Transfer Cars

Transfers cars are used to transport product via a floor mounted track that guides car mounted casters in a straight line between several positions. Transfer cars are often in a lot of lean manufacturing operations and provide an efficient way to move pallets and larger products eliminating the need for fork trucks and other pallet movers. Transfer cars generally have a roller conveyor mounted on top to interact with stationary conveyors the car meets up with.

Types of Transfer Cars

Powered Transfer Car
A Powered Transfer Car is a transfer cartpowered by an onboard motor with wheels that ride in track.

Manual Push Transfer Cart
A Manual Push Transfer Car is a transfer requiring an operator to manually push the car to its different positions.

Transfer Car Applications

Pallet Handling - Bringing pallets from one conveyor to a non adjacent conveyor
Sortation - Moving a product off of one line onto a car and transferring to the appropriate sorting line before leaving the transfer car
Used in Robotic palletizing cells
Custom accessories such as roller conveyors, turntables, and tilters can be mounted to the top of transfer cars for more specific applications

Transfer Car Benefits

Transfer cars can eliminate long runs of conveyor to save floor space and money
Transfer cars can eliminate the need for a fork truck or tugger cars
High speed
Used in ergonomic applications

Transfer Car Specifications

Custom transfer cars built to customers dimensions
Uses flanged or v-groove wheels that lock into track
Custom accessories such as roller conveyors, turntables, and tilters can be mounted to the top of transfer cars for more specific applications

Transfer Car Budgetary Price

Manual Transfer Car - Starting at $3,500
Powered Transfer Car - Starting at $15,000