Shipping units are picked up horizontally via the chain conveyor, transported further and released again.

With lower weights, the chain conveyor is guided with two parallel chain strands (duplex chain ½"), with heavier weights with three duplex chain strands. Depending on the requirements, these can be supplemented with additional chain strands.

As a rule, chain conveyors are used when the loading unit cannot be transported properly on roller conveyors. This is the case, for example, when different handling devices such as Euro pallets and Düsseldorf pallets must be transported in a mixed transport on one system, or when a handling device must be transported on a roller conveyor system in the transverse direction.

Divert and deflect

Both the rotary tables with chain conveyors as well as those with roller conveyors are able to redirect shipping units by 90° or 180°. The corresponding rotary tables consist of a swivel ring, which is driven by a toothed belt and carries out the infinitely adjustable angle of rotation.

We also offer chain converter to move shipping units on a parallel conveyor line. The shipping unit is lifted from the existing line with an eccentric hoist and transferred from the exit section to a parallel track via transport chains. The parallel tracks can be running either in the same or in the opposite direction. The chain deflector device can also be used as a deflector device for special functions, such as transfer to a stacker crane. For payloads from 1.5 tons, a central roller rail or a third driven chain strand is optionally used.

Our chain and roller conveyors can load and unload shipping units. Centring units support the process. Due to the special design of the conveyor systems, the respective bin can be driven under by industrial trucks (such as forklifts or pallet trucks), which simplifies the delivery or pick-up of the loading units.

We use conveyor rollers with a diameter of 60 mm for the floor-level loading and unloading roller conveyors, which means that the conveyor level is 85 mm from the floor level. All of the conveyor systems mentioned are additionally protected against damage by impact protection.

Vertical distributors make it possible to split a conveying flow over two conveying lines running one above the other or to merge them into one line without physically stressing the baggage.

The vertical distributor with two swivelling belt conveyors is used when the throughput rate must be up to 1,800 pieces of baggage per hour. In order to divide the baggage, the two belt conveyors, one behind the other, swivel up and down in opposite directions. The swivelling process is carried out by using a servo motor in connection with a crank drive. This enables exact positioning and very short changeover times - without any physical strain on the baggage.

Vertical distributors make it possible to split a conveying flow over two conveying lines running one above the other or to merge them into one line without physically stressing the baggage.

The one-piece vertical distributor with a swivelling belt conveyor is used when the throughput rate is to be up to 1,200 pieces of baggage per hour. It consists of a belt conveyor that can be swivelled up or down. Due to the special construction, both a high throughput and a particularly long service life can be guaranteed. The vertical distributor works quickly and very precisely thanks to the toothed belt hoist with three-phase motor.

Step-overs are required to enable or facilitate accessibility for maintenance or to reduce distances. But also due to legal safety regulations, step-overs, for example as escape routes, are planned.

The following step-overs can be used depending on the area of application:

• Step-overs for conveyor section access
• Step-overs without conveyor section access
• Step-overs with platforms (step ladders, ladders)
• Step-overs from side guide to side guide without conveyor section access and no platform

Baggage items are fed into or out of the conveyor section of a baggage conveyor system via the angle belt conveyor.

The infeed or outfeed angle of our angle belt conveyor is 30 or 45 degrees. It is possible to manufacture angle belt conveyors with special angles. Transmission is carried out via a head drive in connection with narrow parallel belt strips.

Thanks to vertically adjustable supports and suspensions, angle belt conveyors can be adapted to any kind of building requirements or adjacent conveyors.

The run-out is used either in the baggage claim area in the arrivals area or as a sorting run-out in the baggage hall. Its design can be individually adapted to local conditions and ranges from a simple loop to complex shapes with various curved and arched elements.

The run-out can optionally be equipped with crescent plates made of steel or plastic or with plastic scales. The advantage of the crescent plates is that it is not possible to lift the plates in the conveyor line and thus reach the moving parts. The plastic scales, on the other hand, make it possible to use the entire circular width for transporting the baggage. The run-out drive can be created either positively by means of a chain or frictionally by means of a poly-V belt.

Rotary tables are mainly used in the area of baggage handling technology for the manual movement of baggage items. They consist of a steel plate reinforced with flat steel, into which ball rollers are drilled.