Planning roller conveyors
Important to Consider!
Careful planning is essential when using roller conveyors. To benefit fully from the many advantages of Rollex roller conveyors, the relevant conditions and influencing factors should be assessed in advance. Rollex supports you as a competent partner right from the start.
Suitability of Load Carriers for Roller Conveyors
This refers to the running behaviour of pallets or other load carriers on roller conveyors. We help you assess whether your goods are suitable for roller conveyor transport – and if in doubt, a test run can help determine the right solution.
Dimensioning and Equipment
A key characteristic of gravity roller conveyors is that gravity alone is sufficient to move the goods safely to the picking point. The conveyor design and its equipment must therefore be carefully matched to the application.
Designed for Tough Everyday Use
When, for example, only a few minutes are available to load a truck, it can happen that industrial trucks come into contact with conveyor components. The system should be robust enough to withstand such conditions.
Structure
Standard Roller Conveyor Modules
To meet your individual requirements, Rollex offers a modular system of combinable infeed, intermediate and discharge modules for roller conveyor applications.
Depending on the application, this allows us to provide the technically and economically optimum solution for your needs.
Feeding modules
 continuous
roller conveyor |
 two-part
holder |
 three-section
support |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Loading units: | Euro pallets and pallets of equivalent design with continuous runners in the direction of travel (where applicable: mesh boxes, special pallets) | Pallets and containers with two runners and special pallets | Pallets and containers with three skids and special pallets |
| Direction of transport: | lengthways | lengthwise and/or crosswise | lengthways and/or crosswise |
| Typical handling equipment: | Forklift trucks with tilting masts, stacker cranes | Forklift trucks with and without a tilting mast, electric pallet trucks, stacker cranes | Forklift trucks with and without a tilting mast, some electric pallet trucks, stacker cranes |
Accumulation modules
 continuous
roller conveyor |
 Roller tracks
|
 Combination
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Loading device: | Euro pallets and pallets of the same design with continuous skids in the direction of travel (where applicable: mesh boxes, special pallets) | Pallets and containers with two runners and special pallets | Pallets and containers with three runners and special pallets |
| Transport direction: | lengthways | lengthways and/or crossways | lengthways and/or crosswise |
Removal modules
 continuous
roller conveyor |
 two-part
removal |
 three-part
removal |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Loading devices: | Euro pallets and pallets of equivalent design with continuous skids in the direction of travel (where applicable: mesh boxes, special pallets) | Pallets and containers with two skids and special pallets | Pallets and containers with three runners and special pallets |
| Transport direction: | lengthways | lengthways and/or crossways | lengthways and/or crosswise |
| Typical handling equipment: | Forklift trucks, tilting mast | Forklift trucks with and without a tilting mast, electric pallet trucks | Forklift trucks with and without a tilting mast, electric pallet trucks |
