About LaRos Equipment
LaRos Equipment has designed and built parts handling conveyors and automation equipment in Portage, Michigan since 1968.
LaRos started in business separating molded parts from runners. That work led to a complete line of conveyors for the injection molding floor: under press, robot unload, incline, grinder feed, cooling, separation, and container filling. Today the same equipment serves metal stamping, die casting, machining, and recycling as well.
Over 8,000 machines have left our shop. Each one was built to order for a specific press, cell, or process.
Built to order
Every conveyor is designed around your parts, your equipment, and your floor space, to your width, length, and discharge height.
Built in house
Frames are fabricated, and controls are built and wired, in our Portage shop. Each conveyor ships fully assembled with the belt installed and tracked.
Supported for decades
Job and serial records go back to our first units, so we can still supply parts for conveyors built decades ago. Replacement parts
Why LaRos
How LaRos conveyors are built
LaRos conveyors are designed for continuous duty on the plant floor. The same construction standards apply to every unit we build, from a small flat conveyor to a large grinder feed system.
Shipped fully assembled
Every LaRos conveyor ships with the belt installed and tracked, ready to run, including long and wide units that take up a full semi-trailer. On tall inclines, the stand may ship separately to fit the trailer.
Heavy-duty frames
Formed steel channel with welded tube cross members, 10 gauge standard and 7 gauge for heavy-duty applications. Our aluminum frames are structural aluminum channel, never T-slot extrusion.
Large crowned pulleys
Crowned pulleys keep the belt tracking without added guides. Pulley size increases with conveyor width, length and cleat height, which extends belt and cleat life.
Large shafts, bearings and stands
Large shafts and heavy-duty bearings provide longer bearing life, and welded stands keep the conveyor rigid and square in service.
Enclosed drives and take-ups
On most units the gearmotor mounts inside the frame and the take-ups sit within the frame rails. No rotating shafts are exposed along the sides of the conveyor.
Built to last decades
We regularly supply parts for LaRos conveyors that have been in service for more than 30 years, using job and serial records that go back to our first units.
Distribution
Roach conveyors through LaRos
LaRos is a distributor for Roach Conveyors, a standard line of package and unit handling conveyors. When a job calls for gravity, live roller, or other standard conveyor, we can supply Roach equipment and add LaRos controls built for the application.
Contact
Contact us
LaRos Equipment8278 Shaver Road
Portage, MI 49024
(269) 323-1441
sales@laros.com
Our shop
Recent work from Portage
Request a quotation
Tell us about your parts, the equipment the conveyor will serve, and the space available. We will review your application and return a drawing and a quotation. To replace or duplicate an existing LaRos unit, send us the serial number from the nameplate.