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Korn Recycling opts for Flexco Secondary Belt Cleaners with Finger Segments

Korn Recycling, based in Germany’s Swabian Alb region, runs one of the world’s most modern plants for sorting industrial waste and processing refuse-derived fuel. Recently it equipped the conveyor belt system in its mobile processing line with a new belt cleaner with finger segments from Flexco …read more

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Martin Engineering’s Tips for Efficient Conveyor Discharge

Every day, bulk handlers struggle with the conveyor discharge zone emitting dust, carryback, and spillage, some of the leading problems that cause equipment breakdowns, workplace safety violations, and raise the cost of operation. Martin Engineering’s decades of research and development have…read more

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Conveyor Dust and Spillage: The Importance of Skirtboard Sealing Systems

The global leader in belt conveyor accessories, Martin Engineering, designs products around safety to promote an efficient and clean working environment and part of that is manufacturing properly sealed conveyor chutes for bulk handling. The latest innovations the company has devised are the A…read more

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Flexco Europe: Korn Recycling opts for Secondary Belt Cleaners with Finger Segments

Korn Recycling, based in Germany’s Swabian Alb region, runs one of the world’s most modern plants for sorting industrial waste and processing refuse-derived fuel. Recently it equipped the conveyor belt system in its mobile processing line with a new belt cleaner with finger segments from Flexco …read more

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BEUMER assists Cement Manufacturer in Modernisation of Bucket Elevators

Outdated technologies often lead to increased maintenance, and that can rapidly become expensive. A cement plant owner faced this problem with his bucket elevators. An analysis carried out by the BEUMER Customer Support team made things clear: It is not necessary to replace the whole systems, but on…read more

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Elevator Handling recycled Asphalt Planings: Engineering, Design Guidance & Component Supply

Design and engineering for a new bucket elevator handling recycled asphalt planings (RAP). Recommending speed, power requirements, shaft & casing sizes, and component specifications (SPS steel buckets and NBR belting), 4B Braime engineers helped the customer to achieve the desired capacity of 25…read more

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Conveyor Belts – 4B pioneers Use of Stainless-Steel Elevator Bolts for Magnet Belts in Concrete Recycling

An application of 304 grade stainless non-magnetic elevator bolts in magnet conveyors, used for removing ferrous materials from crushed recycled concrete. Overcoming the problem of standard mild steel bolts being drawn to the fixed magnets and increasing service life. read more

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Bucket Elevator Inspection

Periodic inspections of bucket elevators should be an essential part of any maintenance program. Often it is helpful to conduct these with a trusted vendor who can provide insight into solutions that go beyond just part replacement. The following are examples of common issues found during bucket ele…read more

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Conveyor Belt Cleaner Tension: A Key to Optimal Performance

Conveyor belt cleaners have evolved over the last 50 years from mostly homemade designs to a wide variety of engineered solutions to suit virtually every application. The expectations have changed over time as the relationship between health, safety and productivity and clean belts have become more …read more

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Conveyor belt design innovation - Dunlop Ultra X

Conveyor belts are critical components and can be surprisingly complex. Their reliability and efficiency can literally make or break an operation. Finding a genuinely tough, good quality belt that can handle the demands placed on it is difficult enough. Finding such a belt that is also competitively…read more

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Conveyor Transfer Point Upgrade controls Dust at Brazil Port

One of Brazil’s busiest ports is successfully managing dust emissions from its grain terminal conveyor system with an innovative transfer chute design. To prevent impacting the local community and adjacent docks with dust from loading and unloading agricultural commodities, the conveyors at the T-…read more

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Design and Control Philosophy of the 4.7 km NMDC Downhill Conveyor in Kumaraswamy, India

This paper describes the mechanical design and control philosophy of one of the most complex conveyor installations in the world, if not the most complexed. NMDC contracted ELECON/CKIT Conveyor Engineers (collaboration) to design the horizontal curve downhill conveyor. ELECON was awarded the contrac…read more

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Avoiding the Rip off – A Guide to Chevron Conveyor Belts

