Belt Conveyors

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Typical Industries
Assembly Line | Food Manufacture and Processing | General Production | Parcel & Packing | Warehouse & Logistics

Description
The traditional belt system for general lightweight carrying duties

Used for
General movement of lightweight material, including food, packages, aggregates, powders etc. Excels with smaller items, or items requiring very smooth and jolt-free movement

Not suitable for
Very heavy items, or anything sharp and/or abrasive

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Belt Conveyors

Whereas a roller conveyor can only handle larger items with a flat lower surface and a low centre of gravity, the belt conveyor can accommodate almost anything: from discrete packages to small components; powders to aggregates. Items that might be prone to toppling are less likely to do so on a belt conveyor than they are on a powered roller conveyor. They can also handle semi-solid or sticky items such as clay or bread dough etc.

The Belt Conveyor is very flexible, able to form bends, as well as gradients. It also permits a very wide range of belt material and geometry, including such things as antibacterial belts for the food industry, contoured and/or flighted belts for aggregate handling, wire mesh belts (to allow air or liquid to circulate around a product), and a wealth of other applications.

The limitation of a conventional belt conveyor is – ultimately – the carrying weight. Beyond a certain weight threshold, the belt will begin to slip. At this point you might need to consider a chain-driven belt conveyor, or possibly a platelink conveyor. The latter is also the conveyor of choice for sharp or abrasive products that might puncture or tear a conventional conveyor belt.

Belt Conveyor Build and Construction

We offer two types of belt conveyors: Roller bed section and Skid bed section. Both are manufactured from folded steel side sections and fitted with cross bracings spaced at intervals dependant of handing weight.

Roller bed section is fitted with precision bearings housed with in a 3mm thick tube with a 11mm hex spindle. Skid bed section has a sheet metal top base to allow the belt to skid along the surface.

We use various ways to drive our belt conveyors dependant on the system size. For small applications we would use a powered drum to power the system and a tensioning device fitted one end. For larger systems we would use a under slung combined drive and tension unit, powered by a geared motor unit connected to the drive drum by a 2:1 chain drive.

All Belt Conveyors come complete with adjustable support legs and fitted in most cases with 2 ply rubber grip face belting. The controls as standard on small applications will be stop/start contactor control, but on larger projects there would be a control panel fitted.

Belt Conveyors for your business

For more information on belt conveyors, or any other CCL conveyors or conveyor systems, call us on 01509 816064 today for an informal, no obligation chat. We’re here to listen to your conveyor enquiry and help provide you with complete conveying solutions.