Types Of Conveyer Rollers

A conveyer system is a conventional piece of mechanical handling equipment that moves materials from one place to another. Conveyors are mainly used for the transportation of heavy or bulky materials. Conveyer systems enable quick and efficient transportation for a wide variety of materials which have made them very popular in material handling and packaging industries. Conveyer rollers are the most commonly used conveyer systems, they can also be called as the backbone of businesses around the world. They are trustworthy, ductile and extremely practical. Such conveyers are built to deal with flat bottomed objects like boxes and tote bins. 

There are mainly three types of conveyer rollers and they are as follows:

• Belt conveyors
• Gravity roller conveyors
• Live roller conveyors

Belt Conveyors:

The belt conveyor is usually made up of with two or more pulleys, with a continuous movement of the belt rotating to move the product. One or both of the pulleys are powered, moving both the belt and the product on the belt forward. Belt conveyors can come with flat bed or on rollers. Each serves particular need, belt conveyors are mostly used to move the products from one level to the next either up or down. With a lighter product, a limited amount of use of rollers can also provide you with a quieter system. 

Gravity Roller conveyors:

Gravity roller conveyors have metal rollers that roll on a fixed shaft as the rollers are equally spaced to allow free movement. This type of conveyor is slightly inclined as gravity is used to used to move the object along its length. Gravity rollers can carry numerous objects placed on the conveyor at one time. Placing the rollers closer to one another will increase the overall capacity of the conveyer as well as this provides a smoother rolling package. 

Live Roller Conveyors:

Live roller conveyors also have metal rollers on which an object can be placed and transported to the desired location. Unlike gravity rollers, live roller conveyors use mechanical power or line shaft drive system. The most common speed of live roller conveyor ranges from 40 to 100 feet per minute. The industries out there that need to start and stop the conveyor for merging and sorting out products will employ the live rollers for their work, as live rollers provide complete control during product transportation.  

Thus, conveyor rollers are the most cost-effective alternative for material handling.