When time is of the essence...

New materials-handling equipment designed to boost productivity helps warehouse workers move, store, and cross-dock goods quickly

By Staff -- Logistics Management, 6/1/1998

Buschman's new drive-out mobile package belt conveyor is designed to load trailers automatically. Because the conveyor is completely pre-assembled and tested before shipping to the customer, on-site installation requires only that the guide rail be anchored to the dock floor and four wires connected to an electrical supply source. Four wires also are available for flow-control connection.

In their redesign of the drive-out mobile belt conveyor, Buschman engineers have added a unique belt-drive unit. The new unit is a self-contained motorized drive pulley. Both the motor and gearing are self-contained within the drive drum's cavity, thereby reducing the conveyor's overall width. Reduced conveyor width provides additional passage space for lift trucks to carry pallet loads onto the trailer.

A single operator can run this conveyor by using its belt start and stop buttons and its toggle switches to extend, retract, or move the conveyor sideways. A safety bar on the leading end of the pullout conveyor section automatically halts further conveyor extension upon contact with a resisting object.