Straight Conveyor Transfers: An Illustrated Application Guide
This guide provides some quick tips to avoid snags, box tumbling, & hang-up’s when you’re transferring from one conveyor to another. Transfers are used to move a package from one conveyor to another, often in a longer line. Straight transfers are the most common type, used to connect individual conveyors in a longer line. Typically, these conveyors can be utilized in straight transfer applications:
- Live Roller Conveyor to Live Roller Conveyor
- Live Roller Conveyor to Belt Conveyor
- Belt Conveyor to Live Roller Conveyor
- Belt Conveyor to Belt Conveyor
- Gravity Conveyors can be utilized in conjunction with live roller or belts in transfer situations
- Accumulation and gapping conveyors
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Scott Stone is Cisco-Eagle's Marketing Director with three decades of experience in material handling, warehousing and industrial operations. He writes on automation, warehousing, safety, manufacturing and other areas of concern for industrial operations.