Belt tracker for guiding conveyor belts
Fourth Quarter 2020
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BLT World’s comprehensive range of bulk materials handling equipment includes conveyor components, designed to enhance productivity, minimise downtime and extend the service life of conveyor systems. New to this range is the Scrapetec PrimeTracker belt tracker, which eliminates problems such as misalignment, abrasion and belt damage.
“For optimum performance of a conveyor system, it is critical that the belt always runs straight on the conveyor, without sideways movement. Our new PrimeTracker belt tracker automatically guides a conveyor belt back into the correct straight-line position to prevent costly downtime and component replacement,” explains managing director, Ken Mouritzen. Another advantage is that it operates in the idling position at all times, unless there is sideways movement of the belt. This system corrects misalignment immediately by guiding the belt back into the correct position, with no damage or abrasion to the belt or tracker. This is unlike conventional belt trackers that slide over the belt surface, causing possible abrasion and belt damage rather than adopting free rotation. Conventional belt trackers, with tapered edges, never idle and are always in a braking mode.
Other advantages include easy installation, low maintenance requirements and protection of belt edges and structure of the conveyor belt. A strong corrugated EPDM rubber hose protects the system from dust and sand, while the rubber pivot offers soft suspension of the tracker shaft, ensuring extended service life of the system.
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