Conveyor system with conveyor elements running along a guide-way on rollers and method for the manufacturing of the rollers

Abstract

The conveyor system comprises a guide-way (2) with guide rails (4) and conveyor elements (1) with rollers (3), wherein the rollers (3) are assigned to guide rails (4) located opposite one another and/or conveyor elements (1) comprise rollers (3) with non-parallel axes and due to this the system can be loaded with forces oriented in the most differing directions. The rollers (3) in this conveyor system comprise a relatively hard running jacket (5) with a running surface, which is flat transverse to the conveying direction. The material of the running jacket is paired with the material of the guide rail for low friction and little wear. In addition, the rollers (3) comprise a relatively soft, elastically deformable damper ring (6) arranged between the running jacket (5) and the roller body (7) and the guide rails (4) of the guide-way (2) are supported on a dampening substrate at least at such points of the conveying track, at which load changes occur. In a conveyor system of this type, the drive power required, the material wear and the emitted noise remain within acceptable limits and are relevantly smaller than in the case of comparable conveyor systems according to the prior art, in particular at high conveying speeds and high conveying capacities as well as at a high number of load changes per conveying track length.

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