours and also what work has been done to the truck.

The other main thing to look for when buying a refurbished truck is the lead time quoted by the dealer. Every lead time tells a story, if a company quotes two weeks from date of order two things spring to mind:

They are not overly busy so they have fork trucks ready to go all refurbished.
They are not thoroughly refurbishing the truck. Any engineer will tell you in a busy workshop environment to strip a mast, back axle, brake system, replace chains and any other unserviceable part takes time, and this is before the truck is ready to be sanded and repainted.

It is difficult for the customer to know whether or not they are getting value for money but my advice is look to the independents when buying used as they take more time and it is their name on the truck and reputation on the line. Always ask to have some referrals from other customers.

Many thanks to Gary for providing this helpful guide.

Armill Lift Trucks are an Essex based company covering sales across the UK as an importer of the Clark range of Diesel, Gas and Electric powered fork lift trucks. As well as new Clark forklifts, Armill also offer used and refurbished forklifts which can be supplied as direct sales, contract hire or lease.

Does your business have a website that you feel is not generating enough new customers ? So often the reason for this is a lack of quality, focused web content. Hopefully the following information will help guide you in improving you website’s content to improve your visibility in the search engines.

The goals and objectives of your site

Most business websites will have multiple goals, they can be used to provide existing customers with extra information on your company and products, they can help convert potential prospects from other marketing avenues (magazine advertising, trade publications) and they can help bring new customers and prospects through internet search engines.

A major problem for poorly performing websites is the lack of quality keyword rich web content, and a lack of focus in content.

A tip in improving your web content is to think of your site as a summary of past project descriptions and not a generic service description limited to a single web page. When describing your past projects, talk about the city, town, county, where the service was performed. Give as much information as you can and use your keywords in the content.

Here are a few things to look for:

• Your Location. Is your business location and address found on the site? Is it shown as text or as an image? If it’s an image, be sure to have it has text too because search engines will not be able to read the text in an image.
• Your Service Area. Do you perform services or market products to more than one city or market area? If so, does your site discuss your market area in ways such as mentioning neighboring cities and counties? If you want to compete in different markets you have to talk about them.
• You Past Projects/Portfolio. If you have things like past projects, photo gallery, before and after pages, do you describe these projects in rich details that includes the service area/location? Do you write quality project descriptions that add rich content to your site?

If you have not yet taken steps to ensure your business’ online presence in local search results is complete and accurate, you’re missing a big opportunity.

Local search on the internet should never be overlooked. It can provide a boost in traffic and has a higher tendency to convert more site visitors to customers since most people prefer working with local companies, if at all possible.

Here are a few tips on helping you improve your local search results:

1. Make sure that you have a search engine friendly web site

The first step, and possibly most important step, in improving you business’ website performance in local search is to ensure that the search engines can eaily crawl your site, and identify your keywords. You can do this by minimising the use of tables and avoid deeply nesting tables. Make sure that your business name and address are featured prominently as text and not hidden in image files. The page title should contain your business name, address and keywords, place a “H1″ header tag near the top of the page that also contains your business name, area (i.e. town/city), and keywords. For example Joe Bloggs Ltd, Forklift Hire, Leeds.

2. Include your business address twice on the page

In addition to placing your business address prominently on the page (as discussed in point 1), also include it in the footer of your site. Abbreviate the business county in one of the addresses, and spell it out in the second. For example use Potters Bar, Herts for one address and Potters Bar, Hertfordshire for another.

3. Check out your business listing on the major search engines

Check out your business listings on Google, Yahoo Local, and MSN Live Search. For example seach for “keyword” + Essex (obviously if you are targetting the Essex area!) If your business is not found, you should submit a listing at Google, Yahoo etc.

For each business listing, make sure that your information is correct, your business description is complete, and that it uses the same keywords that you are using on your web site. Make sure that your description has all the information that your potential customers will need to contact you, since people often will not click through to your web site from the local business listing. Include the county in addition to the city on your business listing. Finally, check out any photos of your business on the business directories, and provide better photos where appropriate.

4. Get your business rated

Ask your satisfied customers to write reviews and rate your business at Google, Yahoo, and MSN. If possible, ask them to use the same keywords that you use in the business description and on your web site as part of their review. Don’t add too many reviews over a short period of time, and make sure that the reviews are unique.

