Cart Conveyors
Cartveyor & Vermaport
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Work on the Guide is currently suspended, and is expected to resume end of 2025. Much of the information herein is out-of-date and awaiting updates.
Cartveyor
Cartveyor
Pflow Industries makes the Cartveyor cart conveyor model. This is currently the most common type in North America.
Cartveyors guide carts with a central rail, that connects to a small post at the front of the cart. Their gates are spring-loaded and integrated into the conveyor.
Notable installations
Notable installations
Target, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Target (Madison & State), Chicago, IL
Target, Sunnyvale, CA
Target, Capitola, CA
Target, Merrifield, VA
Target, SODO, Orlando, FL
Safeway, Millbrae, CA
Safeway, Wheaton, MD
Wegmans, Germantown, MD
Wegmans, Virginia Beach, VA
H-E-B, Bellaire, TX
Walmart/Sam's Club, Dallas, TX
Walmart, Albany, NY
Walmart, Tysons, VA
Walmart, Salt Lake City, UT
Walmart, Monona, WI
Whole Foods Market, Nashville, TN
Whole Foods Market, Harlem, Manhattan, New York, NY
Whole Foods Market, Tarzana, CA
Cartveyors are often mistaken for ThyssenKrupp or Schindler, as they are often found next to TK or Schindler passenger escalators. However, neither Schindler nor ThyssenKrupp has ever sold cart conveyors in North America.
Vermaport
Vermaport
Darrott (now part of Morris Vermaport) makes a cart conveyor known as Vermaport. There are two variants, Vermaport SC (for shopping carts) and Vermaport LC (for luggage carts).
Vermaport uses two chains on either side with posts to hold the cart in place. It usually has gates separate from the escalator itself.
Notable installations
Notable installations
Target, Minneapolis, MN (downtown - flagship store)
Trader Joe's, Manhattan, New York, NY
Whole Foods Market, Coral Gables, FL
Kmart, Queens, NY (closed) (world's longest cart conveyors)
Kmart, West Orange, NJ (closed)
IKEA, Schaumburg, IL
Target, Marietta, GA
Target, Atlanta, GA
Target, Cleveland, OH
Target, Pheasant Lane Mall, Nashua, NH
The Home Depot, New York City, NY
The Great Indoors, Novi, MI (closed 9/2019, cart conveyors removed)
Vermaports are often mistaken for Thyssen. Thyssen has never made cart conveyors.
Vermaport at a Kmart store in New Jersey.photo: Darrott (fair use)
Documents
Documents
Cartveyor-Brochure-2019.pdfCartveyor brochure (2019)
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