Is this conveyor choice the right product for YOUR needs? It is not as simple as a yes or no answer. The truly appropriate application of any conveyor usually involves so many subtleties that it would be foolhardy to attempt to give someone a "quick training" set of circumstances. Many long years of experience tells us, for instance, that most people think of tabletop conveyors during their manufacturing process. Depending on a host of circumstances, CNC milled items, toiletries, paper, and food can all use tabletop. Scheme & Equipment, Inc. has even handled complete forktruck manufacturing weldments on tabletop conveyor, with turntables, transit conveyors, transfer cars and swing loaders. Applied properly, tabletop fits many processes.
Straight Running
- Straight Run chains. Inclines, declines
- Mild steel or Stainless Steel Frame Construction
- Open top or Closed top sanitary frame choices
- Standard widths: 3.25", 4.50", 7.50", 10", 12", 16". Other widths available, or see 1700 series on mattop.
- Low friction acetal chain, steel, stainless, variations for heat, friction, lubrication, etc. Various chain brands
- Fixed or adjustable guardrail, many styles, multiple rail
- Variety of supports and sanitation levels available
- Straights, end or side transfers, gates, etc.
- Variety of drive mounts
Curves (Tab)
- Side flex chains. Inclines, declines
- Mild steel or Stainless Steel Frame Construction
- Open top or Closed top sanitary frame choices
- Standard widths: 3.25", 4.50", 7.50", 10", 12", 16". Other widths available.
- Low friction acetal chain, steel, stainless, variations for heat, friction, lubrication, etc. Various chain brands
- Fixed or adjustable guardrail, many styles, multiple rail
- Variety of supports and sanitation levels available
- Straights, curves, end or side transfers, gates, etc.
- Variety of drive mounts.
Gates and Accessories
- Tabletop accessories include roller plates, deadplates, overhead sweeps, pushers, stops, live rails, beadrails, rotaters, gates, hold-downs, rejects, turners, escapements, and a host of other items to solve all those little idiosyncrasies that are unique to your product or process.
Multi-Direction Flex Chain (1700 Series)
- Super –Tight turns use rotating discs to lower curve friction. Longer runs on one conveyor drive
- Compact flow. Chain Return Bypass routing
- Switchback inclines, declines, accumulation
Low Back Pressure (LBP)
- Less Friction between chain and product, small rollers free-wheel under accumulating product
- Variety of Widths. Food contact FDA approved
- Mild Steel or Stainless, LF Acetal chain
Steel and Stainless Steel Chain
- Straight Running or Side Flexing Chains
- Horizontal, Inclining, or mixed style
- A variety of widths and styles
- Chain for straights or curves
- Several Belting brands, styles. Friction Inserts