5. Solicit local links

Find the web directories that are local to your area, and ask them to link to your web site. Contact your local chambers of commerce and ask them to link to your business from their web site.

6. Check out your competition

Do a local search for your business keywords (i.e. conveyor, Liverpool) and see who your competition is. Find out who is linking to your competitors and investigate whether you can get the same sites to link to your business. The links can be determined by going to Yahoo and typing “linkdomain:” and then your competitor’s web site (i.e. linkdomain:www.yourcompetitorssite.com). Click on “inlinks” in the results page and this will show you who is linking to that website.

If you need any further information, would like some help or would like to ask any questions feel free to contact us.

Some of the information above was taken from Search Engine Watch

Smurfit Kappa Recycling rejoined PaperChain in August and as a result PaperChain now represents over 82% of UK recovered fibre usage.

The Campaign for Real Recycling is supported by a number of influential materials reprocessors and calls for urgent action from government and local authorities to improve the quality of recycled material in the UK. Smurfit Kappa wholeheartedly supports this endeavour.

In an effort to improve their recycling rates, many local authorities are choosing single stream (co-mingled) recycling collection systems where residents can mix a range of materials in one bag or bin. The materials then have to be transported to a recycling facility to be sorted but this can result in serious contamination. Materials collected and sorted in this way can often be of such low quality that they are unfit to be reprocessed in the UK and on some occasions are only fit for incineration or landfill.

Simon Weston, managing director at Smurfit Kappa Recycling says, “Collecting high quality materials close to home and then reprocessing them at UK mills is clearly in the best interests of society, the environment and UK industry. This is why we wholeheartedly support PaperChain and its involvement with the Campaign for Real Recycling.”

Martin Green, chairman of PaperChain commented: “PaperChain remained in close contact with Smurfit Kappa throughout the merger process and knew they shared many of PaperChain’s concerns about the declining quality of UK-sourced recovered paper, particularly from the municipal waste stream. It was great to welcome them back into the organisation, and when you are voicing the opinion of over 82% of the industry you must be listened to!”

Smurfit Kappa Recycling provides tailored and sustainable recovery of all forms of paper-based packaging, mixed paper, office paper and security shredding. It is a division of the Smurfit Kappa Group that was formed in December 2005, when Jefferson Smurfit and Kappa Packaging united to form the largest fibre based packaging company in the world. The organisation is also the biggest consumer of packaging-grade recovered fibre in Europe.

Hull City Council is aiming for a greener, more efficient waste collection system for its residents by trialling the Ecoprocess Isbjörn electric bin lift.

The fuel consumption trial was organised as part of Hull’s ongoing efforts to improve their efficiency and environmental performance, and the results from a vigorous five month test period show significant improvements in carbon emissions, fuel efficiency and waste collection, equating to a carbon saving of 5.51 tonnes of CO2 per year on the trial vehicle.

In March 2007, the hydraulic lift, twin hydraulic pump and 140 amp hour chassis batteries on an existing two year-old Hull City Council RCV were replaced with an Ecoprocess Isbjörn electric bin lift, single stage hydraulic pump and up-rated 180 amp hour chassis batteries. The fuel consumption and fuel efficiency was then measured against a base line of the previous 12 months of operations and showed that the vehicle collected on average 46 kg more refuse per litre of fuel (consuming 3.09 litres less fuel) whilst saving an average of 21 operational minutes per day.

Ecoprocess then altered the Isbjörn’s programming parameters to take advantage of its ability for basic “on the fly” weighing which is achieved through electrical resistance on the drive motors when the bins are lifted. This allowed the lift to activate the packing mechanism when a fixed weight across both bins was lifted and emptied into the hopper, instead of activating the packer every time a bin was emptied.

This programme change further increased the vehicle’s efficiency. Figures indicated that overall fuel efficiency (weight lifted per litre of fuel used) improved by 13.7% above the pre trial baseline data, with fuel consumption being reduced by seven litres per day (1,843 litres per year). Based upon current market fuel prices, this would equate to a net saving of approx £1,438 in annual fuel costs.

