Conveyor Components for Reliable Product Movement

Conveyor components are the parts that help a conveyor system move, guide, support, and protect products as they travel through a line. Common components include conveyor rollers, ball transfer units, guide rails, linear guides, lead screws, mounted bearings, plain bearings, and sliding liners.

These parts are used across material handling conveyor systems, packaging conveyor systems, food and beverage lines, palletizing systems, and intralogistics automation.

Conveyor rollers help boxes, bottles, packages, totes, and other products move smoothly through a conveyor line. They are often used in roller conveyors, packaging equipment, transfer sections, and material handling systems where reliable product movement is needed.

When selecting conveyor rollers, common factors include product weight, conveyor speed, roller size, tube material, bearing style, and application environment.

Ball transfer units help products move in multiple directions across a flat surface. They are commonly used on transfer tables, sorting areas, packaging lines, and workstations where products need to slide, rotate, or change direction.

Unlike standard conveyor rollers, which usually move products in one direction, xiros® ball transfer units support multidirectional movement for packages, containers, flat-bottomed goods, and heavier products.

Belt rollers are small-diameter rollers used where a conveyor belt needs a tight transfer point. They help reduce the gap between conveyor sections so smaller products can move from one belt to another more smoothly.

In packaging and material handling systems, iglide® belt rollers can support compact product handoffs, belt deflection points, and transfer areas where space is limited.

Grease-free conveyor components are designed to operate without added grease. This can help reduce maintenance, keep motion cleaner, and prevent dirt, dust, or product residue from sticking to lubricated parts.

Grease-free solutions are especially useful in food and beverage conveyor systems, packaging lines, washdown-prone areas, dusty environments, hard-to-reach bearing points, and high-maintenance conveyor sections.

Format adjustment means changing conveyor guides, lanes, sensors, stops, or machine positions to match different product sizes or package formats. This is common in packaging lines that handle multiple bottle sizes, box sizes, containers, or product types.

Components like drylin® linear guides, dryspin® lead screws, and drygear® Apiro gearboxes can support manual, handwheel, motorized, or automated guide rail adjustment.

Conveyor bearings help rollers, shafts, guide wheels, and moving assemblies rotate smoothly. They are used in roller conveyors, overhead conveyor systems, bottling lines, packaging machines, and shaft support points.

xiros® plastic ball bearings and igubal® bearing inserts can offer a lightweight, corrosion-resistant alternative to metal bearings, especially where moisture, dirt, or regular maintenance are concerns.

tribotape® sliding liners are thin, low-friction liners used on guide rails, chutes, curves, wear strips, sidewalls, and other conveyor contact points. They help products slide more smoothly while protecting surfaces from wear.

They are useful when a full roller, bearing, or machined part is not practical, but the conveyor still needs reduced friction at a product-contact area.

Yes. Existing conveyor systems can often be improved by replacing specific wear parts instead of rebuilding the full line. Common upgrades include grease-free conveyor rollers, self-lubricating polymer bearings, low-friction sliding liners, guide rail adjustment systems, and igubal® mounted bearings.

These upgrades can help reduce maintenance, improve reliability, extend service life, and solve problems at worn or hard-to-access conveyor points.

Food and beverage conveyor systems often need components that can handle moisture, cleaning, product residue, and continuous operation. Common options include xiros® conveyor rollers, xiros® ball bearings, iglide® belt rollers, tribotape® liners, drylin® linear guides, dryspin® lead screws, and igubal® mounted bearings.

These parts can support bottling lines, filling systems, packaging conveyors, guide rail adjustment, product transfer points, and conveyor bearing support areas.

Conveyor bearings help rollers, shafts, guide wheels, and moving assemblies rotate smoothly. They are used in roller conveyors, overhead conveyor systems, bottling lines, packaging machines, and shaft support points.

xiros® plastic ball bearings and igubal® bearing inserts can offer a lightweight, corrosion-resistant alternative to metal bearings, especially where moisture, dirt, or regular maintenance are concerns.

Polymer conveyor parts can help reduce weight, corrosion, noise, and maintenance compared to traditional greased metal components. In conveyor systems, they are often used for rollers, bearings, bushings, liners, wear strips, guide rails, and adjustment parts.

Self-lubricating igus® motion plastics are especially useful in packaging, intralogistics, palletizing, food and beverage, and material handling applications where clean, reliable motion is important.