41 WORKPIECES Component parts up to 12 t (13.5 m x 2.1 m x 3.2 m) PERFORMANCE DATA Product carriers: 8 double-track product carriers Throughput: approx. 2 product carriers/h PROCESS TECHNOLOGY Sima FAYMONVILLE, LUXEMBOURG The low-loader manufacturer Faymonville allows up to 12 t heavy parts to be transported overhead at its coating facility without them ever touching the floor. This is achieved by an overhead-mounted double-track conveyor sys- tem using a friction wheel drive developed by Vollert. Distribution across two running tracks allows positioning of workpieces up to 3.2 m wide for automatic sand blasting. A semi-auto- matic distribution crane takes workpieces to the 55-m-long return line, during which they cool off. 1 The friction wheel concept in connection with a distribution manipulator permits a particularly space-saving system layout 1 REFERENCE PROJECT