Hull City Council was impressed with the Isbjörn performance. The crew noticed a drop in the amount of fuel the RCV required for its regular rounds, which was confirmed by the trial’s results.

Garry Middleton, Specialist Engineering and Corporate Fleet Manager at Hull City Council who co-ordinated the trial commented: “The trial proved the Isbjörn lift’s ability to meet with our key objectives: fast, efficient and quiet operations, with proven fuel savings potential at a level to offset the required capital investment, together with the minimisation of environmental damage through reduced carbon emissions.”

Garry commented that he looks forward to seeing how the Ecoprocess equipment holistically measures up over an even longer period of use, adding: “Maintenance so far has been very simple and based on current observations we are confident that the machinery’s operational integrity will be sustainable.”

Improving environmental performance is a key objective of Hull City Council, and a number of projects are underway to help reduce carbon emissions from its fleet and waste collection operations. For example the vehicle maintenance depot is powered from renewable sources of electricity, and vehicle tyres are inflated using nitrogen. The use of nitrogen within the tyres assists in longer term accurate pressure retention throughout each operational day, achieving fuel savings of around 1.5% to 2%. This also has the natural advantage of improving tyre life through reduced wear. In addition, the council has spearheaded an initiative with the Fleet “Carbon Offset” Woodland Project to plant 55,000 trees over a 10-year period on council land. The project is sponsored in partnership with the council’s vehicle, equipment and goods suppliers, while the trees are planted by local schoolchildren and community groups to help raise awareness of environmental and climate change issues.

Garry Middleton maintains: “Reducing the carbon impact of collection operations is best achieved through a holistic approach, looking at reductions across the life of every vehicle. We operate around 40 domestic RCV’s throughout Hull, so the Isbjörn lift has the potential to assist in contributing toward fuel and carbon savings.”

A similar level of fuel reduction was achieved in a trial with Greenwich Council last year and the process of emptying bins was also found to be quieter, preventing disturbance of residents early in the morning. Ecoprocess is now embarking on trials with Poole Borough Council.

Developed in partnership with leading specialists in waste collection, Ecoprocess provides innovative solutions to RCV bin lifting providing fast, efficient and lightweight operations. By reducing the weight on the rear axle, the gross payload of the vehicle is improved, and because the lifts are powered electrically via the vehicle’s batteries/alternator, reduced fuel consumption comes as standard. Ecoprocess bin lifts are interchangeable, clean and easy to service, whilst the controlled power and soft motion means that virtually no noise is generated. Remote diagnostics and maintenance help minimise the potential for downtime, as repairs can be made away from the depot.

The electrically-activated lifts have smooth surfaces, power regulation, obstacle detection and padded safety barriers covering the operating zone. Individual controls and emergency stop buttons are included on both sides of the lift and if the bins exceed safe weight limits the lifts are stopped automatically.

Companies were and still are also required to include the following information on business letters and order forms:

• place of registration (England and Wales),
• registered number; and,
• registered office address.

As of January 2007, companies are also now required to state the following on their websites:

• clearly state their name,
• state place of registration,
• state registered number; and,
• state registered office details.

You are also required to have the following information on your website:

• The name, postal address and email address of the website’s service provider.
• The name of any trade bodies or professional associations that the business is part of, including membership or registration details.
• Your VAT number, even if the website is not being used for e-commerce transactions.
• Any prices on the website must clearly state whether they are inclusive or exclusive of tax and delivery costs .

What happens if you don’t comply?

The penalty for non-compliance is a fine, which can be levied on any officer of the company or any person who authorised the issue of the non-complying document or website.

There are 4 checks which need to be made in order to comply with the additional disclosure provisions and these are as follows:

1. Ensure that your company’s website and order forms include the company name as registered at Companies House.
2. Check that the company website includes the place of registration, registered number and registered office details of the company.
3. If your company details have been submitted to websites such as trade directory sites or portals and the information is under your control (i.e. can be edited), provide the additional information to those sites.
4. If your company send business correspondence electronically (eg by email for fax) check that email templates, fax front sheets and any other electronic templates (including blackberrys) include the required information.

