A support and guide structure for one or more conveyors with articulated links, the support and guide structure comprising:
- at least one plate-like support component, which extends on a respective horizontal plane and comprises at least one first surface and at least one second surface opposite to each other;
- at least two separate guides arranged at a predefined distance from each other, wherein each guide is made of a polymeric material, is oriented according to a respective development axis which is parallel to said plane, has a predefined length measured along the respective development axis, and forms a respective sliding surface parallel to said plane for a sliding path of each conveyor with articulated links;
- wherein said guides protrude from said first surface of the support component to define at least one sliding channel parallel to said plane and delimited by side surfaces of contiguous pairs of said guides, each sliding channel allowing at least one portion of the articulated links of the respective conveyor to be housed;
- wherein said support component comprises a plurality of hollow seats which are separated from each other and accessible from the first surface of the support component, and each hollow seat houses at least one magnetic body comprising a magnet and a corresponding ferromagnetic plate;
- wherein said support component comprises first coupling means, at said first surface, and wherein each guide comprises second coupling means, at a respective lower surface of each guide which is opposite to said sliding surface;
- wherein said first coupling means and said second coupling means cooperate to removably connect each guide to the support component and to prevent relative movements of each guide, with respect to said support component, along the respective development axis;
- wherein at least one first group of guides comprises guides provided with at least one flat plate, which is integrally formed in a single piece with the respective guide, which protrudes from a first side surface of the respective guide and extends along at least part of the length of the respective guide, measured along said development axis, in such a way that a lower surface of each flat plate is coplanar with the lower surface of the respective guide, and in such a way that an upper surface of each flat plate forms a base of said sliding channel;
- and
- wherein at least one second group of guides comprises guides provided with at least one notch-shaped recess, which is obtained at the lower surface of the respective guide and on a second side surface of said respective guide which is opposite to the first side surface of an adjacent guide on which said flat plate is integrally formed, wherein said notch-shaped recess extends along at least part of the length of the respective guide, measured along said development axis, in such a way that a terminal edge of the flat plate of a given guide at least partially fits, in a form-fitting manner, into a respective recess of an adjacent guide in an assembled configuration of the support and guide structure, and in such a way that each flat plate, in the assembled configuration of the support and guide structure, is arranged parallel to and in contact with the first surface of the support component, so as to completely cover said hollow seats.