Bar Accumulator

Rolco International has developed a new accumulator design to reliably accumulate rows of wrapped or unwrapped baked goods or bars. This capability allows manufacturers of these types of food products to decrease waste and increase profitability with less manpower required.

Rows that require accumulation are loaded onto a stainless steel product carrier by a servo driven noser conveyor that is synchronized with the servo drive which moves the product carrier. The product carrier design is unique in that the floor pivots down after the rows of bars have been loaded onto it. This design ensures that the rows do not become dislodged while being transported between the infeed station and the discharge station. At the discharge point, the product carrier is traveling horizontally, the floor of the product carrier is actuated up and the rows of bars or cookies are swept off the product carrier by a stationary wiper bar. The rows of bars or cookies are transported onto the infeed conveyor of the last wrapper and proceed to be wrapped.

The Rolco Accumulator can be positioned between wrappers or at the end of the production line. Because of its vertical design, very little floor space is required to provide customers with substantial storage capacity and all production is accumulated first-in, first-out, which maintains the sequence of manufacture.