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Conveying
Conveying
The conveyors are based on an aluminium conveyor beam with low friction slide rails guiding a plastic multi-flexing chain. Products to be conveyed travel directly on the conveyor, or on pallets/carriers. Products that are handled have a weight from a few grams up to 30 kg and up to 1400 kg using roller and belt conveyors. The chain design permits horizontal as well as vertical change of direction.
Plastic chain conveyors, aluminium

XS 44 mm chain

Chain permits transport of very small items which are otherwise difficult to handle. Compact and neat design.

Examples of application areas
Small ball bearings, perfume bottles, pharmaceutical bottles, sintered metal components.

XL 63 mm chain

Suitable for a wide range of applications. Preferable in high speed applications. Includes components for pallet handling (XLP) and vertical wedge conveyors.

Examples of application areas
Tissue paper, gear wheels, aerosol cans, medium size ball bearings, piston parts, yoghurt, fuel injectors, dry batteries, plastic bottles, tape cassettes, matches, cheese boxes, coffee and tea packages.
XM 83 mm chain

Suitable for a wide range of applications. Higher capacity than XS and XL. Includes components for pallet handling (XMP) and vertical wedge conveyors.

Examples of application areas
Ball valves, water meters, disk drives, pie packages, film cartridges, plastic bottles, beverage cans, products on pallets, paint cans, socks.
XH 103 mm chain

Suitable for larger items, especially if point of balance is somewhat offcenter. Higher capacity than XS and XL.
The XH conveyor is also available in a stainless steel version

Examples of application areas
Large ball bearings, turbo rotors, safety belt brackets, electric motors, shock absorbers, video cassettes, steering arm components, boxes.
XK 102 mm chain

Suitable for larger items, especially if point of balance is somewhat off center. Higher capacity than other types. Includes components for pallet handling.

Examples of application areas
Ball and roller bearings, heavy boxes, gear wheels, motor parts on pallets, disk brakes, hydraulic pumps.
XB 175/295 mm chain

Chain travels on four slide rails. Wide track sideflexing safety chain. Compact horizontal and vertical bends. Suitable for soft packages

Examples of application areas
Large cardboard boxes, products in soft plastic bags. Examples: detergent powder, wrapped tissue paper rolls, food products, personal care products
XW 300/600/900/1200 mm chain

The XW conveyor system is a system for wide applications. It offers many of the benefits of the original FlexLink systems. The added advantage of a wide chain (up to 1200 mm) permits effective transport and accumulation in many different configurations.

The XW conveyor system is designed for transport and accumulation of lightweight goods such as plastic and glass bottles, hygiene products, food packages and tins, bearings and other cylindrical products. The maximum weight per item conveyed is 25 kg and the maximum conveyor speed is 30 m/min. The conveyor widths are available in 300, 600, 900 and 1200 mm.



Accessories for guiding and supporting, aluminium

Guide rail system

Guide rails are used to guide the products being conveyed and also to prevent them from falling off the conveyor. The FlexLink conveyor system includes a versatile system of guide rails and guide rail brackets which make it possible to accommodate many different product sizes and shapes. Guide rail brackets are available in fixed or adjustable configurations.
Automatically adjustable guiderails

With the automatic guide rail system (AGS), change-overs between products with different widths can be performed very quickly. The system can be used in areas where access for manual resetting is limited or non-existent. This means that conveyors for multi product manufacturing can be placed at ceiling height or in closed areas, which contributes to compact layouts.
Safety and the working environment for the operators are enhanced. Automatic resetting of the lines promotes small production batch sizes and increased line utilization.
Conveyor support components

The FlexLink conveyors are held in place by a well balanced range of support components, with beam support brackets, support beams, feet, etc. Most conveyor support designs are based on vertical support beams combined, if necessary, with horizontal support beams. The conveyor must be supported at regular intervals not exceeding 3 m.
Fasteners

A number of standard fasteners can be ordered, including screws, nuts and washers in selected metric sizes. Slot nuts are used for connections to the structural system T-slots. Slot nuts are available to fit the XC and XF system T-slots.



Plastic chain conveyors, stainless steel

XMY 83 mm chain

The FlexLink hygienic conveyor was designed to meet the requirements of special interest to the dairy, food, and personal products industries with regard to hygiene, safety, speed, and environment. The hygienic conveyor system uses the standard XM 83 mm plastic chain, traveling in stainless steel beams where the return chain runs in an enclosed bottom profile.
System XMY uses stainless steel guide rails, and guide rail brackets specifically designed for the system.

Examples of application areas
Plastic bottles, packaged dairy products, beverage cans, food products.
Series X (XLX/XMX/XHX)  63/83/103 mm chain

Series X are stainless steel conveyors adapted to the requirements of the food processing, pharmaceutical and hygiene industries. The Series X system is designed for easy integration with aluminium systems. Suitable for a wide range of wet applications, wedge conveyors (XLX and XMX) and high speed solutions. Many chain types available from the standard ranges.

