Material Transfer & Linking Solutions

Most plants have a transfer gap: between receiving and stockpile, between stockpile and process, or between process and loadout. SANTO mobile conveyors close those gaps without fixed structures.

The Material Transfer Challenge

Bulk flows rarely line up neatly. A gap between two stages forces loaders, long truck hauls or fixed belting that cannot move when the layout changes.

Mobile transfer treats the gap as a configurable conveyor link: short or long, mobile or tracked, fed by truck or by pile, discharge to stacker or process.

Recommended Equipment Lineup

The wheeled mobile conveyor is the universal link; paired with a tracked stockpiler it moves material from a receiving point to a growing pile without repositioning the feed.

A grasshopper conveyor extends the link across long gaps, and a mobile truck unloader turns an incoming truck straight into the transfer stream, removing double handling.

• Wheeled mobile conveyor — the core transfer link.
• Tracked stockpiler — receive and build the destination pile.
• Grasshopper conveyor — long, low-profile gap crossing.
• Mobile truck unloader — truck-to-stream feed.

Layout & Workflow

Material enters the link from a truck, crusher or pile and is conveyed to the destination — a stacker builds the pile while the feed point stays put, or the line feeds directly into a screen or loader.

When the destination moves, the conveyors reposition; grasshopper units add length without new foundations, keeping the whole transfer mobile.

Planning & ROI Tips

Define the gap length, the t/h to move (100–1500 range) and the feed/discharge heights first; choose tracked mobility only where the ground or layout demands it.

Compare the mobile link’s installed cost and flexibility against fixed belting, and keep belts and idlers on the spare-parts program to avoid transfer-line stoppages.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a material transfer solution?

It is a configurable mobile conveyor link that closes gaps between receiving, stockpile, process and loadout — truck to pile, pile to process or process to ship — without fixed structures.

Which SANTO machines build a transfer link?

A wheeled mobile conveyor is the core link; add a tracked stockpiler for the destination pile, a grasshopper conveyor for long gaps, and a mobile truck unloader to feed from trucks.

Why choose mobile transfer over fixed conveyors?

Mobile transfer repositions as the layout changes, needs no civil works, and links stages that fixed belting cannot serve economically, with lower installed cost and lead time.