Speed Chain or Roller Conveyor? Choosing for High-Mix Assembly
Both conveyor types can move a carrier at the same rate. The difference appears when the product changes every few hours, when…
Speed chain lines move carriers at 2.5× chain speed and allow free accumulation at every station — the default choice for electronics, appliance and automotive assembly.
Both conveyor types can move a carrier at the same rate. The difference appears when the product changes every few hours, when…
Takt time is a division. Line balance is where the work actually happens. Here is how to divide stations, size buffers and avoid a…
A speed chain line is not a roller conveyor with a different name. The 2.5× ratio between chain and carrier speed changes how you…
Describe the product, the rate and the constraint that worries you. We will tell you what the line needs — and what it does not.