Steel conveyor fabrication India — material handling structures, trestle frames and conveyor steelwork

Steel conveyor fabrication in India covers the structural steel supporting systems that carry bulk material handling conveyors — the trestle frames, gallery structures, transfer towers, and tripper car rail frames that together form the material handling infrastructure of mines, ports, power stations, cement plants, steel plants, and bulk chemical facilities. The structural steel for a conveyor system is not glamorous, but it is critical. A trestle frame that fails, or a gallery structure that deflects excessively under the loaded belt weight, brings the entire conveyor line down. Suncorporation fabricates steel conveyor structures for industrial clients across India from our own workshop in Hyderabad.

Steel conveyor fabrication — types of structures

Conveyor trestle frames are the most common product in steel conveyor fabrication — the lattice or solid web frames that support the conveyor stringers at regular intervals along the conveyor route. Trestle frames for overland conveyors at ports and power stations are typically 3 to 8 metres tall, spaced 6 to 10 metres along the route. The structural design needs to account for the belt tension forces transmitted into the trestle through the idler frames, the wind load on the conveyor structure, the seismic load in applicable zones, and the temperature range at the site location.

Conveyor gallery structures are enclosed steel structures that house the belt conveyor inside a weatherproof enclosure — used where the conveyed material needs protection from rain (coal at power stations, fertiliser at ports) or where environmental regulations require dust containment. Gallery structures are essentially elongated industrial sheds on elevated supports, and their structural design combines the conveyor trestle design with the industrial building frame design.

Transfer tower structures are the multi-storey steel frames at the points where one conveyor discharges onto another — the highest structural complexity in a conveyor system. A transfer tower may be 15 to 30 metres tall, house multiple chutes and feeders at different levels, support walkways and access platforms for maintenance, and carry the surge loads from the conveyor discharge impact. Steel conveyor fabrication for transfer towers at Suncorporation uses conventional structural steel framing designed to IS 800:2007, with the specific conveyor equipment loads provided by the materials handling engineer.

Steel conveyor fabrication cost and lead time India — 2026

Steel conveyor fabrication costs in India in 2026 run from Rs 75,000 to Rs 1,10,000 per MT for standard trestle and gallery structural steel, depending on the structural complexity, connection category, and painting specification. Transfer tower structural steel with heavy equipment loads and multi-level access platforms costs Rs 90,000 to Rs 1,25,000 per MT. For coastal or port conveyor structures requiring hot-dip galvanising instead of paint, the galvanising premium adds Rs 12,000 to Rs 18,000 per MT.

Lead time for steel conveyor fabrication at Suncorporation from drawing approval to dispatch is typically 8 to 16 weeks depending on tonnage and complexity. For conveyor projects in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, and Karnataka, transport from our Hyderabad workshop is typically 1 to 3 days by road.

Contact Suncorporation for steel conveyor fabrication. Also see: Heavy steel fabrication | Seaport steel fabrication | Conveyor erection | Structural steel Hyderabad