Transverse Conveyor Lifting Carriages

Lift carriage transverse conveyor

These are mainly used for transporting sheets metals or flat materials, which otherwise would sag or bend due to their weight. But deployment of this option is also efficient and effective for heavy profile forms, which otherwise might give rise to roller friction, thus reducing the force of movement and generating noise.

All transverse conveyor lifting trucks are equipped with continuous robust support rails for the materials, which are also regarded generally as forming the basic framework of the lifting mechanism.

1. Transverse conveyor with lifting mechanism incorporated into the carriage

The design principle of this transverse conveyor is that the transfer rails incorporated into the lifting device are a fixed component of the framework. The lift mechanism is built into each carriage. When the drive chain is tautened, the lift fork rises and when the chain is relaxed the fork is lowered again with the aid of springs.

The materials are lifted and moved forward a little when the fork is swivelled. However the only accepted solutions for tightening the chain use hydraulic cylinders, so that it is not possible to achieve a synchronised lifting of all carriages.

Transverse conveyor with carriage lift by raising the transfer line

2. Transverse conveyor with carriages lifted out by raising the process line

In this example the process line fixed to the lift carriage is completely raised or lowered via the crank levers or diagonal guiderails on the basic framework of the transverse conveyor. A special drive design ensures that the lift carriage does not move in the transfer direction when it is raised. The movement is carried out via roller chains driven by a central shaft.
The lift carriage transfer beams are lifted out individually using a cranking action. This cranking mechanism is also seated on a central shaft, so that the lifting action is synchronised.

Composition of Workstations

Composition of Workstations

The module composition for transverse conveyors provides both transportation and workstation. The materials for the fitter, for example, arrive at his transverse conveyor workstation separately via a roller conveyor and can thus immediately begin the assembly or welding process. The advances of this concept are quite obvious. Waiting times, normal when cranes handle the raw materials, just disappear.

These transverse conveyor frames are of a very robust construction and designed to withstand backflow of welding power.