Materials Handling

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The Duckworth & Associates Material Handling Group has extensive experience in facility layout consulting for automobile manufactures, and detailed conveyor design for automotive conveyor contractors. Duckworth & Associates experience extends to non-automotive material handling systems for part handling, lift truck flow requirements and prototype part handling.

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Facility Layout Consulting:

• Automotive

• Assembly Plants

• Body Shops

• Paint Shops

• General Assembly

• ASRS

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Detailed Conveyor Design:

• Automated Monorail Systems (AMS)

• Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVS)

• Belt, Roller Skid, & Skillet Conveyors

• Drag/Tow Lines

• Monorail, Power & Free Conveyors 

• Pendulum Air Dip Conveyor Systems

• Vertical Lift/Elevators​​

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Services:

• Complete Facility Design and System Layout

• Feasibility and Industrial Engineering Studies

• Structural Engineering & Detailing 

• Carrier Design & Detail Drawings

• Carrier & Product Clearance Studies 

• Field Check Inspection of Existing Conveyor Installations

• Complete Project Management and on Sites Engineering Start-Up Support

• Conveyor Chain Pull Calculations

• Throughput/Cycle Time Studies

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