Gravity Roller Conveyors

Saturn Gravity Roller Conveyors provide a simple and economical solution for transporting cases, cartons, totes, trays and other products with a suitable flat conveying surface without requiring powered rollers or motors.

Products travel over a series of free-spinning rollers using gravity, manual force or momentum from an upstream conveyor. Systems can be installed horizontally for manual handling or on a controlled decline to allow products to move automatically between operations.

Gravity roller conveyors are available in both standard fixed-frame and flexible configurations.

Standard Gravity Roller Conveyors provide a rigid conveying surface for permanent production and packaging line installations. Straight sections, curves and custom layouts can be combined to transport products between machines, workstations, packing areas and shipping operations.

Flexible Gravity Roller Conveyors can be expanded, contracted and repositioned as production requirements change. Their flexible construction allows the conveyor to form straight, curved or irregular paths, making them particularly useful for temporary production layouts, loading and unloading areas, case packing operations and locations where conveyor length frequently changes.

Multiple construction options are available according to the operating environment. Painted steel construction provides a durable and economical solution for general industrial and dry packaging applications.

For food plants and wet environments, stainless steel washdown configurations can be provided with components selected for increased corrosion resistance and cleanability.

Hybrid construction is also available, combining stainless steel components in critical or exposed areas with painted steel components where full stainless construction is not required. This provides a cost-effective solution for applications requiring increased durability or corrosion resistance without requiring the complete conveyor to be manufactured in stainless steel.

Roller diameter, roller spacing, conveyor width and conveyor length can be selected according to the product dimensions, weight and required handling characteristics. Roller spacing is particularly important to ensure products remain properly supported as they travel along the conveyor.

Gravity Roller Conveyors can be equipped with adjustable side guides, end stops, product stops, curves, supports, casters and transition sections to suit the application.

Saturn Gravity Roller Conveyors can be supplied as standalone equipment or integrated with powered roller conveyors, case sealers, case erectors, packing stations, palletizing systems and complete end-of-line conveyor systems.