Drawbridge for Pallets
Product Details: Item No. 148
Capacity: 3,000 lbs per pallet, bin, or IBC load
Use: To create a ten foot wide fork truck aisle along a pallet conveyor line
Material: Stainless, carbon, or galvanized steel construction
- Overview
- Description of Operation
- Technical Specifications
- More Alternative Equipment
- Product Details
Overview
This is a custom made conveyor application, built to raise a ten foot long conveyor. The load being conveyed is a 42″ wide pallet with a 2,450 lb payload at 48″ high. This access gate, or drawbridge, is raised on occasion to allow a fork truck access throughout the plant.
Of the two types of drawbridges designed, this one uses an air-over-cable cylinders and another will use twin hydraulic cylinders against a fulcrum point to lift and lower the gate. The raise and lower cycle takes about thirty seconds, round trip.
Description of Operation
This is a custom made conveyor and drawbridge, built to raise a ten foot long powered roller conveyor to allow a fork truck access to the aisle several times a day.
- A fork truck operator approaches the gate and pulls a cord
- The drawbridge raises a full 90 degrees for access
- An audible alarm is activated whenever the gate is moving up or down
- A signal is also sent to shut down the gate, infeed and discharge conveyors
- The fork truck drives through the ten foot opening
- The truck operator pulls another cord to lower the drawbridge
- When down, a signal is sent to start all conveyors again
- The raise and lower cycle takes about thirty seconds, round trip
Technical Specifications
This is a custom made conveyor and drawbridge, built to raise a ten foot long powered roller conveyor to allow a fork truck access to the aisle several times a day.
- The gate rotation is a full 90 degrees vertical
- Gate has a powered roller conveyor surface
- The drive is a 1/2 HP TEFC gear motor
- Powered conveyors are chain driven live rollers
- Frames are 5″ x 6.7 lb/ft structural channels
- Rollers are 2.5″ diameter with 11/16″ axles
- Supports are 4″ structural channels welded to frames
- Drawbridge assembly is a fully welded unit
- Square tubing is used for framework construction
- A cable air cylinder raises and lowers the gate
- Hydraulic or air cylinders can also be used
- An audible alarm is used for safety compliance
- This is a custom made unit, 10′ long x 5′ wide
- The raise and lower cycle takes about thirty seconds, round trip
All conveyors, standard and custom-made, are built with frames and supports welded together, making each section a superstructure, the most rugged standard in the industry.
