NAM presents this Q&A with Mathew Augustine, head of Product Development for Continental, about how industry challenges are innovating mining conveyor belts. Manufacturers of mining equipment are faced with increasing prices, supply constraints and environmental impacts when it comes to the materials and components they use to manufacture critical mining equipment. These challenges are then passed along to mining operators…
Read MoreFlexco has added the Belt Support Bar (BSB) to its line of heavy-duty belt support system tools. Featuring the company’s standard purple paint, the new release can immediately create a better seal once installed onto a facility’s conveyor belt and can mitigate the release of dust while creating a more efficient, safer belt conveying process. Flexco Product Manager Kevin Fales…
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Precision Pulley & Idler (PPI) is launching a new belt training device to the market with the release of the patented Return Training Bracket. Conveyor belt tracking has always been a challenge in the material handling industry, leading to the development of many belt training devices. Often these devices have proven to be ineffective or very cost prohibitive. One of…
Read MoreA conveyor belt is only as good as its design, and then only as good as it is maintained. Superior Industries’ chief conveyor engineer Travis Thooft outlines vital design considerations allowing successful maintenance. Dry bulk material producers and handlers spend millions every year maintaining conveyor systems. Oftentimes, conveyor design does not provide the means for ease of maintenance, and as…
Read MoreMSHA reported that on June 8, a miner died at Thomas Walsh’s N. Attleboro Plant, Bristol County, Mass., after climbing over the handrail onto a conveyor belt to gain access to a magnet belt that needed adjustment. When the miner stepped onto the magnet belt, the belt started, throwing the miner 16 feet to the ground below. This is the…
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Dyno Nobel’s DynoConsult team was tasked with designing a blast that would allow access to more than 3 million tons of ore – a blast with minimum vibration and little flyrock that would leave the mine’s nearby assets intact. Did the company succeed? Read on. A blast is a blast, right? Not necessarily, especially for those at the controls. Recently,…
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ASGCO has announced new improvements to its line of Tru-Trainer Dual Return Conveyor Belt Tracking Idlers. The new patent-pending design is engineered for heavy-duty conveyor applications with high conveyor belt speeds and tonnages. The updated Tru-Trainer Dual Return features a new lower profile design for more compact conveyors with a low height clearance as seen in many conveyor belt feeders…
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Canadian diversified miner Teck Resources said its Elkview met coal operation in British Columbia’s Elk Valley will be closed for one to two months for repairs at its plant. Officials have confirmed a structural failure of the plant feed conveyor belt. In the meantime, it will reschedule its planned plant maintenance at the operation to take advantage of the downtime,…
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Martin Engineering has redesigned one of its most popular tail protection devices to be a lighter weight, modular unit delivered in a compact package for improved safety and convenience. The re-engineered Martin V-Plow HD achieves the gains with no compromise in performance. “The heaviest section of the previous design was about 21 lb. (9.5 kg), while the new modular unit’s…
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U.S.-based conveyor belt products supplier ASGCO has released its new Grizzly conveyor belt skiver as a safer, easier way to remove or recess conveyor belt covers for mechanical fastener installation. The new release is 18-volt battery powered and features dualaction tugsten carbide blades for accuracy. It comes as a kit that includes a battery charger, two batteries, and a set…
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