#Product Trends
RUBBER INDUSTRY TO BENEFIT FROM HEPCOMOTION RING TRACK TECHNOLOGY
"The third generation Smart Cart, or G3 now features wireless communications and the addition of a radio frequency tag (RFT) positioning system," says company director, Chris Waterhouse explaining some of the G3''s enhancements. "The application is the same, however, and we are using the identical track system as in previous generation machines - the PRT2 - as it has always performed very well."
A typical system featuring automated bag manufacture, handling and accumulation with 20 dedicated feed stations will require an investment of around £500,000, the Smart Cart G3 automated ingredients system is aimed at those in the rubber industry with multiple mixing lines processing many tonnes of rubber. Smart Cart was first developed around 10 years ago to overcome the negative constraints associated with more traditional systems where feeders are positioned around a static central weigh vessel. Such systems can suffer from lower accuracy, contamination, slow throughput and limited or no expansion possibilities.
