Heavy-Duty Conveyors: What You Need to Know

Automation solutions are important in keeping your facility as efficient as possible. There are many parts of your operations that require manual labor, time, and can be prone to accidents. Heavy lifting in particular, is a common challenge requiring your team to move bulky, oversized, or heavyweight items. Heavy-duty conveyor solutions are one way to bring consistency to this process while reducing personal injury and fork truck accidents in your workplace.

What are heavy-duty conveyors?

Heavy-duty conveyors are automation solutions designed to transport heavy, bulky, or large loads throughout a warehouse.

What can heavy-duty conveyors move?

Heavy-duty conveyors are designed for high-capacity loads and can move items up to 50,000 lbs. These are great for moving pallets, instead of using a forklift to move these.

What industries use heavy-duty conveyors?

Heavy-duty conveyors can be used across a wide variety of industries and can move a wide variety of products. Below are just a few examples of industries that use these conveyors.

Manufacturing – moving raw materials, parts and finished products

Warehousing – improving efficiency at the loading dock by handling full pallets

Automotive & Aerospace – transporting large, uniquely shaped components

Recycling & waste management – handling scrap metal, plastics, and waste

What are the benefits of heavy-duty conveyors?

Heavy-duty conveyors are great for reducing traffic jams in facilities. With conveyors, you can have increased productivity by being able to move materials quickly. Instead of relying on workers to move items, a conveyor can smoothly move materials from one spot to another.

These automation solutions can also reduce labor costs in your facility. By having this efficient conveyor moving the heavy items around your facility, your team can manage their time elsewhere, working in areas that need more attention. This also reduces the strain put on workers and allows the conveyor to do the heavy lifting.

Heavy-duty conveyors can also be customized to best meet your needs. Depending on the materials you have on hand, these conveyors can be configured to best meet your needs with varying sizes, speeds, and layouts.

What sets heavy-duty conveyors apart from other conveyors?

Simply put, heavy-duty conveyors are different as they can carry heavier loads than the typical conveyor. Heavy-duty conveyors are built with heavy-grade steel or aluminum frames with stiffeners. They have a heavy-weight, low-stretch belts or chain driven live rollers, and have robust drivers. These conveyors also include wider beds that can be used for oversized materials.

What are the different types of heavy-duty conveyors?

The type of heavy-duty conveyor that you choose should depend specifically on your needs – your workflow, the materials you need to transport, and your space available. Here are some different types of heavy-duty conveyors.

Belt conveyors – Great for moving bulk materials and packaged goods

Roller conveyor – Ideal for pallets, crates, and other heavy items

Chain conveyor – Designed for heavy pallets, oversized or irregularly shaped loads

Slat conveyor – Often used in assembly lines for stable transport

Each conveyor has its own advantages. If you’re unsure of which conveyor would work best in your facility, reach out to ISS Material Handling, and we’ll be able to recommend the best choice.

Work With ISS Material Handling

If you’re looking for innovative ways to move material around your facility, this is the place to start. Our team at ISS Material Handling will work with you to discover your bottlenecks, and pain point areas. From there, we will be able to recommend the best automation solution that will allow your facility to run as smoothly and efficiently as possible.

Once we’ve designed your material handling solution, we’ll integrate it into your facility, being there to ensure you’re comfortable with your new solution and being there as a resource for any questions that may come up. Give us a call at 833-754-2164 or reach out here to get started with an automation solution.