Examples of application areas
Filling lines within the food, personal products and liquid pharmaceuticals segments.



Accessories for guiding and supporting, stainless steel

Guide rail components for Series X

Guide rail components suitable for use with Series X stainless steel conveyors are available. This includes stainless steel rod and tubing. A range of adjustable guide rail brackets facilitates construction of a wide variety of guide rail configurations. If stainless steel is not required for the guide rails, the standard assortment of guide rail components is compatible with Series X conveyors.
Support components for Series X

Suitable supports for Series X conveyors includes stainless steel tubes, connected to the conveyor beam by means of connector plates and beam support brackets. Two- or three-point polyamide feet can be used with the support tubes.



Modular conveyors, aluminium

XL/XM/XH   63/83/103 mm chain

Online configuration of conveyors and functions, including enquiry and ordering functions. Modular conveyors, drive units, pallet handling functions and supports are configured correctly in minutes. A selection of often used conveyor configurations can be specified and ordered using the FlexLink online configurator. Designs include a straight conveyor, a conveyor with one or two bends, support modules, and vertical wedge conveyors.



Devices for conveyors

Automatically adjustable guide rail system AGS

The FlexLink aluminium conveyors can be equipped with a guide rail system that can be automatically adjusted for different product widths.
Chain washing units

Cleaning of the chain by hand takes a long time and involves taking the chain out of the beam, with resultant loss of production. With the compact design of the chain washing unit, a clean and dry chain is achieved and gives a more reliable production. It is an easy and efficient operation which saves a lot of time.
Chain tension unit

The chain tensioner can be useful when problems occur with stick slip in catenary drive units. The chain tensioner can be used for XLEC, XMEC, XHEC and XKEC catenary drive units.
Lubrication systems

The lubrication system consists of a plug which is fitted to the conveyor beam replacing a short section of the slide rail. The plug distributes oil or grease between the chain and the slide rail. The lubrication is transported along the slide rail by the chain. The other main part of the system is the container which is easily fitted near the plug and takes a minimum of space.
90/180 degree packet rotation unit

The rotation unit enables small product packs to rotate in flat position, at a speed of up to 400 packs per minute. Units can be built for 90 or 180 degree rotation. The rotation will be used when the packs need to be reoriented to suit the feeding of the following packaging machine. To maintain a continuous flow without interruption between the packets a driven soft roller ensures that the rotation is carried out without any delay, with a maximum conveyor speed of 60 m/minute.

The unit is designed to fit on a FlexLink XL (65 mm wide) plain or flocked chain conveyor. The distance between the roller shaft centre lines can be adjusted to suit different pack sizes.
Overhead merge unit

The carton overhead merge unit allows two streams of cartons to be merged together in a controlled manner, using a purely mechanical policing mechanism, at up to a total of 160 cartons per minute. It is suitable for cartons or similar products where the carton height is less than 40% of the carton length.

The unit allows cartons from different production cells to be brought together, with products from one track coming in from above the other. A typical requirement for this type of module may be where multiple production cells are feeding a main production line that is carrying cartons to a case packer. The vertical orientation of the merge may be more suitable due to space constraints.
Starwheel rotate unit

The star wheel turning device is ideal for 90 degree rotation of products, from labeling to packaging. It was designed for 1 L Tetra R Rex, Pure pak, Combiblock and similar products, 70x70 mm. A high throughput, of up to 14000 pieces/hour can be reached. The compact turning device is safe product handling resulting in a high uptime in production.
Carton spacer unit

The carton spacer module is designed to ensure a minimum gap between products, thus allowing cartons to be fed into another module, which needs gaps to ensure efficient operation. The use of such a module improves the performance of downstream units and reduces the need for complex controls.

The unit will work at conveyor speeds of up to 160 cartons per minute, even when mounted close to curves. Units such as high speed right angle pushers which are used to transfer product onto case packer in-feed belts operate better when there is a gap between cartons entering the module. Having product entering the unit at a minimum spacing reduces pressure and the complexity of controls that are required.
Carton turn up unit

The turn-up unit enables small product packets to be turned from flat to an upright position, at a speed of up to 400 packs per minute. Due to the high production speed and the twisting function the unit must be able to operate with a continuous conveyor speed of 60 m/minute without the need for any control system.

The turn-up unit is needed before a decline function to get the packages oriented correctly before entering the packaging machine after the chute for instance. It can also be used as a first step to turn the packages upside down. The turn-up unit can be mounted either as a right hand or left-hand version. Just change side of the key and move.
Carton turn down unit

The turndown unit enables small product packets to be turned from an upright to a flat position, at a speed of up to 400 packs per minute. Due to the high production speed the turndown function must be able to operate with a continuous conveyor speed of 60 m/minute without the need for any controls system.

