Front end conveyor having integrated transverse scrap conveyor

A front end conveyor having an upstream end and a downstream end, the front end conveyor comprising:

• a frame comprising a plurality of interconnected frame members;
• a lower deck supported by the frame and including a plurality of sheet supports, upper portions of the sheet supports lying in a first plane;
• an upper deck supported by the frame and including a plurality of sheet guides, the plurality of sheet supports and the plurality of sheet guides defining therebetween a sheet transport path for moving sheets in a sheet transport direction toward the downstream end of the front end conveyor;
• and
• a transverse scrap conveyor below the lower deck configured to carry scrap in a direction perpendicular to the sheet transport direction,
• wherein a first frame member of the plurality of fame members is located below the lower conveyor deck and extends in the direction perpendicular to the sheet transport direction,
• wherein a second frame member of the plurality of frame members extends from the first frame member in an upstream direction,
• wherein a third frame member of the plurality of frame members extends from the first frame member in the upstream direction,
• wherein a cradle is supported by the second frame member and the third frame member, and
• wherein the transverse scrap conveyor is mounted in the cradle.

A front end conveyor having an upstream end and a downstream end, the front end conveyor comprising:

• a frame comprising a plurality of interconnected frame members including a first frame member and at least one cantilevered second frame member, the at least one second frame member extending from the first frame member in the upstream direction;
• a lower deck supported by the frame and including a plurality of sheet supports, upper portions of the sheet supports lying in a first plane;
• an upper deck supported by the frame and including a plurality of sheet guides, the plurality of sheet supports and the plurality of sheet guides defining therebetween a sheet transport path for moving sheets in a sheet transport direction toward the downstream end of the front end conveyor;
• and
• a transverse scrap conveyor at least partially supported by the at least one second frame member and configured to carry scrap in a direction perpendicular to the sheet transport direction.