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Internal logistics · Stacked crates and baskets · Curve and short straight run in one machine

Removing an unnecessary transfer from a short, demanding route

A curve and a short straight section built as one powered conveyor for stacked crates.

A side-flexing curve conveyor with a pale straight section joined to it at one end, standing on castors on the NEXUS factory floor.
Factory build and test The curve and the short straight section, built as one machine.

The project

What the line needed, and what NEXUS did.

The requirement

Stacked crates or baskets needed to travel through a curve followed by an approximately 500 mm straight section. A roller curve could allow the load to settle into the gaps and become less stable. Using a separate curve and short straight conveyor would also introduce another transfer point and require a second motor for a very short run.

The engineering response

NEXUS combined the curve and short straight run in one powered conveyor. The continuous conveying surface supported the load through both sections without an intermediate machine-to-machine handoff.

Why this configuration works

The solution did more than change a standard machine dimension. It considered the load behaviour, transfer stability, route length and drive arrangement together, showing how NEXUS adapts proven conveying principles around the complete application.

Photographs

Installation views

  • Close view of the point where the dark curved conveying surface meets the pale straight section on a single conveyor frame.
    Factory build and test The transition. There is no machine-to-machine handoff at this point.
  • A single yellow plastic crate resting on the straight section of the integrated curve conveyor during a factory test.
    Factory build and test A crate on the straight section during load testing.
  • A tall stack of red plastic crates standing on the conveying surface of the curve conveyor in the NEXUS factory.
    Factory build and test A stacked load under test on the curve.
  • A yellow crate of goods crossing the join between the curved and straight sections of the conveyor.
    Factory build and test A crate crossing the join, supported continuously through it.

Details

Project facts

Goods
Stacked crates and baskets
Route
Curve followed by an approximately 500 mm straight section
Why one machine
Removes a transfer point and a second drive on a very short run
NEXUS solution
Custom Conveyor Solutions — curve and straight section in one powered conveyor

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