The turndown unit is needed to ensure packets are oriented correctly before entering the packaging machine. It can also be used as the second step to turn packets upside down.
Packet chutes

Chutes solve many of the space problems that facilities run into when trying to take products down from a higher elevation. With the chute cigarette packs can be declined from a high level to machine or operating level. The unit declines cigarette packets from high to low level at a speed up to 400 packs per minute. These units use gravity alone to move the products, and have proven to be reliable and also easy to install.
Spacer/stop unit

In many material handling applications there is a need to create spaces between products or to stop product flow for various reasons. The primary use of the spacer/stop unit is to stop and/or create spaces between products on plain chain conveyors. The spacer/stop unit can easily be changed to accommodate either left and right hand function, and be adjusted to handle products with a diameter of 20 mm and 120 mm.
Wipe off unit

In many material handling applications there is a need to transfer from a FlexLink conveyor. Using an active wipe-off, it is possible to move selected products off the conveyor. The primary use of the wipe-off is to transfer selected product from a FlexLink conveyor to another conveyor or machine inlet etc. Using an active wipe-off will create split production from single to double flow. Another use for the wipe off is to remove scrap or rework parts from the conveyor during production.
Infeed pusher

The primary use of the pusher is to feed single cylindrical products from a plain chain conveyor into a cleat pocket on a parallel conveyor. The infeed pusher can easily be adjusted to handle product diameters between 20 mm and 120 mm. To ensure a safe function the pusher cylinder shall rest in the forward position with the pusher empty. When an empty cleat pocket is detected the pusher cylinder opens, allowing one product to index forward, and then pushes the product into an empty cleat pocket and remains in this forward position until the next cycle is to be performed.



Roller conveyors

Light roller conveyor

Interroll Light roller conveyors are used for the transportation of small, light products normally over short distances. Examples of conveyed goods are boxes, light tools or machine parts, books, trays and parcels. It offers (�ndrad text) non-driven and driven roller conveyors with appropriate bends & merges. Typical applications are flexible assembly lines, machine link-ups, packing machines and automated systems.

- Lane width from 207 mm up to 607 mm
- Products from 300 grams to 30 kg
- Diameter 30 mm rollers of steel or plastic
- Round belt drive
- Driven and gravity module
Medium roller conveyor

Interroll Medium roller conveyor range offers transportation solutions for loads of up to 250 kg using tangential chain and toothed belt drive transmission or roll-to-roll chain techniques. Examples of conveyed goods are castings, small pallets, automotive parts and trays. Typical applications are simple transportation, assembly lines and automated storage conveyors.

- Lane width from 257 mm up to 1007 mm
- Products up to 250 kg
- Diameter 50 mm rollers of steel, PVC or PVC sleeved
- Pitches available: 55 mm, 75 mm, 100 mm, 125 mm, 150 mm
Other medium - Intelliveyor

Intelliveyor conveyors incorporate a number of Interroll � 50 mm 24V DC RollerDrives as the driving force. Each RollerDrive is linked to a specified number of slave rollers via a � 5 mm PU drive band. Each RollerDrive & its associated slave rollers are controlled as an independent "Zones" of roller conveyor providing a Zero Pressure Accumulation system. Each RollerDrive is supplied with a control card complete with all necessary connections & sensors.
Heavy roller conveyor

The Interroll Heavy range offers handling solutions for the transportation of heavy goods on Euro, GKN Chep or industry specific pallets with unit loads of up to 15000 N (1500 kg). Typical applications are Warehousing Systems and Distribution Centers.

- Lane width up to 1250 mm
- Products up to 1400 kg
- Diameter 80 mm rollers of steel, with flanges available
- Heavy duty side frames (steel combined with aluminum)
- Chain driven: roller to roller
- Powered and non-powered



Belt conveyors

Light belt conveyor

The Interroll Light belt conveyors offer handling solutions for loads up to 10 kg/m. This is an allround conveyor for general use. Belt widths up to 1 m are available and the length of the conveyor can be up to 30 m. An angled version with top and/or bottom angle is available.
Medium belt conveyor

The Interroll Medium belt conveyors offer handling solutions for loads up to 100 kg/m. This is an allround conveyor for general cargo. Belt widths up to 2 m are available, and the length of the conveyor can be up to 50 m. An angled version with top and/or bottom angle is available.
Heavy belt conveyor

The Interroll Heavy belt conveyors offer handling solutions for loads up to 300 kg/m. This is an allround conveyor for general package handling . Belt widths up to 2 m are available, and the length of the conveyor can be up to 50 m. A tray construction is available as well as an angled version with top and/or bottom angle.








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