Know The Technology and Features of Telescopic Conveyor

Technological advancement and scientific approach has led the invention of the number of useful equipment in the recent years. One such equipment for making loading and unloading of cargo (in the form of units i.e. bags and boxes) is telescopic conveyor. This equipment helps to load or unload bags and boxes of various dimension and weight at rates up to 1500 bags per hour. The technology comprises of telescopic movement of the boom. Also the height of the boom is variable with the help of hydraulic cylinder.

Telescopic conveyor also comes with other value added features like proximity sensor at feeding and discharge end, wheel mounted or rail mounted for maneuverability, etc. The equipment come with complete controls at both the end of the conveyor.

What Are Telescopic Conveyors

Telescopic Conveyor is a very useful equipment for faster and hassle free loading and unloading of bags and boxes into / from trucks / containers. It is useful in almost all industries wherever the raw material or finished product is in the form of units. This equipment is majorly used in distribution centers, post depots and contemporary warehouses. These are primarily used to load and unload Lorries for UN-palletised and loose parcels. They are good for efficient loading and unloading.

To put in simple terms, this equipment is a material handling device that has a telescopic movement which means the loading arm can be retracted and extended for easy loading and unloading variety of products. The belt used is of flat type manufactured out of nylon or polymer. Small as well as bulky parcels and bags can be conveyed at much faster rate. The equipment is commonly found in receiving and shipping centers, huge warehouses, and other such locations where there is major work of moving packages and other similar items.The equipment is very helpful in the shipping yards as the loading docks are not always exactly leveled with each other.

Advantages of the equipment

The primary purpose of telescopic conveyor is to save the time and efforts when compared with manual handling of unloading truck or shipping containers. There are multiple advantages like improved turnaround time of trucks / containers, less labor requirement, reduced damages due to manual handling, etc. In case of the single shift working, how it used to be done in traditional way can be benefited by having telescopic conveyor, as this equipment can be extremely helpful letting the items to be loaded easily with minimum of efforts.