Conveyor Spares
Originally Posted by sganesh
Dear Experts,
To protect from environmental effects, conveyor belts are prohibitted to be stored in open yard.
Can belt manufacturers consider by giving very good packing like providing good insulations
and covering them with sheet metal etc., Such precautions may help the belts from direct heat
from sun rays, rain & humidity etc., We may get longer life of the belt.
Bucket conveyors (Cleats & side walled belts) may also be packed in good container like boxes,
with enough good ventilation in which direct sun light and rain will not enter.
Keeping under shed is always suggested. But some times they are missed.
We cannot avoid 100% inventory also we have to extract longer life from the belts which are stored in yards.
Requesting your valuable opinions please.
Regards,
The only way you are going to give your spare belt rolls any protection is
to keep them in shipping container.
The issue with storing spare belt rolls in a shipping container is properly
loading and blocking the rolls to assure that they do not roll unpredictably
when the rolls must be retrieved from the conveyor.
Yoiu have to have a four whel drive fork lift like the Stellick forklift capable of
loading and unloading the belt rolls from the container.
The other issue is that the conveyor roll should be set and secured within the
centerline of the container to assure easy access to the center of the belt roll to
pick up the bar that was used to move the roll on the forks of the forklift.
The other thing to do is paint the roof and exterior walls of the container white
with a good barn paint and assure the vents if any are left open.
lzaharis ■
Roll Out The Barrel.
Originally Posted by stevenwangI had a look. It has a lot of information but nothing jumped out and bit me on the backside concerning belt storage.
As recently as 2010 most manufacturers required stored belts to be periodically turned to prevent the weight having time to press the layers into bond. Sort of thing. For turning access the roll should be permanently trunnion mounted as well. Full rolls are oblong or round and can stand 3.8m tall, to reduce splicing works. A proper storage shed is essential: preferably fitted with a 25t EOT crane.
At a recent job in KSA it was being proposed to leave the belts out in the open for at least a year. The German sub Contractor had tricked the Main Contractor into buying belts very far in advance to bolster his cash flow situation. Belts were delivered before the actual size requirement had been finalised. I lie not. Warranty has long since expired, if it ever existed at all. Summer afternoons regularly registered 490C at the site.
The joined up belting is the most expensive item in most plants yet companies pay scant attention to preservation. A proper belt store will be contested to the death while covered staff parking and security compounds will proliferate.
Belt manufacturers already provide seaworthy packaging and its effectiveness is proved on the receiving wharf. If the packaging sees it through the S China Sea it needs no improvement at all. ■
Packing Conveyors for Better Storage
Conveyor packings for longer storage & better life
Dear Experts,
To protect from environmental effects , conveyor belts are prohibitted to be stored in open yard. Can belt manufacturers consider by giving very good packing like providing good insulations and covering them with sheet metal etc., Such precautions may help the belts from direct heat from sun rays, rain & humidity etc.,
We may get longer life of the belt.
Bucket conveyors (Cleats & side walled belts) may also be packed in good container like boxes, with enough good ventilation in which direct sun light and rain will not enter.
Keeping under shed is always suggested. But some times they are missed.
We cannot avoid 100% inventory also we have to extract longer life from the belts which are stored in yards.
Requesting your valuable opinions please.
Regards, ■