Chevron profile conveyor belts are a key component on a huge variety of mobile plant and equipment. Despite the important function they fulfil, very little is known about them technically. As a consequence, even less is understood as to why some are so much more efficient and less troublesome than o…read more

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Self-sufficient automatic Conveyor Belt Condition Diagnosis – even more important in Times of Crisis

The digitization of important processes in mines and associated operations is progressing. Machines are linked in the Internet of Things (IoT, IIoT, Industry 4.0). Knowledge of the condition of equipment is of paramount importance for operators in order to minimize the risk exposure. Conveyor belts …read more

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Wearing thin – Causes and Solutions for Conveyor Belts that have to be replaced prematurely due to Surface Wear

Conveyor operators all over the world waste millions very year because the belts they are using are wearing out much faster than they should be doing. The biggest single influence on the wear rate of a conveyor belt is its ability to resist the effects of abrasion. Here, conveyor belt specialist Les…read more

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It’s cold outside! A guide to rubber conveyor belts operating in extreme cold conditions

In this article, Dr. Michiel Eijpe, Innovation & Sustainability Director of Netherlands-based Dunlop Conveyor Belting, provides a rare technical insight into cold resistant conveyor belting while at the same time giving ‘inside knowledge’ as to what to look for (and avoid!) when buying belts…read more

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Five Benefits of Conveyor Skirting

Thomas Greaves, General Manager at DYNA Engineering, Australia, explains the advantages and disadvantages of conveyor belt skirting: how they work, how they are designed and how they increase productivity and safety. read more

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Safe Confined Space Entry for Chutes, Silos and Hoppers

An estimated 7% of the U.S. fatalities recorded by MSHA between 1995 and 2011 occurred in a confined space. To reduce that number, conveyor operators are wise to understand exactly how a confined space is defined, and to consider what they can do to prevent serious injuries.read more

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Martin Engineering: Reduce Conveyor Maintenance Time through better Access

Virtually every vehicle on the road today is designed with a hood that can be easily opened for access to the engine, so mechanics can perform routine service and diagnose / address problems that arise during its lifespan. Conveyor systems should be designed in much the same way, with convenient poi…read more

Case Study

Conveyor Belt Generates Power for Air Cannons to control Build-Up

The Ash Grove Cement plant in Louisville, Nebraska produces approximately 1.1 million tons per year. In order to maintain production levels, efficient material movement via conveyor is critical. The issue is especially acute when running wet raw material at the quarry. Over time, operations personne…read more

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Reducing Belt Conveyor Transfer Impact Energy using a Dynamic Idler

A belt conveyor load zone under a primary sizer was experiencing multiple failures to plant. The system transports 5500 tph of Iron Ore, 6 m drop height and a lump size of 500 mm+. To reduce unplanned maintenance and stretch shutdown intervals by increasing the life of the belt, rollers and fra…read more

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A Guide to the Types of Belt Edge used in Rubber Conveyor Belts

Considering the huge amounts of money spent on conveyors and conveyor belting and the numerous challenges they can present, deciding on exactly what type of edge a conveyor belt should have does not really sound particularly important. But strange as it may seem, selecting the right type of belt edg…read more

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Something Smells wrong: are Lives being put at Risk by Conveyor Belt Manufacturers

The harmful and, in many cases, potentially lethal substances used in industrial manufacturing processes have been a cause for concern for many years not only amongst consumers but also those who come in contact with them in the course of their day-to-day work. When the European Union’s REACH regu…read more

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Conveyor Belting – Who sets the standards?

Conveyor belts are required to handle an extremely diverse range of demands from wear, tear and impact damage right through to ozone and ultra violet radiation. With those demands comes an almost bewildering range of test methods and quality standards applied to each individual demand. In this speci…read more

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Moisture Measurement & Control yields immediate Results: Consistent Product Quality from Lab to Line

What is worse than wasted effort? Economical losses and decreased productivity. Moisture measurement is a crucial aspect in manufacturing from the initial process to the end-product stage. Product quality and consistency are forefront with MoistTech in the development of the IR3000 sensor to accurat…read more

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