In order to accomplish its goals for process improvements in any area, especially in material handling, the plant must...

The volume of the head (discharge) chute around the discharge pulley is usually dictated by the general arrangement of...

The distance required for a belt’s transition varies with the amount of troughing required, the belt thickness, the...

Not every kind of damage conveyor belts suffer is always what it first appears.

Chapter four of Martin...

Care must be taken in selecting an edge sealing system that fits into the available area between the belt’s edge and...

A complete system to control dust at conveyor transfer points is based upon four design parameters:

Even under the most ideal conditions, steel skirtboards can be hazardous to the belt. Fluctuations in the belt's line...

Pulley Sizes

For decades, tail, bend and discharge pulley sizes have been selected from tables published by belting...

Clean designs are critical to operating a safe and productive material-handling system. However, in today’s normal...

A flat, sag-free belt line in the skirted area is essential to successfully sealing the load zone. Ideally, the belting...