Live Roller Metering and Merging Conveyor System

This Live Roller Merge* simply and economically merges products without the use of clamps, stops or controls. The concept incorporated into the Live Roller Merge is the ability to stall the product until it is in proper sequence.

This product is introduced onto a primary modular plastic belt in which rows of rollers are integrated. The primary belt also has rollerless sections called indexing pockets (see drawing.) Downstream, an exciter belt is located under the primary belt that engages the rollers on the primary belt. The exciter belt speed is set to drive the rollers on the primary belt in a backwards spinning motion. Products float on the roller sections briefly until the rollerless chain section emerges, putting the product in forward motion traveling on the indexing pocket. Simple plow rails or powered side rails are used to merge multiple lanes into single file.

*Introlox Licensed Technology