Products
Anderson Conveyors long life quality can be added to client’s designs to produce first class customised idlers and pulleys. We offer idlers of various diameters, steel tubes or cast iron with impact coverings, 2,3,4 and 5 roller sets Drums and pulleys of any diameter.
Both idlers and pulleys can be supplied with a variety of mounting and fixing methods, we can even put different end arrangements on one spindle. We are pleased to quote for any quantity from one off upwards, for spares for existing installations and for major new contracts. Of solid construction, sealed for life, to spin at a touch and made to measure up to the task in hand.
C series idlers last for a very long time. For over 90 years these cast iron rollers have coped with the most abrasive loads in the most inhospitable sites.
Anderson Conveyors based in Glasgow manufactures Anderson long life idlers and rollers. Motorway, rail, sea and airfreight are within easy reach. Short lead times can become overnight despatches in emergencies.
Supply
Anderson long life idlers and rollers are in use throughout the United Kingdom and have been exported for over sixty years to countries such as Australia, Denmark, Guyana, Singapore and the USA.
Not all locations are exotic and Anderson long life idlers and rollers make the going smooth in the roughest of terrain. Carrying sand and aggregate in damp open quarries, has conveyed 2000 tonnes of coal an hour in coal mines, distributed 7.5 million cubic metres of spoil on the English side of the channel Tunnel, spreading salt and fertiliser and proving equal to it all.
Anderson long-life idlers and rollers have endured Scottish Winters and African summers, over hills and underground year after year endlessly spinning.
Different installations bring different problems however and require different needs. This web site contains the complete range of current Anderson rollers and idler sets with their primary function indicated.
- Off-the-shelf delivery is available for popular items.
- Off-the-wall designs are produced for special requirements.
- Special purpose idlers include steering sets, medium and heavy-duty impact idlers and picking belt sets.
- Anderson Conveyors frequently manufacture idlers, boards and brackets to customer’s own specifications.
An idler set is a sophisticated combination of superlative design, profile and alignment with quality assured manufacturing.
Among other considerations are the provisions of appropriate brackets, belt control, the prolonging of belt life, low frictional resistance, sealed for life or re-greasing arrangements, roller replacement capability and the overall weight.
Anderson Long life idler sets and rollers balance all of these facets of design against price and purpose. They do so with a solid reputation for reliability, suitability and good value for money. The reasons for this reputation are illustrated in the accompanying technical data sheets on specific sets and rollers.