Evaluations

Conveyor Unit Modifications and Retrofits

To improve your overall plant production, our engineers and technicians can:

  • Convert and modify a friction drive unit to a positive drive unit.
  • Redesign the conveyor support system’s slider beds or rollers.
  • Modify unit shaft and roller size and placement.
  • Align shafts and rollers.
  • Modify or replace drive, take-up and tensioning systems.
  • Replace worn belting and sprockets.

Conveyor Alignment

Services include:

  • Necessary adjustments made to level and align all rolls, shafts, bearings and support members.
  • Bearing adjustments locked for continued belt tracking.
  • Assuring that all bearings are free turning.
  • Determining if shafts and rolls are concentric.
  • Providing permanent aligned reference points for future alignment, upon request.

Spiral Conveyor Systems Evaluations and Belt Installations

During a spiral system evaluation, we will:

  • Determine belt condition and estimate the remaining belt life.
  • Check belt path in cage and belt return areas.
  • Examine the cage structure and components for signs of damage.
  • Evaluate, and replace if necessary, all wear items such as wear strips, drive bar caps, edge guides, hold downs and sprockets.
  • Check all system shafts for proper alignment.
  • Full belt installations.
  • Determine if proper overdrive is being used.
  • Map system tension via the TugTester digital remote sensing package and provide suggestions to achieve optimum tension level.
  • Provide instruction on proper system cleaning, lubrication and general maintenance techniques.

Technical Training

Training seminars are tailored to suit your specific needs.  Topics include:

  • Symptoms and causes of premature belt failure.
  • Alignment:  Why it is important and how to do it.
  • New belt installation procedures.
  • Belt maintenance guidelines.
  • How to select the proper belt for your application.
  • Belt tracking.
  • Belt splicing techniques.
  • Identifying belt problems to avoid failures.
  • Proper curing of belts in high temperature environments and various atmospheres.