Logistics transportation and storage has become an inevitable way of competition and development in various industries. In the face of the environment of intelligent manufacturing, how can we improve the comprehensive production efficiency of various enterprises? Let's take a look at the transportation system, which is an important component of intelligent warehousing and logistics. According to the structure, the conveying system can be simply divided into roller conveyor, chain conveyor, and belt conveyor.

Chain conveyor is a conveying device that loads unit goods and operates horizontally and continuously. It is a very common conveyor for transporting heavy load goods such as pallets, requiring the bottom structure of the pallets and the transportation direction of the chains to be placed crosswise.

In terms of the operation of conveying unit goods, it has a greater flexibility. From the bottom of the tray, it can be transported vertically or horizontally. In contrast, roller machines need to have a definite conveying direction for unit cargo. For longer conveyor lines, chain machines have the advantages of light weight and low price compared to roller machines.

major function

According to the command of the control system, the drive motor is controlled to rotate forward, reverse, or stop and brake. The deceleration motor drives the chain to rotate, relying on the friction between the tray and the chain side plate to achieve horizontal transportation and accurate positioning of goods on the chain conveyor.

main features

1. Diversity of transported items

Chain conveyors can transport almost all types of items. Bulk materials, such as flour, cement, ash, coal, ore, etc; Small items, such as electronic components, mechanical parts, large goods, such as whole household appliances, various complete machines (such as bicycles, motorcycles, cars, etc.), various packaged goods, etc. Taking the weight of an item as an example, electronic components as small as a few grams, and items as large as 10 tons or more can be transported using chains.

2. Adaptability to harsh transportation environments

The chain conveyor can work normally in almost all kinds of harsh environments, and can adapt to various working conditions such as low temperature, high temperature, dusty, toxic media, corrosive media, and rough loading. Therefore, in low-temperature cold storage, high-temperature drying lines, rough loading forest farms, dusty cement plants, and equipment coating lines, chain conveyors are preferred.

3. Arbitrary flow direction of transported goods

The chain conveyor can not only achieve horizontal, vertical, and inclined conveying, but also carry out undulating and circuitous conveying without the need for multiple machine combinations according to the environmental conditions of the workshop; Not only can it realize straight line transportation, but also can it carry out circular transportation, making the flow direction of the transported goods have great arbitrariness.

4. Accurate and stable transportation during operation

Chain conveyors operate by engaging the drive sprocket with the chain, so unlike belt drives, there is elastic sliding, which ensures correct and stable conveying speed and accurate synchronous conveying of the chain conveyor. Therefore, in automated production processes, this feature is often used to control the rhythm of the production line.

5. Long service life and high efficiency

The life and efficiency of the conveyor depend on the conveying elements. The conveying element of a chain conveyor is a conveying chain. Although the components of the conveying chain will also be made of various materials with different properties, they are mainly made of metal materials. Even chains made of multiple materials require a harmonious and reasonable overall and component performance during design and manufacturing. Therefore, compared to other conveying components, conveying chains have the characteristics of high strength and long service life. In addition, the chain and sprocket are meshed, and the friction resistance inside the chain hinge is small, so the chain conveyor has the characteristics of long life and high efficiency.

Main Applications

Chain conveyors often form various functional production lines with other conveyors, lifting devices, etc. When a chain machine is used in combination with a roller machine, it can change the conveying direction of goods. Through the roller transfer machine, the conveying direction can be changed from longitudinal to transverse, and the unit goods can be transported to the roller machine of the conveying line through a right angle turn.