The art of conveyor belt tracking
Thorsten Koth
Specialist in Dry Bulk Handling, Dust and Spillage Control, Conveying Transfer Points.
Conveyor belt tracker use a belt mass difference across the face of a central bearing supported roller to pivot the trainer direction through the stationary support shaft .
The new technologies developed by PrimeTracker/ Versum in Sweden, have allowed for a much simpler design of a mass imbalance activated tracker. This design uses a flexible coupling in the centre pivot, rather than a fixed axis shaft at 45°.
This allows for completely 360° free motion about the centre of the tracker, which has created an inherently reversible design. The steering of the roller is activated by additional mass and friction to one side of the roller, which drags the roller drum forward and steers the belt back to centre.
Results in the field have shown there is no downside to this design compared with the fixed axis design, and it has been found that the rubber coupling is a more reliable unit, due to its simplicity and given it is not affected by contamination like a conventional greased bearing. The Primetracker makes your live easier, call us www.scrapetec-trading.com
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1yMy 2 cents worth of opinion. The picture is a typical example of trying to fix the symptoms and not attending to the cause of the problem, like the spillage due to buildup on the belt. Take note of the spillage underneath the belt on the right hand side of the picture.
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