Looking for a conveyor manufacturer or how to design it

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Looking for a conveyor manufacturer or how to design it

psung (Mechanical)

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7 Aug 03 10:59

Does anyone know where I can find small belt conveyer?
I am looking one like this. 1 feet long, 2 inch or less wide, vacuum feature(preferred), low profile(if possible).

I don't care about load capacity nor speed since the conveyor will carry very light material and will be used in sloe indexing application.

If there is none making that kind of conveyor, I should make one. Then, please help me find some design tips and component manufactures.

thanks,

nornrich (Mechanical) · Answer 1 · 2003-08-08 21:53:05

psung,

I'm not sure what you mean by vacuum feature. Depending on how critical the indexing needs to be I would suggest you look at a timing belt with timing pulleys. I designed an indexing conveyor that was low profile and I ended up using Mectrol components for the conveying surface and pulleys and custom designed the frame and drive system. You can check them out at www.mectrol.com and if you provide more detail I can possibly give you some direction.

Rich....

Richard Nornhold, PE
nornrich@redrose.net

radcad (Mechanical) · Answer 2 · 2003-08-13 21:03:29

Their is a company that manufactures such a conveyor. The company is SOPAP USA. They also are an indexing distributer. Their phone # is 864-801-3326

SeanDotson (Mechanical) · Answer 3 · 2003-08-13 22:58:33

http://www.dorner.com/index_main.htm

These are the guys you want. I use them all the time.

Sean Dotson, PE
Inventor Tutorials & More
www.sdotson.com

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