Thursday 23 April 2015

Conveyor System (Lifting and Material Handling Equipment)

A conveyor system is a common piece of mechanical handling equipment that moves materials from one location to another. Conveyors are especially useful in applications involving the transportation of heavy or bulky materials. Conveyor systems allow quick and efficient transportation for a wide variety of materials, which make them very popular in the material handling and packaging industries.

The most common conveyor is the belt conveyor, but there are also screw conveyors, and conveyors that operate on a series of individual rollers.
A belt conveyor consists of two pulleys located at either end of the machine, and a continuous belt that rotates on them. The powered pulleys move the belt, and any material on it, forward.
Individual rolling conveyors include accumulation conveyors, line shaft conveyors and chain driven conveyors.

Screw conveyors operate in a much different fashion than either belts or individual rolling conveyors. Screw conveyors process fluids and fine granular materials using an auger rotating snuggly within a cylinder.

Vertical conveyors come as spiral conveyors and are used to move products in a confined space to lift products from one level to another. The difference between spiral conveyors and normal vertical conveyors, besides the space is that most lift on package at a time, while a spiral conveyor keeps a constant flow of packages.

There are also models that utilize multiple types of technology, such as belt driven live roller conveyors and belt over roller conveyors.

Conveyors are used in a wide variety of industries including industrial, mining, and automotive. They are also used on a smaller scale in factories, grocery stores, and pizza shops. The technology has even been adapted into moving sidewalks and escalators.

1 comment:

  1. zero pressure conveyor Roller are used for handling of products mostly cartons/crates etc.
    Zero Pressure Accumulation Conveyors

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