PACK EXPO Coverage: Tabletop Conveyors, Booth S8049

Tabletop Conveyors feature rugged designs that ship quickly and install easily.

Aug 30th, 2013

Tabletop Conveyors feature rugged designs that ship quickly and install easily. They are versatile in handling many types of packages and products. Available in painted mild steel and stainless steel, they are capable of high speed transporting, accumulating, sorting, single filing, inclining and declining.

Modular Conveyor Express, Boot S8049, www.modularconveyor.com

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