Sample FlexMove slat band conveyor designs
Economical plastic slat conveyors.
Sample designs:

Up, down, around, over, under and back again. With a side flexing slat conveyor system like
FlexMove, there are so many options, so many possibilities, that sometimes it can be hard to know where to start.
Here are some design ideas for you that might help. Our FlexMove side flexing chain conveyor design service is
free, so why not give it a try?

An easy one to start with above then, a simple straight side flexing slat conveyor with a direct
drive and side rail system on stands. The side rails and the stands are adjustable. (Click photo to upload PDF
enlargement)

The conveyor system above uses four 90 degree bends to create a divert area. Again this conveyor
has a direct drive and adjustable side guides. In this application the side flexing slat conveyor system is
used to divert selected products from the main production line for an extra labeling
application. (Click photo to upload PDF enlargement)

This application uses the modular plastic chain conveyor system to return empty pallets to the
start of an existing line. Here you will see that the side flexing slat conveyor system can offer the customer the
ability to turn and incline products back to the start of his production process. All this system uses is one drive
only. (Click photo to upload PDF enlargement)

This cooling slat conveyor application above uses multiple 180 degree turns to assist the
process of cooling a product before it enters the next process area. This conveyor integrates into an existing line
with a similar design system. The slat conveyors are very compact and again uses only one motor drive. (Click
photo to upload PDF enlargement)

In the application above the product needs to be raised to 2 levels in a small area. This is
possible by using multiple 180 degree bends and inclines between the bends. At a mid point another conveyor removes
selected products from the line using an automatic diverter. Once more the whole main conveyor uses only one drive
and the product travels uphill on the standard chain. Attention needs to be taken to the incline, this is why there
are multiple levels. (Click photo to upload PDF enlargement)

The side flexing plastic chain conveyor above illustrates how the FlexMove system can integrate
with an existing competitor's conveyor easily. The straight running conveyor block in the middle is an existing
straight conveyor line. This plastic chain conveyor was installed previously and the new slat conveyor takes
rejected products and recirculates them through the system for corrections. See how the conveyor declines, then
inclines back to the start of the line. This time, because of the length of the conveyor and weight of the product,
there are two drives. The products change lanes from one conveyor to the other by using the side guides for
assistance. (Click photo to upload PDF enlargement)

Above you can see how side flexing chain conveyors can be used endless. By putting the drive inside
one of the 90 degree bends, FlexMove conveyors can be used to recirculate the product on an endless belt. This way,
there are no lane changes and no conveyor to conveyor transfers, sometimes useful if the product is unstable or
tall. (Click photo to upload PDF enlargement)

Another loop conveyor. This conveyor is for small products to be taken from a plastic injection
moulding machine and placed on small pallets. The pallets are made from low friction plastic and can accumulate for
loading or unloading. In this case the pallets stop to be loaded from the moulding machine by a robot and then
stop to be unloaded by the operator. (Click photo to upload PDF enlargement)

The loop conveyor above illustrates how side flexing chain conveyors can be used in a twin
lane conveyor combination. Again using low friction plastic pallets, the larger dimensions make a twin lane
conveyor system the clear choice. The design leaves space for pneumatic and other pallet controls and stoppers.
Because of the extra weight of the pallet and the products on the pallet, this system has 2 drives. If the
application was lighter, a single drive and end to end conveyor transfer would have been easy due to
the pallet size. (Click photo to upload PDF enlargement)
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