Tails; Figure 3: Pneumatic Takeup Drive Overview - Bastian Solutions RZPAC Installation And Maintenance Manual

3.4 Tails

The RZPAC tail section is a 36" conveyor section that contains the tail pulley and a snub roller. The tail
sections are always placed as the first and last bed sections in an AC mark number. Rollers in the tail
section are banded together to transmit power from the zero pressure zone in the section to the rollers
above the tail pulley.
Optional power takeoff (PTO) timing pulleys may also be installed on a tail section, to drive an additional
conveyor section from the belt of the RZPAC conveyor.
Due to the nature of a PTO driven conveyor section, the driven conveyor cannot be
shut down without stopping the belt of the RZPAC conveyor, which will prevent
products on the RZPAC from advancing. Special attention is required to the system-
level control logic if a conveyor is to be driven from the infeed of an RZPAC conveyor. If
the RZPAC conveyor zones fill with product, any additional product entering the infeed
Published November 2021
Installation and Maintenance Manual: RZPAC

Figure 3: Pneumatic Takeup Drive Overview

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