Chain conveyor

KAPELOU automatic chain conveyors are engineered and manufactured with a focus on industrial reliability – even under intensive load and high-speed sorting conditions.

Key advantages:

• throughput up to 300 pallets/hour;
• load capacity up to 1,500 kg, supported by a heavy-duty steel chain, reinforced frame design, guides, and support elements;
• its modular design allows configuration changes and seamless expansion of your warehouse storage system to scale with your business growth;
• safety and flow control: ZPA (Zero Pressure Accumulation) enables efficient transport without congestion, reducing the risk of product damage. A drive system with a high-precision pitch chain, guides, support elements, and a rigid frame geometry eliminates misalignment during operation and reduces the risk of load shifting;
• integration with warehouse IT infrastructure: transparent and controlled pallet transport aligned with warehouse logistics scenarios and industry-specific requirements, ensuring high handling accuracy.

Automatic pallet chain conveyors serve as a core component in pallet storage systems and manufacturing environments, where high throughput, safe material transport, and minimized manual handling are essential. Pallet chain conveyors play a critical role in automated warehouse operations, enabling smooth pallet transfer between sorting, picking, packing, and shipping zones. They are widely used in high-throughput automated storage lines across industries such as e-commerce, retail, FMCG, food processing, pharmaceuticals, and manufacturing for stable movement of goods between warehouse zones and production areas.

Pallet chain conveyors are a tool for solving industry-specific challenges. Warehouse applications include pallet accumulation, buffering, zone-to-zone transfer, and integration into automatic sorting lines for efficient order fulfillment:

• receiving and shipping: ensures predictable pallet transport from the dock to storage, control/inspection areas or from packing zones to outbound shipping;
• replenishment and picking: guarantees controlled, smooth pallet feeding and stopping for replenishment, picking operations, and transport to a shuttle or vertical conveyor;
• storage buffering and sorting: in high-volume warehouse storage systems, creates buffer storage zones between picking, packing, sorting, and shipping. The automatic conveyor maintains stable performance during peak loads.

Buying a pallet chain conveyor today means investing in reliable heavy-load transport for years ahead. Contact our team to design and manufacture equipment solutions precisely tailored to your warehouse storage and industry-specific needs.

Why does it work?

• chain conveyors are optimal for heavy loads in high-intensity pallet sorting;
• the industrial chain conveyor for pallets integrates with automated and robotic storage solutions;
• it is a key element of warehouse intralogistics, enabling controlled pallet transport along defined routes;
• the drive chain reduces component wear and requires less frequent maintenance – supporting uninterrupted warehouse operations;
• warehouse automation reduces reliance on forklifts and minimizes manual involvement in load movement.

What modules make up a pallet chain conveyor system?

1. Straight/horizontal section for pallet movement between warehouse zones. Reduces transport time and ensures stable operation.
2. Accumulation module (buffer section) – temporarily holds pallets without operator involvement. Synchronizes equipment during peaks, forms controlled pallet queues, and balances load across the system.
3. Diverting/turn modules automatically change the pallet direction and provide routing flexibility.
4. Vertical module/pallet vertical conveyor automatically transports pallets between warehouse levels, optimizing vertical space utilization.
5. Integrated software layer for data exchange between the chain conveyor and the warehouse management system, synchronizing pallet movement with warehouse logistics scenarios.

How does it work in practice?

In a typical scenario, a pallet is automatically transferred to an infeed conveyor right after unloading. The system then routes it to a buffer zone to level the flow during peak hours. After that, the pallet passes through a turning module to a vertical conveyor and is moved to the required storage or processing level. The full route – from docks to the target destination – is automated and requires no operator involvement, reducing handling time.

“Globyno” is one of the leaders in Ukraine’s meat and dairy industry, operating high volumes of palletized goods 24/7. Following the expansion of its finished goods storage warehouse, the company needed a solution to efficiently transfer pallets between levels without overloading personnel and material handling equipment. Our team designed and implemented an automated conveyor line including:

• straight infeed chain conveyor;
• straight roller conveyor;
• vertical conveyor.

The conveyor system is integrated with WCS. Two vertical lifts with conveyors can operate in parallel in one direction – both up or both down – or in simultaneous infeed/outfeed mode. Mode switching is performed automatically with a single button.

Food retail industry project results:

• transport of finished goods pallets up to 1,000 kg to a height of 5.5 m;
• throughput of at least 30 pallets/hour for lifting and lowering.

In this system, the chain conveyor is the core component of pallet flow. It ensures continuous pallet movement between warehouse zones without flow crossing and without reliance on forklifts. It also delivers load stability thanks to its heavy-duty chains, reinforced frame design, guides, and support elements. More details about the food retail industry project “Finished goods warehouse. Conveyor line for handling 120 pallets per hour”.