Moving baggage, totes and trays around a busy building is repetitive, round-the-clock work, so the drive that does it needs as little to wear out as possible. A linear induction motor pushes each load from inside the track itself, without touching it, so the carts and totes riding on top carry no motor and no power of their own.
The drive is built into the track
A linear induction motor is an ordinary electric motor unrolled flat. Its powered part — the primary — is built into the conveyor bed or track, where it creates a magnetic field that travels along the run. Each cart, tote or tray carries only a plain metal reaction plate on its underside. As the field sweeps past, it pushes that plate along across a small air gap, so the load moves without the motor ever touching it. The carriers stay passive: no motor, no batteries, nothing trailing behind them.
Nothing in the drive to wear out
Because the push is magnetic and contactless, there are no chains, belts or gearboxes in the drive to stretch, slip or wear. That means less mechanical wear across the system, less routine maintenance and quieter running than a chain or roller line. With nothing gripping the load to drive it, the same arrangement handles inclines and merges — points where lines come together — without extra mechanism.
Movement you can control
The track is divided into powered lengths, or zones, and each zone can be switched on its own. That lets the system start a load, stop it, speed it up, slow it down, hold a gap between one carrier and the next, and set a load down in a precise position. Because the control lives in the track rather than the carrier, plain passive totes and trays can be spaced out, buffered and sequenced along the line.
Where it fits
Contactless, low-maintenance conveyance suits places that run long hours and cannot let the line stop.
Airport baggage handling
Carrying bags between check-in, sortation and the aircraft, where a jam or a stoppage backs up the whole terminal.
Warehouses & distribution centres
Moving totes and trays through storage, picking and dispatch across long shifts, day in, day out.
Sortation
Steering loads to the right lane or chute at pace, where accurate spacing and positioning keep the flow moving.
We size the motors around your throughput — how many loads, how heavy and how fast — and prove the design with modelling and simulation before any metal is cut.
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Moving loads around a busy site?
Tell us the loads, the throughput and the layout, and we will size the motors and the drive to suit.
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