How To Square Belt Ends Using the Center Line Method
Accurate squaring of the belt ends prior to lacing is essential to correct belt tracking and helps distribute stress evenly throughout the joint.
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Case Study: How a Capped Edge Conveyor Belt Helped A Vegetable Supplier Cut Costs
A vegetable supplier in Illinois was experiencing issues with frayed edges on their conveyor belts. The rough, frayed edges were causing issues during their Safe Quality Food Audits.
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How V-Guide Strips Can Help with Belt Tracking
To assist with positive tracking, a guide strip(s) is often used on the pulley side of conveyor belts. V–guides are the most common shapes used. However, square and rectangular shapes are also available. In addition, Sparks has designed and developed round dot-guides for traveling over very small pulleys.
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Measuring the Durometer (Hardness) of a Conveyor Belt
Durometer is one of several measures of the hardness of a material. It can be identified as a material’s resistance to permanent indentation or it can be identified as a material’s resistance to penetration of a sharp object.
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Case Study: How Sparks' Dura-Lock Modular Plastic Belting Helped Save a Citrus Company Time & Money
A citrus processing group in San Bernardino, California was having difficulty resolving a major design issue related to a rough dump station of citrus at their offloading dock which was under construction.
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