Compact Grid has been designed with a sprocket supported positive drive system. This provides Compact Grid with a no-slip forward drive, and excellent tracking capabilities. Many competitive belt designs are friction driven, which can cause slippage, and may require expensive belt tracking devices to be added to your conveyor system.

The drive set for Compact Grid is made up of a three-piece sprocket sandwich comprised of one tracking guide centered between two drive sprockets (Figure 1). While the idler set consists of one tracking guide centered between two idler blanks (Figure 2). These three-piece component sets are then positioned approximately every 6” (150mm) across the width of the drive and idler shafts (Figure 3). The appropriate drive and idler shaft sets, and direction of travel, are shown below (Figure 4).