Regal introduces turnkey retrofits of live-roller conveyor

Regal Power Transmission Solutions (Booth 968) is introducing a new turnkey retrofit program that transforms live-roller conveyor for sustainable, high-uptime performance. Combining its System Plast modular plastic belt and chain, high-efficiency Hub City or Grove Gear drives and long-lived Sealmaster material handling bearings, Regal provides single-source or à la carte capabilities for on-site evaluation, consulting, layout design, validation and installation. The variety of conveying surfaces available from System Plast creates new options for every material handling need from single bottles to cases, people and even cars.

“Live-roller conveyor is old technology that has many weaknesses compared to recent advances in plastic chain and belt,” said Mike Suter, Vice President for Regal Power Transmission Solutions. “Live-roller is noisy with pinch points from day one, and gradually turns into a downtime and maintenance problem with dead zones, belt wear, tracking and replacement, and complex snub roller center drives. Converting a system makes economical use of existing conveyor frame, while the new solution reduces product damage, part count,
maintenance, downtime, noise, and energy consumption.”

System Plast engineers a wide variety of conveyor belt and chain for low maintenance, high-efficiency performance, utilizing proprietary polymer formulations to suit application requirements. At its booth, Regal will demonstrate its directionally unlimited roller top belt that can align products to any angle, divert them, sort to multiple lanes, rotate, combine, or gap them – all done softly without contact.

ProMat 2015 is scheduled to be held March 23-26, 2014 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. The tradeshow will showcase the latest manufacturing, distribution and supply chain solutions in the material handling and logistics industry. Modern’s complete ProMat 2015 coverage.