Conveyor Belt Repair Material – Safety is top priority
- 1. Conveyor Belt Repair Material – Safety is top priority Conveyor belts are bound to get faulty with the passage of time on regular usage. Unexpected repairs can bring your business to a standstill. The time loss is significantly reduced by protecting your profits. The latest tools and materials offers the best repair solutions for conveyor belts without wasting time and relinquishing on strength, quality and consistency of the repair. The best tools with safety guidelines can prepare your belt for the best performance. Some of the tools and procedures for the effective repair and maintenance of conveyor belts are listed below: Keep an eye on safety Safety is considered to be part of product innovation. The maintenance personnel should have the right knowledge and training without compromising on the safety procedures. The procedures include proper belt squaring, cutting measures, skiving and fastener installation. With proper safety training and regular reminders on operational safety you can definitely guarantee a safe operating environment. Straight and square cuts Belt repairs starts with straight and square cuts. A knife job is unsafe and inexact. This is true especially when the belt is wide. It leads to more imprecision and errors. For this purpose portable and lightweight cutters are easier to achieve square and straight cuts safely and in a uniform manner. With these tools the mechanical
- 2. fastener splice life is maximized and downtime is minimized due to the reason that proper square belts distribute tension across the splice. The belt ends are properly squared and the problems of mis-tracking like premature belt, load spilling and splice wear occur rarely. The belt cutters are specially designed for belt thickness from 1” and 84”. The process of belt cutting is not faster. Steps needs to be taken for proper measurement and square cut of ends irrespective of the cutting method used. Imprecision can only lead to waste of time and repeating the process. Skiving A conveyor belt repair material technician should have portable belt skivers in their arsenal. The belt skivers eliminate the top cover of the belt to prepare it for countersunk fastener. These skivers are specially designed for fast, safe and precise top cover removal irrespective of its depth. The dangers of flawed cuts that arise from hand knife skiving is eliminated in this case. You are assured of quicker and cleaner alternative as the skiver removes the top cover and does it in just a few minutes. Skiving assures fastener installation helping people to increase the splice life and cut on downtime. The belt works effectively in association with cleaners. Skivers are compact, lightweight and portable. The tools do not require electrical power and it is easier to use across the plants, facilities and warehouses. These come with self contained design and needs a separate guide track and winch. Quicker installation There are other tools that increase the speed and accuracy of installation. These are portable and simple to operate resulting in quicker repairs and less wear and tear. The power driven belt repair tools are easily available and these are highly portable.
- 3. The dangers of manual hammering can be eliminated with the use of air operated rivet driver that works like an impact wrench. The belt safety is improved by the training tools. Contact Us: NIPL Engineering Pvt. Ltd 90, Pantheon Road, Egmore Chennai 600008 Phone: 91 44 4214-5016, 91 44 42145017 Email: [email protected]