Installation and maintenance

Product catalog summary

Safety Guidelines
Conveyor belts are designed to minimize injury risks, and compliance with accident prevention regulations (VBG 10) is crucial. Avoid exposing belts to direct sunlight, extreme temperatures, or chemicals with pH values outside 4.5 to 9.0.

Safety Equipment
Protective devices should cover gaps where belts run on rollers or sprockets to prevent injuries. Belts must be grounded to prevent electric shocks, and circuit-breakers should be installed for overload protection.

General Safety Instructions
Wear safety shoes, goggles, and gloves. Use suitable tools in good condition to prevent accidents.

Possible Hazards
Risks include injuries from conveyor frames, moving parts, and electricity. Regular inspection and maintenance are crucial to prevent belt destruction and fire hazards.

Product Specifications
The manual lists various products like uni XLB, uni CPB M2, and uni CSB, detailing dimensions and specifications for each.

Installation of Shafts and Sprockets
Proper alignment of shafts and sprockets is crucial for optimal performance. Sprockets should be aligned correctly, especially if the number of teeth is not divisible by four.

Carryway Configuration
Material choice for belt supports depends on environmental conditions. Wearstrips should be positioned correctly, with staggered joints to ensure smooth belt operation.

Belt Installation
General recommendations for installing uni-chains conveyor belts are provided, emphasizing the importance of considering specific conveyor types and applications.

Preventive Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Regular maintenance is essential to prevent issues like improper belt tracking, excessive wear, and sprocket misalignment. The manual provides troubleshooting steps for common problems.

Installation and Maintenance Manual Summary

General Procedure:

Ensure compatibility of wearstrips with the new belt material and replace if necessary.
Relax shaft take-up and feed the belt from the drive side through the carryway.
Fit the belt around idle sprockets, ensuring proper positioning.
Center the belt in the conveyor frame, allowing for expansion, especially in fluctuating temperatures.

Belt Installation on the Returnway:

Feed the belt through the returnway to the drive sprockets, ensuring proper alignment.
Connect belt sections with aligned edges and secure connecting rods.
Check sprocket arrangement to maintain permissible tensile force.

Installation Check:

Rotate the drive shaft to ensure proper engagement and alignment of sprockets.
Adjust belt length for proper catenary sag and tension.

Run-in Time:

Expect belt elongation of 0.2 to 1% during initial operation days.

Wide and Long Conveyors:

Use conveyor motor for installation and ensure proper belt tension and alignment.

Preventive Maintenance and Troubleshooting:

Regularly report and address damages or misalignments to prevent further issues.
Perform checks for wear and proper engagement of components.

Troubleshooting:

Address issues like improper belt tension, misalignment, and excessive wear by adjusting components and ensuring correct installation.

1. Shaft and Sprocket Alignment
Ensure that the sprockets on the drive and idle shafts are precisely aligned. Use a ruler to check alignment and adjust as necessary. Special attention is required if the sprocket teeth number cannot be evenly divided by four.

2. Material Deposits
Clean the lower surface of the belt to prevent material deposits that can affect sprocket engagement. Consider using brushes or scrapers to prevent further deposits.

3. Shaft Deflection or Twisting
Inspect shafts for deflection or twisting. Replace bent or twisted shafts and consider intermediate bearings for wide belts.

4. Sideguards and Pushers
Remove any obstructions causing sideguards or pushers to rub against the conveyor frame. Ensure the frame is level and provide adequate support for belts with dogs.

5. Catenary Sag
Detect excessive catenary sag at the coldest operating temperature. Shorten the belt if necessary and consider a tensioning device for thermal expansion.

6. Belt Elongation
Allow time for belt elongation during initial run-in, especially under heavy loads. Monitor to prevent binding.

7. Maintenance and Inspections
Maintain a logbook for inspections and maintenance. Conduct monthly visual inspections of belt surfaces, edges, wearstrips, sprockets, rollers, and tensioning devices. Define cleaning intervals based on ambient conditions.

8. Contact Information
Ammeraal Beltech provides 24-hour service. Contact local offices for assistance. A comprehensive list of contact details for various countries is provided.

Catalog excerpts

Ammeraal Beltech Innovation & Service in Belting Maintenance Manual Automotive & Heavy Duty Handling

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Table of Contents Safety Guidelines for Our Conveyor Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Storage of Plastic Modular Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Safety Equipment on Our Conveyor Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 General Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Possible Hazards and Safety Risks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Ammeraal Beltech Innovation & Service in Belting Safety Guidelines for Our Conveyor Belts As a standard, our conveyor belts are designed with particular attention to safety. Unnecessary hazards have to be avoided when handling and using conveyor belts. For this reason, many design features have deliberately been selected in such a way, that the injury hazards for personnel being charged to handle and operate our belts are minimized. The regulations on the prevention of accidents for continuous conveyors (VBG 10), and in particular the paragraphs 5, 12, 53, 54 and 55, have to be carefully observed....

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Ammeraal Beltech Innovation & Service in Belting Safety Equipment on Our Conveyor Belts One of the most frequent kinds of accidents in relation to conveyor belts is the injury of parts of the body that get caught in between the moving modular belt and the rotating rollers/ sprockets. To avoid such accidents or to minimize these risks as far as possible, all the conveyor belts have to be equipped with protective devices to cover any gaps and clearances in all those locations where the plastic belt runs on a roller, drum or sprocket. This protection has to be designed in such a manner that it re-locates...

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Possible Hazards and Safety Risks We expressly draw your attention to the following hazards being in the nature of things when using belt conveyors: Risk of injuries by the frame The constructional design makes it inevitable to have edges and corners on the conveyor where the risk of injury exists due to inattentiveness. Risk of injuries by the plastic modular belt The movement of the plastic modular belt may cause serious gashes and bruises if the running conveyor is touched. Risk of injuries by moving parts In general, all the moving parts of a running machine present a risk of injuries. During...

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Ammeraal Beltech Innovation & Service in Belting For easier understanding, we once more list below the products and the accessory parts. Maintenance Manual

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