1. What is a conveyor?

- Conveyors are designed to move material or products to improve efficiency and

throughput. In general conveyors are used to move a product from one location to
another. Conveyors are used in a variety of industries including:
 Material handling
 Metal working
 Industrial
 Food processing
 Distribution
 Cosmetics
 Medical and pharmaceutical
 Plastics
 Packaging
 Automotive
- Almost all processed or packaged products are moved on a conveyor at some stage
on their life cycle.

2. What are the variety of reasons to use a conveyor?

- Product Movement or Flow
- Improved Efficiencies
- Labor Savings
- Speed and Throughput
- Safety and Ergonomics
- Reducing Product Handling
- Food or Product Safety
- Protect Appearance
- Protect Product Quality

3. In general, what are the four (4) main ways to use a conveyor?
- Input and Output to or from a Machine
- Moving though a Machine
- Bridging between Machine in Lines
- Mainline Conveyance

4. What are major categories in conveying?

- Mining and Aggregate
- Screw
- Gravity
- Belt
- Precision Belt
- Plastic Chain
- Pallet Handling

5. Beyond standard product movement, what are the used of conveyors?

- Conveyors can be used to rotate, divert, sort, accumulate, reject, merge, and inspect
products. Conveyors can be equipped with a variety of motor and controller
options, stand options and accessories. Conveyors are often integrated with robots
for maximized automation