A flexible conveyor is a portable and adaptable material transport device that can be positioned and rotated to suit loading needs. Its scissor-shaped frame allows for folding and flexibility, and it can navigate around obstacles and compensate for height differences. Different roll arrangements and power options are available.
A flexible conveyor is a material transport and handling device that shares most of the characteristics of a conventional conveyor, but differs in that it is portable and does not follow a set path. This allows the conveyor to be positioned wherever needed and rotated to follow a path best suited to the immediate loading situation. After use, it can be folded up for convenient storage. This functionality is a result of its flexible carrier frame, which is formed as a continuous scissor-shaped hinged arrangement, allowing the carrier to be folded into turns and folded at will. Different roll arrangements are available, as well as motorized and gravity-fed varieties.
Conveyor systems are the backbone of many material transportation systems. They enable the continuous and effortless movement of raw materials, finished production items and goods for storage and distribution through relevant facilities. Most conventional conveyors follow set routes in unchanging layouts and require considerable planning and effort when changes to those routes are needed. There are, however, many situations that call for more flexible solutions that have the latent features and benefits of the permanent conveyor. These situations include multiple bay vehicle loading points, large storage areas or marine loading docks for a wide range of vessel sizes.
A flexible conveyor is not only mobile and capable of deploying to any point, it can also navigate around obstacles and adapt to differences in loading and unloading locations. The conveyor can also be lowered and raised at both ends to compensate for height differences between the loading and unloading points. This is achieved by replacing the normally rigid side panels of a conventional conveyor with a continuous, hinged scissor frame. The adjustable nature of the flexible conveyor frame allows it to fold or extend and facilitates unequal extension of either side of the conveyor to accommodate changes in direction.
This flexible frame is mounted on a lower subframe equipped with wheels that allow the entire assembly to be moved with little effort. The actual transport bed of the Flexible Conveyor may have different types of moving parts. These include rollers and rows of skate wheels, depending on load specifications. Conveyors can also be powered by an electric motor or can be used as gravity feed sleds, where goods simply slide down the conveyor bed due to gravity.
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