Pick to Light and Put to Light: How Light-Directed Picking Works With a WCS
Pick to light guides each pick with a lit display and a confirm button. How it works with a WCS, where put to light fits, and what to plan before you buy.
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Conveyor Systems
Need a custom conveyor system designed and installed? LaFayette Engineering is your one-stop shop. We provide comprehensive solutions for all your material handling needs, from design and consultation to installation and after-sales support.
Sortation
Lafayette Engineering: Your trusted partner for efficient material handling. We design and install conveyor systems and sorting solutions to streamline your operations and boost your productivity.
Automation
Lafayette Engineering offers a complete range of conveyor systems, sorting solutions, and automation services. We take pride in our integrity and commitment to exceeding customer expectations. Contact us today for a free consultation!
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Our primary business is the design and installation of controls for conveyor systems, including high-speed case sortation. LaFayette Engineering maintains the technical capabilities and range of expertise that you may have come to expect only from very large engineering firms, combined with the flexibility, adaptability and affordable personal service that only a small engineering firm can provide.
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Featured Blogs
Sliding Shoe Sorters: How They Divert, Where They Wear, and What Can Be Retrofitted
A shoe sorter diverts cartons by sliding shoes across its slats. How the divert works, the six places it wears, and what can be retrofitted first.
What is a Conveyor System and How Do They Work? An Overview from Induction to Shipping Door
A conveyor system works by using powered belts, rollers, motors, sensors, and controls to move products between different areas of a warehouse, manufacturing facility, or distribution center. From the moment
What is Warehouse Automation? A No-Hype Guide for Mid-Size Operations
Warehouse automation is the use of equipment, software, and control systems to perform or assist with warehouse tasks such as moving products, managing inventory, picking orders, sorting packages, and preparing
NFPA 79 for Conveyor Controls: What the Standard Covers and How It Shapes Panel and Field Wiring
NFPA 79 sets the electrical rules for conveyor control panels and machine wiring. What it covers, where the NEC stops, and what to ask your integrator.
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Projects Across North America
LaFayette Engineering and our partner companies have delivered conveyor, sortation, and automation projects coast to coast.
- Danville, KY (HQ) · Ontario, CA · Kennesaw, GA
South Plainfield, NJ- Stanford, KY
Projects shown were completed in the past five years.
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Projects above were completed in the past five years.
• HQ Locations • LEI Locations • Southern Locations • Century Locations
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California
In August 2017, LaFayette took its first steps in being a nationwide company. We had already developed a group of employees in the area, who created a team atmosphere, we just needed an office location. Since the day the west coast office opened its priority was to service the greater Los Angeles area and continues to do so to this day.
Kentucky
LaFayette Engineering, Inc. (LEI) is an electrical controls company based in Danville, Kentucky. Our primary business is the design and installation of controls for conveyor systems, including high-speed case sortation.
New Jersey
With our goal to offer services from coast to coast, in 2017, LaFayette Engineering joined forces with Century Conveyor a 30+ year old company. Century Conveyor is a material handling system integration specialists company located in South Plainfield, New Jersey. Adding Century Conveyor to the LaFayette Team not only provided customers in the New York City area with remote support from Kentucky but emergency hands on service team from the Century office.
