Executive summary Moving long profiles between conveyor lines by hand needs several people and risks bent ends and scratched faces. Our transfer table in this video moves aluminum profiles along blue conveyors, holds them with yellow clamps and lifts them across to the next line with a yellow transfer unit. The load per transfer follows from the pieces per layer times the piece weight.
Table of Contents
- What the video shows
- How profiles move across the table
- Load per transfer
- Controls and safety
- Selection checklist for a profile transfer table
- Engineering FAQ
- Next step
- Related reading
- Sources
What the video shows
Long aluminum profiles enter from the left and run along blue roller conveyors. Yellow clamp units travel along the profiles to hold them in place.
At the end of the line a large yellow transfer unit picks up the profiles and moves them across to another conveyor or onto a stack for the next step. A white control cabinet with a touchscreen, buttons and a red and green signal tower stands beside the line, and www.fhopepack.com is marked on it and in the video watermark.
How profiles move across the table
| Step | What happens |
|---|---|
| Infeed | Profiles enter from the left on the blue conveyors |
| Hold | Yellow clamps travel along and hold the profiles |
| Transfer | The yellow unit lifts the profiles across |
| Outfeed | Profiles go on to the next line or a stack |
The transfer unit moves a whole layer at once, so long pieces are never carried one by one.
Load per transfer
Illustrative example:
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Profile length (illustrative) | 6 m |
| Profile weight (illustrative) | 2 kg/m |
| Piece weight, 6 × 2 | 12 kg |
| Pieces per layer (illustrative) | 20 |
| Load per transfer, 20 × 12 | 240 kg |
The heaviest layer, not the average one, sets the transfer unit rating.
Controls and safety
The clamps travel along the line and the transfer unit lifts and moves full layers. Keep people out of the transfer area while the line runs, and enter only with it stopped and isolated.
The standards that apply depend on the destination market. For CE markets, ISO 12100 sets the risk-assessment method and EN 415-10 sets general requirements for packaging machines.
Selection checklist for a profile transfer table
- Profile or pipe length range.
- Weight per metre and pieces per layer.
- Surface finish to protect.
- Where the transfer table sits in the line.
- Layers per hour.
- Control link to the lines before and after.
Engineering FAQ
Q: What does the transfer table do? A: It moves profiles from one conveyor line to the next a layer at a time.
Q: How heavy is a transfer load? A: Pieces per layer times piece weight: 20 × 12 kg gives 240 kg in our example.
Q: How is the piece weight worked out? A: Length times weight per metre: 6 m × 2 kg/m gives 12 kg.
Q: Where are the controls? A: On a white cabinet with a touchscreen, buttons and a signal tower.
Q: Can it take pipes as well as profiles? A: Send the lengths and weights and we set the clamps and transfer unit.
Next step
We plan your profile transfer table in three steps:
- Submit your layout drawing with profile lengths and weights to info@fhopepack.com.
- Receive a proposal within 48 hours, with pieces per layer and layers per hour.
- Book a site survey to check line layout before and after.
Related reading
- Aluminum profile packing
- Video: automatic aluminum stacker
- Video: aluminum profile packing machine in high speed
Sources
- Machine content: FHOPE engineering team, 2026-10-04
- Load example: our worked example, illustrative values
- Machine in action: our video on YouTube
- Standards scope: ISO 12100:2010, EN 415-10:2014
Last reviewed: 2026-10-04
