Conveyor types

traditional belt conveyor

Belt Conveyor

Typical Use: The traditional belt system for general Warehousing, sortation, and logistics.

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gravity roller conveyors

Gravity Roller Conveyor

Typical Use: Simple, economical unpowered roller system, typicaly used in warehouse environments

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lineshaft drive roller conveyors

Line-Drive roller conveyor

Typical Use: Lightweight movement of packages, boxes etc.. perhaps with accumulation. Also very popular for bends and curves to complement powered belt conveyors.

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A chain-driven roller conveyor

Chain Drive Roller Conveyors

Typical Use: The "Big Daddy" of roller conveyor systems; for transporting heavy or bulky items or pallets.

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chain driven belt conveyrs

Chain Drive Belt Conveyors

Typical Use: The belt equivelant of the Chain Driven Roller Conveyor; used for very large or heavy-duty conveyors.

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an example of an accumulation conveyor

Accumulation Conveyor

Typical Use: Popular in packaging, warehousing, food preperation, and a wide range of industries where products must be brought to a halt at the end of the conveyor, without halting the entire conveyor.

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A platelink steel belt conveyor

Plate Link Conveyor

Typical Use: Moving heavy loads, or 'sharp' loads (such as scrap metal etc)that might fray/puncture a rubber belt.

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slat conveyors

Slat Conveyor

(Sometimes called table-top chain conveyors)

Typical Use: Wherever bends or loops are required.

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A Swan Neck conveyor

Swan Neck Conveyors

Typical Use: Loading materials into a hopper, or for 'bridging' other conveyors.

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Stainless Steel conveyor

Stainless Steel Conveyors

Typical Use: For highly corrosive or magnetic environments, or hygenic/sterile environments.

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A mesh belt conveyor

Wire Mesh Conveyors

Typical Use: A lightweight variant of the chain-mesh conveyor, useful when the products need to be drained, or to have warm/cool air circulated around them.

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a mezzanine floor conveyor

Mezanine Floor Incline Conveyors

Typical Use: For transporting goods between floors of a factory

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plastic food conveyor

Plastic Conveyors

Typical Use: Any environment requiring high levels of hygeine, and ease of cleaning. Most commonly found in the food industry.

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special purpose glass conveyor

Hybrids and Special Applications

Sometimes a conveyor does more than just transport products, and has to interact with or modify them in some way. In addition, special environments can sometimes require an unusual combination of conveyor technologies. We love these challenges.

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