Car-in-track conveyor
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A car-in-track conveyor is a sophisticated version of an asynchronous carrier with greater flexibility inherent in the drive systems in terms of acceleration, speed of travel and the manner by which idling is achieved. One of the earliest version of car-in-track systems is a flat, platen-like carrier with four horizontally mounted wheels on each corner. These wheels run both on and against two parallel tracking rails providing support for the carrier as well as lateral guidance. The driving force is derived from a constantly spinning tube running parallel to the guidepath, beneath the carrier. A fifth drive wheel mounted beneath the carrier makes contact with the spinning tube, resulting in a variation of worm-style transmission. By controlling the set angle of the drive wheel the carrier speed can be infinitely varied up to a maximum in the 400 feet per minute range.[1]
Other Types of Conveyors
Other types of conveyors include:
- Belt conveyor
- Bucket conveyor
- Chain conveyor
- Chute conveyor
- Gravity wheel conveyor
- Incline conveyor
- Magnetic belt conveyor
- Monorail
- Pneumatic conveyor
- Power-and-free conveyor
- Reciprocating vertical conveyor
- Roller conveyor
- Screw conveyor
- Slat conveyor
- Sortation conveyor
- Tow conveyor
- Trolley conveyor
- Troughed belt conveyor
- Vertical lift conveyor
- Vibrating conveyor
