An industrial conveyor is a general piece of mechanical handling equipment that moves materials from one location to another. Industrial conveyors have various designs and use. We classify them as floor style (floor mounted) or overhead. Use them to move products, create buffers, and deliver products across the production line.
Industrial conveyors used:
Manufacturing engineers include conveyors in their production facilities for several reasons:
Moving products from point A to B (to avoid wastage of moving time, or to reduce the speed of forklift, etc.)
To carry products that are too heavy for team members to lift
To move a product while operators are working on (or adding to) it. Like a final assembly conveyor in an auto plant
To avoid injury to workers by repetitive movement. or to prevent damage to the products due to movement
Storage and buffering usage:
Conveyors are one of the most flexible types of industrial equipment. They can improve productivity, efficiency and safety when specified and installed. Conveyors are also used to transport bulk materials such as gravel or iron ore. At the final process stage store products between processes. Creating a buffer or accumulation bank. It is a flexible storage system. Use it where the number of products in storage can be increased or decreased as needed to balance the process flow. Sequencing or re-sequencing products between processes. power and free systems can provide it.