Ball Transfer Units, Roach Model B

Features Ball transfer tables consist of ball transfers that are attached to rigid frames or plates

• Allow flat-bottomed loads to roll along a path from one place to another, reducing the effort it takes to move the loads in warehousing, package handling, manufacturing, and distribution applications
• Loads to move in all directions
• Typically installed at the start and end of conveyor systems, at points along a conveyor system where loads need to change direction or move to an adjacent conveyor line, and at packing tables or workstations where loads need to be rotated or positioned.
• The length and width of the smallest conveyed item should be at least three times the table's ball spacing dimension, and the heaviest conveyed item must weigh less than the combined capacity of the ball transfers supporting it
• Move boxes, packages, crates, etc. any direction, effortlessly
• Ball transfer tables are also used when more than two
  conveyor lines converge and packages must be
  transferred from one line to another
• Commonly used at packaging and assembly stations where product needs to be rotating or moved in more than one direction

Applications

• Used on conveyor lines in packaging, manufacturing, distribution, warehouses, shipping areas, assembly areas, order fulfillment, automotive, food and beverage industries and more 

Specifications:

• Ball assemblies: 1" in diameter and steel ball x 1-13/16" overall housing diameter
• Mounting bolt: 1/4"-20
• Ball capacity: 50 lbs per ball with maximum unit load not to exceed the capacity of 4 balls (200#)
• Frames: 3-1 /2" x 1-1 /2" x 10 gauge steel with balls set high position (1 / 4" above side frames) only
• Frame Capacity: 1300 lbs maximum distributed live load per 1 0' section with supports at 10' centers and 3200 lbs at 5' centers.
• Plates have balls that are attached in a square pattern to 10 gauge formed plates up to 39" bf above 39"bf, the plates are 7 gauge
• Couplings: Butt type.

For more information on the Roach Model B, Ball Transfer Unit please contact a Thomas Conveyor & Equipment Automation Engineer at 844 220 0086 or click on the Contact Us button above.