From the outside, everything is in a consistent style: uniform design, elegant, streamlined, fascinatingly smooth and closed. Whether straight conveyor lines, curves, diverters or transfers, roller conveyors or belt conveyors, horizontal or upward or downward transport, everything looks from outside the same, like a single, unified whole. The frame construction, aesthetics, and height are identical. Everything is closed without any visible holes or screws, nothing sticks out. This makes a convincing impression in a large logistics centre.
A good design sells easier
All in all, Avancon has been granted 12 patents for its systems and for various individual elements, as well as additional design protection for the external design in most industrialized countries. Avancon calls it ZPC for short, which stands for ‘Zone Powered Concept’. In general, it always works with zero pressure wherever it is necessary to accumulate.
Deeper inside
Where are the drives, the control boxes, and the cables and cable ducts? How can all this work without anything being visible from the outside? Yes, that is precisely the special, patented concept from Avancon.
Everything is housed hidden in the frame profile.
The absolute highlight: apart from the motor mounting, there are no screws in the entire frame-profile system. All elements are snapped into the patented preformed ribs of the aluminum profiles. Assembly is therefore simple and quick. The same applies to any maintenance and replacement of an element.
In addition, communication with almost any higher-level IT infrastructure and bus systems is easy via a gateway. The DC power supply and data transmission are ensured by a concealed ‘3-in-1’ power supply unit. What are the benefits of all this? Customers can save costs, especially on the construction site, as all elements such as the motor, light barrier, cables, control system, etc. can already be mounted in the frame at the factory, where labour costs are lower than on the construction site.
However, the biggest savings come from the fact that no cables need to be laid on the construction site, meaning that cable ducts are no longer necessary. And because all control boxes with pre-programmed firmware, BLDC motors, the entire drive system, and cables are already available inside for each conveyor zone, you save on programming costs and the central control cabinet. All this easily saves 30% of the total investment.
N.B. Avancon delivers products only via conveyor manufacturers and integrators.