We have had a number of people asking how they can get their press releases published in Materials Handling UK, well here is a quick guide:

• Your company MUST be related to the UK materials handling industry. We will not publish press releases on unrelated industries. The process is human edited rather than automated so any non-relevant material or spam will be caught.
• Your company MUST be in our directory. This doesn’t mean that you have to pay to publish your press releases, companies with FREE listings are also welcome to send us their information.
• Either email your press release to webmaster[@]materials-handling.co.uk (remove the square brackets), or fill in the press release submission form.

Below are a few of the more relevant questions we have been asked and their answers which should provide a little more information. If, after reading this information, you still have a question then by all means contact us and we will answer your query.

We are an American company, but have a customer base in the UK, can we send in press releases to be published ?

Any company, relevant to the industry, that supplies the UK is welcome to send in press releases regardless of where they are based. The only stipulation we have is that the company is listed in our directory. You can submit your company for a listing here.

We have images relevant to our press release, can we publish these alongside the story ?

At present only companies with an enhanced listing in the directory can publish images with their press release. You can view information on advertising here, or alternatively contact us and we will quote you a cost for a tailored listing.

We hope this information is useful and we look forward to hearing from you.

Materials Handling UK

A screw conveyor is an Archimedian screw which is housed within a tube and powered by a motor which turns the screw conveyor and transports the material from one end of the conveyor to the other.

A Screw conveyor is one of the oldest and simplest methods for moving bulk materials and consist primarily of a conveyor screw rotating in a stationary trough. Material placed in the trough is moved along its length by rotation of the screw. The modern screw conveyor is compact, easily integrated into congested locations and can be mounted horizontal, vertical, and in inclined configurations.

A screw conveyor is particularly useful in transporting granular materials such as cereal grains or plastic granules used in the injection moulding process. Screw conveyors are also used to transport liquids.

In an industrial, materials handling application a screw conveyor may be used as a rotary feeder or a variable rate feeder to deliver a measured quantity of product or raw material into a process.

The simplicity of operiation is the key element when it comes to a screw conveyor, the only moving part is the motor driven spiral which rotates within the sealed tube to transport the product. This results in screw conveyors being simple, robust and very easily maintained, screw conveyors provide a low cost, versatile conveying capability for many bulk materials handling applications.

Screw conveyors can be effectively sealed to prevent dust or fumes from escaping or debris or moisture from entering. The screw conveyor can be jacketed to serve as a dryer or cooler, or furnished in a wide variety of materials to resist corrosion, abrasion or heat.

If you are looking to source a screw conveyor and would like to contact relevant suppliers then check out our directory. Alternatively if your company manufactures or supplies screw conveyors and you are not currently in our directory then you can get listed by filling in the submission form.

Introduction

Bulkflow has risen to become a world leader in the indirect heat- ing and cooling of powder and bulk solids in many industries world-wide (chemicals, polymers, fertilizers, detergents, minerals, oilseeds, grains, food products, sugar and biosolids). Over the last few years, Bulkflow Technologies has introduced this technology to the sugar industry with great success. The technology has quick- ly become established as a proven and effective method for cooling sugar crystals before storage and packaging. The Bulkflow cooler can be installed either as a primary cooler or a secondary cooler and is readily adaptable to plant retrofits.

Bulkflow heat exchanger

The Bulkflow heat exchanger is a unique piece of equipment that consists of a bank of vertical, closely spaced, hollow, stainless steel plates. The sugar flows slowly by gravity between the plates in mass flow. Cooling water flows through the plates in counter-cur- rent for high thermal efficiency. The cooling occurs by heat transfer through the sugar particles and is exclusively based on conduction. Below the heat exchanger a vibrating discharge feeder creates mass flow and regulates the sugar throughput. The Bulkflow sugar cool- ing technology is covered by world-wide patents which are regu- larly maintained. Bulkflow also benefits from a strong Research & Development department who produced many patent pending applications for various bulk solid heat exchange designs which are currently introduced for various key applications.

