Conveyors are used as components in automated distribution and warehousing.
In combination with computer controlled pallet handling equipment this allows
for more efficient retail, wholesale, and manufacturing distribution. It is
considered a labor saving system that allows large volumes to move rapidly
through a process, allowing companies to ship or receive higher volumes with
smaller storage space and with less labor expense.
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Typical Construction of a
Conveyor systems Belt
Bend
Belt
Conveyor systems at a
Packing Depot
Baggage Handling Belt
Conveyor systems
Rubber Conveyor Belts are commonly used to convey items with irregular bottom
surfaces, small items that would fall in between rollers (like at a sushi
conveyor bar), or bags of product that would sag between rollers. Belt conveyors
are generally fairly similar in construction consisting of a metal frame with
rollers at either end of a flat metal bed. The belt is looped around each of the
rollers and when one of the rollers is powered (by an electrical motor) the
belting slides across the solid metal frame bed, moving the product. In heavy
use applications the beds which the belting is pulled over are replaced with
rollers. The rollers allow weight to be conveyed as they reduce the amount of
friction generated from the heavier loading on the belting. Belt conveyors can
now be manufactured with curved sections which use tapered rollers and curved
belting to convey products around a corner. These conveyor systems and are
commonly used in postal sorting offices and airport baggage handling systems.
