Lineshaft Conveyors
Lineshaft Conveyors are an economical way of conveying light loads, at speeds of 25-120 feet per minute. The basic lineshaft design uses rollers which are independently driven by a urethane belt from a common drive shaft. The unique lineshaft design allows straight sections, curves, and spurs, to be driven by a single drive, saving money, and reducing energy consumption.
Lineshaft conveyors are designed for products with flat and even bottoms, such as those found in distribution and warehousing, food packaging and parcel handling. Clean, dry, oil free environments are the ideal conditions to maximize Lineshaft performance.
The general operation of the conveyor is a driveshaft that runs the full length of the conveyor and transmits power to the rollers via a drive spool and belt. When back pressure is applied to the conveyed product, the spools driving the rollers under the product will slip on the driveshaft allowing the product to accumulate with a minimum amount of back pressure.
Advantages:
- Capable of powering over 100 feet of straight sections, curves and many other accessories with one motor, therefore reducing the high costs of power consumption, installation and maintenance.
- Ideal for transportation, minimum back pressure and accumulation, zero pressure accumulation and sortation of boxes, cases or totes in medium to light duty applications.
- Line pressure can easily be reduced in the field by removing or reversing the urethane drive belts at specific intervals, or by installing zones of roller brakes or blade stops.
- The modular design of Lineshaft driven live roller conveyor allows for quick, low-cost changeovers enabling customers to modify their systems to meet future needs.
- Moving parts are guarded and clearly labeled, and bearings are greased for life. Slippage of the drive spools enables personnel to stall rollers out by simply applying pressure to the roller.
- Lineshaft driven conveyors are quiet. Fewer motors decrease the sound of the drive chain, and belt tension on the rollers keep the roller axles from rattling in the axle holes.
- With 1.9 diameter or 1.4 diameter rollers on varying centers, Lineshaft driven live roller conveyor can accept a wide variety of product sizes.
