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The 763 trolley system can be adapted to cope with various different application requirements. Other components can be integrated to expand the basic rail-and-trolley system. Depending on your requirements the system can, for example, be automated or equipped with Power & Free conveyors.

 

Components

Circular conveyor
200 T circular drag conveyor
Power & Free
The brush conveyor
The Power & Free conveyor
The drag and brake chain conveyor

The 200 T circular drag conveyor

Optimised control techniques for trouble-free operation – the 200 T circular drag conveyor.

The 200 T circular drag conveyor is designed as a continuous conveyor. The trolleys are moved by pushers. These are mounted on a separate rail and are powered by a chain.

Loaded either manually or fully-automatically, the trolleys are channelled with absolute accuracy. Tailored to individual customer requirements, the best possible control technique ensures trouble-free operation.

Overcoming different levels in the production halls is no problem whatsoever thanks to the modular and extremely adaptable design. The whole distribution process is controlled and monitored by our warehouse management system.

 

For quantity-adjusted conveyance:

Accumulating conveyors are used to convey and accumulate trolleys over short and medium-length lines (up to approx. 20 meters).

The system connects power-driven lines, links work stations and compensates sporadic peaks. Loading and unloading are controlled regardless of how the systems capacities are utilised.

Production and distribution of the required volume of goods do not always run hand in hand. As far as the warehouse is concerned, this adds up to a need for conveying and buffering goods.

Areas of application are truck loading, accumulation in front of manual work stations and the supplying of machines.

 

For short lines: The brush conveyor

The trolleys are moved by bristles pressing against them. As soon as the first trolley stops, the bristles glide pass it and the next trolleys. This process is continued until the first trolley reaches the drop-off point.

The brush conveyor is also suitable for the conveyance of single items, i.e. single items can also be moved with the brush conveyor.

 

For medium-length lines:
The Power & Free conveyor

Hooks grasp the trolley from the top and pull it in the conveying direction. When trolleys accumulate, the pushers slide away over the trolleys.

For differences in heights:
The drag and brake chain conveyor

Drag and brake chain conveyors serve to overcome differences in heights within a hanging trolley conveyor system.

They enable conveyance over steep gradients of up to 35° and are used primarily to connect different floors. Depending on the degree of automation, drag and brake chain conveyors can be operated manually or via an automatic drive.

In the case of an automatic drive, the firing pulse is triggered when the trolleys have passed the upstream contact zone. A time-lag relay switches the chain off as soon as the trolleys have reached the destination level and if the firing pulse has not been activated in the interim period.

The drag and brake chain conveyor can be operated in two directions.

To ensure that the trolleys are not pushed on by force if the subsequent section is full, there is a block function that stops automatic transport into the gradient section. Not until the subsequent section is ready for reception again, does the chain continue to operate independently.

Versions

» Drag chain conveyors for upward gradient sections

» Brake chain conveyors for downward gradient sections

» Drag and brake chain conveyors for the transport of trolleys in both directions.