01Engineered solution

Pop-up transfers

Two conveyors crossing at right angles cannot both be the top surface. A pop-up transfer lifts one through the other to take the product, which turns the flow 90° in the space the junction already occupies.

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Pop-up transfer section raised between two perpendicular conveyors
Right-angle change The transfer lifts to take the product
Detail of a pop-up transfer mechanism between conveyor sections Transfer mechanism

02Principle

Lift, take, lower.

A 90-degree pop-up transfer uses multiple conveyors running perpendicular to each other to change a product's direction. One set lifts through the other to pick the product up, carries it across, and lowers again.

The lift does more than change direction. It also accommodates the two different heights of the adjacent equipment, so machines that do not share a discharge height can still be connected directly.

Why it suits tight layouts

The conveyors involved have a small footprint, so a pop-up transfer addresses space constraints that a curve or a long transfer run could not. The direction change happens within the junction rather than needing a radius around it.

03Specification

What it solves, and where it fits.

A pop-up transfer is specified when a junction has to do two jobs at once: turn the product and bridge a height difference.

01 · Direction

90° change

Product arrives on one conveyor and leaves on another at right angles to it, without a curve or a pusher acting on the side of the product.

02 · Height

Two different levels

The lift accommodates adjacent equipment running at different heights, so the transfer bridges the step rather than requiring the machines to be re-levelled.

03 · Platforms

Industrial and sanitary

Pop-up transfer conveyors can be designed on both the industrial and sanitary conveyor lines, so the environment does not rule the method out.

Direction change
90 degrees
Arrangement
Perpendicular conveyors
Height difference
Accommodated by the lift
Platforms
Industrial and sanitary

04Gallery

Raised and lowered positions, and the junction in a line.

Pop-up transfer in the lowered position
Lowered, flow passes straight through
Pop-up transfer installed within a conveyor line
Within a line

05Related solutions

Turning product is one of several ways to route it.

Merge, diverting & sortingOther ways to route product between lines Rotating conveyorsTurning the product rather than the flow Elevations & line egressLarger changes of level Indexing & positioningPlacing product accurately at a junction Product flow & controlMetering product into the transfer Custom systemsWhere the junction is engineered to order

Tell us what the junction has to do.

Give us the two conveyor heights, the product and the rate through the junction, and Roarer can specify the transfer.

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