What's the difference between a wheel conveyor and a roller conveyor?

Both are unpowered, gravity-driven conveyors, but they suit different needs. A roller conveyor uses full-width rollers — best for heavy loads, larger products, and pallets where the surface needs to support flat or irregular bases. A wheel conveyor uses multiple small skate wheels mounted on axles — best for lightweight cartons, packages, and flat-bottomed boxes where flexibility matters more than load capacity. The wheel conveyor's standout feature is its accordion-style frame that expands, contracts, and curves through any layout, which a roller conveyor can't do. Choose roller for permanent installations and heavy loads; choose wheel for flexible, temporary, or reconfigurable lines.

How much weight can a wheel conveyor handle?

Wheel conveyors are designed for lightweight to medium-load applications — typically cartons, packages, and flat-bottomed boxes. The exact capacity depends on the wheel material, axle spacing, and frame construction, all of which SANAM configures per project. Heavier loads or pallet handling are better suited to roller or chain-driven conveyors. SANAM sizes the wheel conveyor — wheel diameter, axle centers, frame width, and total load capacity — to your specific product weight and the throughput requirements of your line during the technical consultation.

Can the wheel conveyor be linked to my existing conveyor systems?

Yes. Wheel conveyors are designed to interface with other conveyor types — multiple wheel-conveyor units can link end-to-end for longer runs, and the wheel conveyor can connect to roller conveyors, belt conveyors, or any other downstream/upstream equipment at matched height. The accordion-style frame makes it especially useful as a flexible terminal section — for example, extending a fixed-line conveyor into a truck bed or pulling back to clear floor space. SANAM matches the height, width, and connection points to your existing line during engineering.

What's the typical extension range and curve flexibility?

A SANAM wheel conveyor's extension range and curve radius are configured per project — typical units expand to 2-3x their compressed length and can curve through simple and compound arcs to follow any production layout. Adjustable inner legs let you set the conveyor flat or at a gravity-assist incline to suit your loading or discharge point. Extension range, maximum curve angle, and section length are all sized to your floor plan and throughput requirements during the technical consultation.

How long does it take from order to installation?

A custom-engineered wheel conveyor typically ships within weeks of order confirmation, not months. Because SANAM manufactures in Egypt, you avoid the multi-month lead times associated with imported flexible conveyors. The conveyor is fully assembled and tested in our 10th of Ramadan facility before shipping — wheel rotation, frame extension, curve flexibility, and height adjustment all verified. The same SANAM team that builds the conveyor handles installation and ongoing support.

Material Handling Conveyor

Wheel
Conveyor

The flexible point in any line — an accordion-style frame fitted with industrial skate wheels that expands, contracts, and curves to fit any layout. Zero electricity required, self-tracking through curves without engineered elbows, foldable for storage between shifts. Ideal for truck loading and unloading, warehousing, packaging, and any temporary or seasonal production line that needs to set up and tear down fast.

Code GWC

Wheels Steel / Polymer

Built Egypt — 10th of Ramadan

Expandable + Curveable Gravity-Powered Truck Loading & Receiving

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SANAM wheel conveyor — flexible gravity skatewheel conveyor for truck loading and warehousing installation in Egypt

GWC · Wheel Conveyor

Key Features

What Makes a SANAM
Wheel Conveyor
Different

Six things that set a SANAM-built wheel conveyor apart from a generic imported solution — every one of them a decision we make at the engineering desk before fabrication begins.

Accordion-Style Flexibility

The frame expands and contracts like an accordion, curving through simple and compound arcs to fit any production layout. Pull it out to reach a truck bed, push it back to clear floor space, bend it around a wall, and it follows the path. One conveyor, every layout.

Zero-Power Gravity Operation

No motor, no electricity, no power cables to run across the floor. Skate wheels rotate independently on their axles — products move with a light push or by gravity assist when the frame is angled. No maintenance routine for motors or drives, and no installation constraints around power outlets.

Self-Tracking Through Curves

Each wheel rotates independently, so cartons naturally follow the curves of the frame — no engineered elbow sections, no transfer mechanisms, no programming. The conveyor's flexibility comes from how it's built, not from added components, which means less to install and less to maintain.

Adjustable Height and Inclination

Independent leg adjustment lets you set the conveyor flat to match an existing line's height, or angle it for gravity assist on inclines and declines. Set it to match a truck bed, a packaging station, or a pallet rack — and re-adjust when the application changes.

Truck-Loading Optimized

The flagship use case — the wheel conveyor extends from your loading dock into the trailer bed, carrying cartons end-to-end without a person having to walk each one in. Width fits standard trailer interiors, height adjusts to match the dock or truck floor, and it pulls back to clear the bay when the truck pulls away.

Foldable and Linkable

Set up in seconds for a temporary line, fold flat for compact storage between shifts or seasons. Multiple wheel-conveyor sections link end-to-end with leg-connect brackets for longer runs — bring out two units for peak season, store one when production scales back down.

Industries Served

Where the Wheel Conveyor Earns Its Place

Six industries where the wheel conveyor is the right tool for the job — anywhere flexibility, portability, and zero-power operation outweigh the need for heavy load capacity.

Warehousing & Distribution

Flagship application — order-picking zones, shipping departments, and consolidation areas where wheel conveyors set temporary paths between pick locations and packing stations. Quick reconfiguration when SKU layouts shift.

Truck Loading & Unloading Docks

Primary use case — the conveyor extends from the dock into the trailer bed, carrying cartons in or out without workers walking each unit. Cuts loading time 50%+ on high-volume runs, then pulls back between trucks.

Packaging & End-of-Line

Low-to-medium volume packaging discharge — wheel conveyors carry packed cartons from packing to staging, accordion-folding back at shift end. For operations that do not justify a fixed installation.

Temporary & Seasonal Production Lines

Holiday packing, harvest sorting, promotional runs — set up a wheel-conveyor line in minutes, run it for the season, fold it for storage. No permanent installation cost, no idle equipment during off-peak.

Retail & E-commerce Fulfillment

Back-of-house receiving in retail stores and order-fulfillment paths in e-commerce warehouses where SKU mix changes weekly. Wheel conveyors flex to new layouts without re-engineering the whole line.

General Industrial

Any production environment needing a flexible, portable, gravity-powered transport for lightweight to medium-load cartons. From small workshops to large facilities running seasonal product variations.

Why SANAM

The Conveyor Is Half
the Story. The Team Behind It
Is the Other Half.

Anyone can sell you a conveyor. The question is who picks up the phone six months later when a chain segment fails on a Sunday night.

Egyptian OEM, Not Importer

The conveyor is designed, fabricated, and assembled in our 10th of Ramadan facility — by the same team that installs and supports it. No middleman, no resold equipment, no relabeled imports.

Custom-Engineered to Your Line

We design around your factory floor, your existing fillers and packers, and your container specs. We don't sell standard parts hoping they fit — we design for your line.

Spare Parts in Egypt, in 48 Hours

Spares are typically available within 48 hours from our Egyptian inventory — no import waits, no customs delays, no production downtime while you wait for a chain segment from Europe.

Full System Integration

We don't just supply a conveyor. We connect it to your existing line — matching speed, height, and transfer geometry to your fillers, cappers, labelers, and packers. The line becomes one system, not a stack of disconnected machines.

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