Plows should be carefully located so that the material removed from the belt does not create a hazard as it falls or...

Ideally, all belt-to-belt transfers would be in-line: The discharging and receiving belts would run in the same...

Each belt is rated as to its strength – the amount of pulling force that it will withstand. The strength of a belt (or...

While many flaws in a conveyor are prone to gouge or tear the belt, something as simple as fraying can prove just as...

On a typical conveyor, the belt is troughed for the carrying portion of its journey and returned to a flat...

Sometimes the difference between normal and avoidable belt damage can be less than obvious. Chapter four of Martin...

Many kinds of conveyor belt damage are caused by the materials being moved or misalignments in parts of the structure,...

The conveyor belt has long been the most economical and most efficient form of bulk-materials handling for many...

In its section on extending belt life in chapter four, Martin Engineering's Foundations™ draws the distinction between ...

Belting is designed with a minimum pulley size specified by the manufacturer. Bending a belt over a radius that is too...