Installation and operation at Brugelette

In order to achieve optimum storage or packaging for white crystal sugar, several conditions must be fulfilled. Aspects linked to sugar quality, which need to be tightly controlled, are residual moisture, crystal size and uniformity of the sugar storage temperature. The local ambient conditions (temperature, relative humidity) as well as the type of sugar storage silo (unventilated, unheated, ventilated, heated) must also be considered. In the horizontal storage silo of Raffinerie Tirlemontoise, Brugelette, the ideal sugar storage tem- perature for the local ambient conditions is approximately 30 °C. Before the 2005 campaign the Brugelette sugar factory completed several modernization projects including replacing old centrifuges. A direct result of changing the centrifuges was a higher sugar tem- perature at the outlet and it soon become apparent that the existing drying and cooling system could not handle the increased tempera- ture, thereby sending sugar out to storage much above the required safe storage temperature of 30 °C.

The Brugelette sugar factory was previously using a combined ro- tary drum dryer and cooler, with the first section being used as a counter current air dryer and the second section as an air cooler using ambient air, also in a counter-current configuration. The ex- isting dryer section, could still meet the increased load, drying the sugar to below 0.04% water content, however, the drum’s cooling section could not cope with the resulting increase in temperature and was no longer able to provide a required sugar outlet tempera- ture of 30 °C.

According Ms. Philippart, project engineer at the Brugelette sugar factory, the choice of the Bulkflow sugar cooler was based on the following criteria:

• Compact design which was easily integrated into the existing structure
• Extremely low energy consumption of approximately 0.33 kWh/t product
• No air consumption and therefore no large fans and ducts and no need for large and costly auxiliary equipment such as air filters or cyclones.

The cooling water circuit needed for the exchanger was cleverly designed by the plant engineers by using a small portion of the beet wash-water transported from the settling ponds to the washing plant. The water is filtered and sent through a small plate and frame heat exchanger, which cools the closed-loop water system for the Bulkflow, before rejoining the main water stream on its way to the washing plant. With this design, the Bulkflow unit provides adequate cooling of the sugar even at the beginning of the campaign when the water in the settling ponds is relatively warm. As this technology does not use air to cool the product, the plant was able to realize important savings by avoiding the expensive task of installing additional air pollution equipment. Also the fact that air is not used in the Bulkflow exchanger provides an impor- tant increase in the quality of the final sugar product as the risk of external contamination with bad odors or microbiological contami- nants is completely eliminated.

The operation of the cooler is completely automated, with the unit’s level and temperature control system integrated in the plant’s Dis- tributed Control System (DCS). Typical process operating data for the Bulkflow sugar cooler during the campaign 2006 was cooling 80 t/h of sugar from 48 °C to 30 °C using cooling water at 20 °C. The maintenance of the equipment consists of washing the interior of the exchanger at the end of the campaign. This operation is ex- tremely easy as large doors allow good access to the plate banks. Both the inlet hopper and the vibrating discharge feeder are also equipped with quick release inspection and main- tenance openings.

An overview of Bulkflow Materials Handling

Bulkflow Technologies Inc., formerly Cominco Engineering, was formed in 1999. The Bulkflow Heat Exchanger was originally invented to find a better way to cool granular fertilizer. The Technology has consistently delivered impressive results in a wide variety of applications. As a result of extensive development and testing the Bulkflow Heat Exchanger technology has been successfully applied in more then 250 installations in more than 30 countries.Bulkflow Technologies distributes its technology through a network of offices and sales representatives in North America. The company also has subsidiary operations in Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, and The United Kingdom to serve the European market. The Asian and South American markets are served through strategically located dealers in numerous countries.

The technology behind Bulkflow

The Bulkflow Heat Exchanger heats and cools powders and bulk solids and combines the two sciences of indirect heat transfer and mass flow of bulk solids. The powder or bulk solids move slowly by gravity between vertical heat transfer surfaces formed by welded plates containing the heat transfer fluid, typically water in the case of a cooler. Mass flow design ensures uniform heat transfer. Mass flow is a critical element in the successful design of the Bulkflow Heat Exchanger. A specially designed discharge feeder is mounted at the bottom of the equipment to control the product feed-rate and create mass flow through the heat exchanger. The vertical configuration of the equipment provides for a large heat transfer area in a compact unit, resulting in a very efficient design.

