Conveyor Systems ar mechanical devices or assemblies that transport material with nominal effort. whereas there ar many alternative styles of conveyor systems, they typically accommodates a frame that supports either rollers, wheels, or a belt, upon that materials move from one place to a different location.

They may be powered by a motor, by gravity, or manually. These material handling systems are available in many different varieties to suit the various merchandise or materials that are required to be transported.

Types of Conveyors

  • Belt
  • Roller
  • Powered Roller
  • Slat/Apron
  • Ball Transfer
  • Magnetic
  • Bucket
  • Chute
  • Drag/Chain/Tow
  • Overhead
  • Pneumatic/Vacuum
  • Screw/Auger
  • Vertical
  • Vibrating
  • Walking Beam
  • Wheel

A caster (or castor) is an undriven, single, double, or compound wheel that is designed to be fixed to an object to help that object to be moved. They are available in a variety of sizes, and are made of rubber, plastic, nylon, aluminum, or stainless steel.

There are a number of different types of casters. These include rigid or fixed casters, and swivel casters. Rigid or stationary casters only roll along a straight-line path. Swivel casters can rotate a full 360 degrees so the wheel can move in any direction.

Wheel Types:

  • Soft Rubber
  • Hard Rubber
  • Mold-On rubber
  • Pneumatic
  • Semi-Pneumatic
  • Polyurethane
  • Polyolefin
  • Phenolic
  • Hi-Temp “Lava” Nylon