Best Conveyor Reviews 2018

Ever since the great Henry Ford revolutionized the automotive industry by including conveyor belts in his newly-opened factory, people worldwide have recognized the efficiency of splitting up a job into smaller sections. In the same way, a typical, workshop-owning handyman or woman also seeks to establish their own mini-factory setting, in which a conveyor belt would play its role as middle-machine between all the other tools and pieces of equipment, and the entire process would run as smooth as clockwork! In this section, we'll tell you a bit more about the features that a small-scale conveyor belt should possess, in order to be of optimum use to you in a busy working environment.

First of all, the size of the conveyor is an important aspect of these contraptions, as it controls how much stuff you can put on them, and also how far your stuff can be transported once it's on there. Many manufacturers, therefore, make conveyors with adjustable sizes, so that you can use one single model for different purposes, which is bound to save you some money in the long run. For example, if you need to wedge a conveyor belt between your drum sander or router table and another table or a basket, you can simply shrink the belt and have an instant continuous feed. If you, on the other hand, want to cover a larger distance, you can expand your conveyor belt so that you don't have to pick up items by hand – which would, after all, defeat the purpose of having one of these tools around.

Secondly, the weight capacity is another factor that you should keep in mind when buying one of these, as not all conveyor belts are suitable for all items. Typically, a small-scale conveyor belt for home use can carry anywhere between 300 lbs to about 500 lbs, but there are also models with a smaller weight capacity which are specifically dedicated to food items or smaller objects (these often use a rubber belt rather than rollers). While letting a conveyor belt do all the work might seem like an attractive thought, you should keep in mind that, if the items you're planning on putting on it are too heavy, you might get something stuck there or even break the entire thing. In that case, you can either get a stronger model or move the particularly heavy items yourself using another tool such as a pallet truck.

Last but not least, the way in which a conveyor belt moves can be a huge factor. Usually, manufacturers either design them to be manually-operated (by a handle), automatically-operated, or 'gravity-operated,' where the entire apparatus is simply sloped so that the hardware that's put on top of it goes slowly down on its own. While the gravity-operated ones may seem like they take the least effort to use, you should keep in mind that these are best suited for heavy items, as some smaller items might not be weighty enough to slide down.