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Characteristics of roller conveyor

Mar 25,2025

Characteristics of roller conveyor

The roller conveyor has the advantages of simple structure, high reliability, easy use and maintenance, and is suitable for conveying goods with flat bottom. For example: all kinds of boxes, bags, pallets and other goods transportation. Bulk materials, small items or irregular items should be transported on pallets or turnover boxes. Can transport a single piece of large weight material, or withstand a large impact load.

Roller conveyor structure: according to the driving mode can be divided into power roller conveyor and non-power roller conveyor, according to the layout can be divided into horizontal roller conveyor, inclined roller conveyor and turning roller conveyor. It can also be specially designed according to customer requirements to meet the requirements of various customers.
Here are the main characteristics of the roller conveyor:

1, the roller conveyor has two types of power and power drive, of which the power drive is divided into single chain drive, double chain ring drive and side special driving device three types.

2. The longest transmission distance of single drive of single chain transmission structure in the power roller conveyor is 10 meters, and the longest transmission distance of single drive of double chain ring transmission is 16 meters. These two transmission methods can be used to continuously extend the roller conveyor and combine the long distance transmission line.

3. If the top surface of the conveying drum is higher than the edge guard, the workpiece whose width is greater than the width of the conveyor can be transported, but the pushing process requires human attention;

4. The top surface height of the conveyor drum is lower than the height of the edge guard, which is suitable for the workpiece whose width is less than the width of the conveyor, and the workpiece is transported in a straight line along the line body within the effective width of the conveyor line.

5, the principle of roller conveyor layout spacing, requires the workpiece to be able to run smoothly on the conveyor line.
6, the material type can be divided into: carbon steel spray, stainless steel, aluminum profiles.

7, the transmission mode used by the roller conveyor can be divided into: single chain wheel, double sprocket, O-belt, plane friction belt, synchronous belt, etc.

8, commonly used drum spacing is 100mm, 120mm, 150mm, 200mm, 250mm, you can also choose any other spacing (but need to be greater than the drum diameter), you can also use other special specifications according to customer needs.

The roller conveyor is mainly composed of a transmission drum, a frame, a support, a driving part, etc. It has the characteristics of large conveying capacity, fast speed, light running, and can realize the characteristics of multi-variety collinear shunt conveying. At the same time, multiple roller conveyors and other types of conveyors, or other professional equipment and machinery can be used to form a complex logistics conveying system to complete various process needs.