Conveyor Guide Rails and Accessories for Equipment

The three primary conveyor types are belt conveyors, which move items on a continuous loop; roller conveyors, which use rotating cylinders to transport goods; and overhead rail conveyors, which suspend items from an elevated track. Softrol specializes in overhead rail conveyor systems specifically engineered for garment and linen handling in textile services and laundry environments.

Melonited round rail is a surface-hardened steel rail treated through a controlled nitriding process to enhance wear resistance and reduce friction. Softrol uses it in their overhead conveyor systems because it enables smooth, quiet operation with significantly lower maintenance requirements compared to standard rail, making it ideal for high-throughput industrial laundry facilities running continuous operations.

Softrol's Rail Automated Material Handling System supports throughput of up to 13,500 lbs per hour for soil and clean goods transfer. The SoftSort Automated Garment Sorting System handles between 5,000 and 50,000 garments per day, while Wash Aisle Systems can be scaled to match facility-specific processing volumes.

Yes. Softrol systems are designed for seamless integration with existing washroom equipment via DataFusion technology. The modular control architecture and retrofit capability allow facilities to upgrade or extend rail automation without replacing current machinery, reducing capital expenditure while improving overall operational efficiency and control reliability.

Softrol rail systems operate on LOIS Rail software featuring Pan-N-Zoom technology, which provides real-time visualization and monitoring of overhead rail layouts. The platform supports touchscreen operation, remote access to plant performance data, and integration with the broader LOIS (Laundry Operation Information System) suite for total plant management.

Softrol's conveyor guide rail systems are engineered for industrial laundry, healthcare linen services, hospitality laundry operations, uniform rental plants, and commercial laundry facilities. They are used for automated soil sorting, clean goods transfer, garment sorting, and wash aisle automation — any application requiring reliable, high-volume overhead material handling.