The benefits and features of Bulkflow equipment

Bulkflow equipment has many features and benefits that make it stand out compared to alternative technologies. Unlike many other types of bulk solids coolers, the Bulkflow system does not require fans or large volumes of air to operate. This dramatically lowers energy consumption and results in zero emissions, making the system “environmentally friendly.” The Bulkflow System is a fully enclosed system, therefore eliminating concern of contamination. This is especially important in the food industry or when dealing with hazardous materials. Bulkflow provides gentle product handling due to a static design with no moving parts. The technology is safe, compact and reliable. This makes it easy to integrate with existing equipment and means low, installation, maintenance and capital costs.

Potential suitable applications for Bulkflow technology

The Bulkflow Heat Exchanger has been used effectively to heat or cool a wide variety of powders, pellets, granules, and other bulk solids. Applications include: Chemicals, Fertilizers, Minerals, Oilseeds, Grains, Food products, Sugars and Biosolids.

Conclusion

Bulkflow Technologies Inc. is a recognized market leader in its field. Bulkflow remains dedicated to combining the most innovative and effective design concepts, the highest degree of engineering expertise, and the strength and assets of its people. Through Technology, Experience and Capability, we are committed to meeting the needs and expectations of our customers.

For more information contact Bulkflow Technolgies.

At Rusmail Conveyor Systems we relish the challenge of solving our clients’ materials handling problems. For over twenty years we have been designing, manufacturing and installing high quality conveyors and conveyor systems which are practical, efficient and built to last.

One Point Responsibility

From the first phone call through the initial sketches to the completed project, you only deal with our expert team of engineers who will work with you to create a conveyor system which is perfectly suited to its task and environment.

Unusual or Specialised Conveyor Application?

To Rusmail each conveyor system application is pleasingly different but we can draw on our broad experience in devising systems for moving unit loads for a wide variety of industries and applications, to develop the right solution for your needs.

Contact us today and let us resolve your materials handling dilemmas.

Conveyor Application Case Studies

Specialised Industrial Conveyor Application

When Rockwood Pigments was looking for a neat, clean and controlled way to move small quantities of lightweight material, Rusmail Conveyor systems came up with the answer.

The brief was to develop a conveyor which could be built into a larger materials handling scheme which could move iron oxide powder from a drying hopper and into packing cases. As the material is weighed at each end of the conveyor, Rusmail had to devise a way of ensuring none of the highly concentrated material was lost along the way.

Borrowing from its experience in the food industry handling dried products, the solution Rusmail developed comprised an anti-static flighted conveyor with flexible walls to contain the material on the belt.

Warehouse Conveyor Solution

Rusmail Conveyor Systems ticked several of the right boxes with the installation of a mezzanine floor conveyor for Lucas World of Furniture. It was less disruptive than installing a lift; it increased automation in the warehouse and drastically reduced manual handling of heavier items of furniture.

Based in Aylesbury, Lucas is renowned for its distinctive range of furniture sourced all over the world especially for the retailer’s Buckinghamshire customer base. MD, David Lucas said: “With the Rusmail kit we didn’t need to make drastic adaptations to the building so the project could be completed quickly during our quieter period. Another advantage is how ‘back-friendly’ the conveyor is allowing us to take care of our staff and comply with health & safety requirements.”

Lucas Furniture decided on the Rusmail system having seen it in action at another furniture retailer. An added feature to the Lucas system is the mobile gravity roller Expandaveyor which can be adjusted in height and angle to unload from vehicles of different heights. It can also be stowed away after use to make room for the delivery trucks to park in the warehouse overnight.

Improving Waste Collection & Increasing Productivity

Rusmail Conveyor Systems helped solve a waste collection problem when fulfilling two orders for a total of seven QD belt conveyors for client, Oxford Plastics, the UK’s leading manufacturer of road cones and barriers.

The belts replaced an earlier roller system and had to be specially reinforced to cope with hot and heavy loads as 60°C recycled plastic pedestals.

For security fencing, weighing 25kg are dropped onto the conveyor from presses. A by-product of this process is waste material which used to fall through the gaps between the rollers on the original conveyor and onto the floor. It then had to be collected manually and cleared away. Using Rusmail’s QD Belt Conveyors, the waste material remains on the belt along with the plastic bases and then drops off into a waste collector at the end of the conveyor.

Peter Creighton of Oxford Plastics said: “The decision to install Rusmail’s belt conveyors has shaved off an hour a day of machine cleaning time and upped our productivity by 4%.”