CONVEYOR IMPACT & WEAR PARTS
Your conveyor belt may represent 50% or more of the cost of the entire conveyor system. Let us show you how to protect your belt investment from premature failure caused by damage you may think you can not avoid.
First, before installing the new belt, replace lagging on the drive pulley that has become worn, damaged or harden from age. This will allow the belt to operate at lower tension, improve belt tracking and prevent slipping during start up, peak loads or wet and cold conditions. There are numerous other benefits to the conveyor system as a result of lower tension.
Rubber and ceramic lagging can be supplied in kit form for the pulley size with instructions and all materials required. The lagging back side is buffed, primed and then sealed in a plastic sleeve for protection until ready to install.
Rubber and ceramic lagging is available on 12 gauge steel backing 5 7/16" wide and can be welded to the pulley face.
Contact Conveyor & Rubber Resources by email or phone 509-460-2425 to help you select the correct durometer, thickness and style lagging for your application.
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The next consideration for protecting the conveyor belt is in the loading area. Belts are often damaged here by the impact of the load, punchures by sharp material and by deflection of the belt which brakes the skirt seal and allows material to go directly into the tail pulley thus damaging the belt. Finally, belt damage may occur from broken impact idlers or by poorly designed bar slider beds.
Let us help you select a high quality impact bed to absorb the load impact on the belt, prevent punchures, eliminate belt deflection and support the entire width of the belt with no pinch points.
Finish the job of protecting your conveyor belt with high quality, long wearing, low friction skirt rubber that will not damage the belt and a skirt clamp system that makes maintaining the loading area seal a simple task.
Contact Conveyor & Rubber Resources by email or phone 509-460-2425 to help you design the best loading area protection for your conveyors.
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After all pulleys and rollers in the troughing and return idlers have been inspected to assure they are in good condition, turning freely and properly aligned it is time to run and train the new belt. New textile belts must stretch and form to the conveyor. Therefore, belt training and careful observaion during the first hours of operation is critical to prevent a new belt from being severely damaged or destroyed.
To read conveyor belt tracking and training instructions from the B.F.Goodrich Engineering handbook, click here.
Finally, belts must be cleaned at the discharge to avoid a multitude of problems. The obvious problem is the time and money spent by men on front-end loaders removing piles of "carry-back." The bigger problem is the material build-up on idlers and pulleys which soon cause the belt to track off center. The belt can then be damaged by running against the conveyor structure or folding over onto itself. A belt not centered at the tail pulley will load off-center causing the further tracking issues and load spillage.