Dear Tom,

I suggest you visit http://www.bulk-online.com/ELIB/index.php?inc=3

and search for key words of interest. Here are a few articles which might help, and they also indicate where testing could be done, for instance at the University of Hannover in Germany, a worldwide known R&D center for conveyor belt technology.

Name of Author: Hager, M.

Company Affiliation: University of Hannover

Title of Article: Conveyor Belt Research at the University of Hannover

Published in Journal: bulk solids handling

Year: 1993 Volume: 13 Number: 1 Page: 141

Type of Article: Original Article

Fields of Interest: Belt Conveying

Article published in 'The Best of ...' book: I/2000 Part I (Belt Conveyor Technology - Parts I, II & III)

Name of Author: Hager, M., Wolpers, F.M.

Company Affiliation: University of Hanover, PHW-Anlagen und Systeme GmbH (O&K)

Title of Article: Tests on the Wear Behaviour of Conveyor Belts

Published in Journal: bulk solids handling

Year: 1990 Volume: 10 Number: 3 Page: 255

Type of Article: Original Article

Fields of Interest: Belt Conveying

Article published in 'The Best of ...' book: I/94 (Belt Conveyor Technology)

Name of Author: Ballhaus, H.

Company Affiliation: University of Karlsruhe

Title of Article: A New Conveyor Belt Wear Test Stand

Published in Journal: bulk solids handling

Year: 1982 Volume: 2 Number: 1 Page: 59

Type of Article: Original Article

Fields of Interest: Mechanical Conveying

Name of Author: Brouwers, S.

Company Affiliation: Dunlop-Enerka B.V.

Title of Article: New Frontiers in Hi-Tech Belting Research - Computer Design and Test Programs

Published in Journal: bulk solids handling

Year: 1986 Volume: 6 Number: 3 Page: 549

Type of Article: Original Article

Fields of Interest: Belt Conveying / Computer Modelling and Analysis / Control and Automation

Article published in 'The Best of ...' book: I/86 (Conveyor Belt Technology)

Name of Author: Harrison, A.

Company Affiliation: University of Newcastle

Title of Article: Internal Fatigue Mechanisms in Steel Cord Belting

Published in Journal: bulk solids handling

Year: 1991 Volume: 11 Number: 4 Page: 839

Type of Article: Original Article

Fields of Interest: Belt Conveying

Article published in 'The Best of ...' book: I/94 (Belt Conveyor Technology)

Name of Author: Kuzik, L.J., Blum, D.W.

Company Affiliation: Conveyor Belt Technology Corporation and Querent Technologies Inc.

Title of Article: Scanning Steel Cord Conveyor Belts With the "BELT C.A.T.ª" MDR System

Published in Journal: bulk solids handling

Year: 1996 Volume: 16 Number: 3 Page: 437

Type of Article: Technical Note

Fields of Interest: Belt Conveying

Article published in 'The Best of ...' book: I/2000 Part III (Belt Conveyor Technology - Parts I, II & III)

Name of Author: Vogel, R.

Company Affiliation: Conveyor Belt Monitoring

Title of Article: Quality Assurance Testing of Steel Cord Conveyor Belting

Published in Journal: bulk solids handling

Year: 1988 Volume: 8 Number: 5 Page: 587

Type of Article: Original Article

Fields of Interest: Belt Conveying

Article published in 'The Best of ...' book: I/94 (Belt Conveyor Technology)

In order to make sure that you have access to the important literature in this field, please visit the Bookshop at http://www.bulk-online.com/shop/inde...642d43ae13ee03

and order the "Best of ..." books on Belt Conveyor Technology.

If you are active in this field, you should also have a subscription to the world's best technical journal in this field, "bulk solids handling", published by Trans Tech Publications. An absolute "must".

Reinhard H. Wohlbier ■