DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF FLEXIBLE ROLLER CONVEYOR SYSTEM
Ankita Gaikar, Aditi Sawalkar, Ruchita Whavle, Soham Dhabale, Dr. Usha C. Pawar
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Datta Meghe College of Engineering, Airoli, Maharashtra, India.
Abstract:
A conveyor system is a common piece of mechanical handling equipment that moves materials from one location to another. Conveyors are especially useful in applications involving the transportation of heavy or bulky materials. Conveyor systems allow quick and efficient transportation for a wide variety of materials, which make them very popular in the material handling and packaging industries. Many kinds of conveying systems are available, and are used according to the various needs of different industries A flexible roller conveyor is one of the accommodations used to move goods from one place to another. The working scope of transporting goods from one place to another is a must for those whom work in a retailer store. However, most of the small company are having limitation of space. Therefore, they created a storage at an upper space of the store. Due to the limitation of the storage space, the employees are having health issues such as back pain, neck strains, wrist sprain and etc. Therefore, most of the employees did not working with this company for a long time as the working environment is uncomfortable for them. Our objective is to ease the work of the employees as well as to save energy and time of employees. We surveyed a few of retailer store owner and discussing on producing a new product which to help them ease the work of their employees. We also conducted a market survey to know our target market opinion on this product. We discussing and brainstorming the ideas in order to enhance our product to achieve our customer's expectation. Therefore, we come out with the idea of producing a flexible roller conveyor which can be used to transport the goods from one place to a higher place. An additional feature was added as it can be used to move goods to a higher place where the height of the conveyor can be adjusted.
Keywords: Flexible roller conveyor, efficient transportation, adjustable height.
