The Art of Material Handling Conveyors

It is known that conveyor belts have been really helpful for bulk material handling. It is considered the best power pulley invented in the world. It is mostly used in commercial applications of various factories to move along heavy products usually in big boxes and distribute it to different places. This includes sand, gravel, sacks, tires, and even fragile items like glass and ceramic containers.

It’s also been very useful for transporting industrial and agricultural materials from one place to another, specifically outdoors. And in cases for long distance material handling conveyors, the conveyor belt would be very long. It is said that the longest conveyor belt is found in Western Sahara with the length of 100km. Can you imagine how amazing that would be?

In addition, conveyors are used in automated distribution and warehousing. Aside from long distances, it can do a lot of things than before. Conveyors have evolved to different styles as to what purpose it may serve. For instance, there’s an available one that manages to lift a material from one level to another.

It is surprising how a simple pulley can turn out to be a tool to increase one’s productivity. Every conveyor can be unique in every way. It increases productivity as it can move materials with less time and power exerted.

 

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