That was one of the things learned at a January 22 press conference held by艾默生工业自动化在芝加哥的Automate/Promat 2013。新闻发布会的重点是艾默生的系统塑料组，其塑料带，链条，穿着轨道和导轨有助于百事可乐带来额外的收入。
What System Plast did is provide a drop-in replacement—the basic conveyor framing stayed put—to take the place of a traditional live roller conveyor. In the 110-ft stretch between Pepsi’s case packer and palletizer, four of the System Plast components (shown in the photo) were part of the retrofit package: high-friction belts for incline and metering (light blue); top-side flexible tabletop chain (dark gray); low-friction modular belts (multi-colored); and guide rails (light gray).
And how is it that a smoother conveyor connection is able to generate added revenue? Because spikes in demand—expected or unexpected—can be more easily met when the end-of-line conveyor connection is optimized. The line is 20 percent faster since the conveyor replacement took place.
Almost as appealing to Pepsi is this: nuisance maintenance issues that used to consume valuable time and attention are now a thing of the past.
艾默生电力传输解决方案营销总监马特·斯通伯恩（Matt Stoneburner）表示，传送带改造大约需要两次转变，完成了大约35,000美元。其他艾默生电力传输品牌也在百事可乐工厂的效率提升中发挥了作用。例如，褐变齿轮盒和密封剂轴承是混合的。
Pat Reynolds
