Whether or not you work in a business that uses an overhead conveyor system, you’ve probably seen at least seen one in action. Most people’s first exposure to an overhead conveyor happens on a visit to the dry cleaners. While dry cleaners have used overhead conveyors for decades, we all still marvel at how cool it is that, simply by pushing the ‘stop’ and ‘go’ buttons, the attendant can have our clean, crisp outfits automatically ‘brought around’.