When you’re conveying powdery or viscous material, the last thing you want is carryback on the belt. It makes an awful mess along the conveyor line and requires heavy-duty cleanup efforts throughout the course of operation.
We recently worked with a lime processing plant to solve this very problem. The excessive carryback on their lime conveyor line was accumulating beneath the belt and building up on the return rollers and pulleys. The issue not only increased the plant’s housekeeping costs, it also made proper belt tracking difficult and resulted in unscheduled downtime for their operations.
Binkelman’s Dave VanLiere reviewed the line operations and determined that the imported conveyor belt running the line was the source of all the problems. Dave recommended installing a non-stick belt to improve operations, but not just any non-stick belt would do – it needed to be a ContiClean belt.
Other non-stick belts use a coating applied to a standard belt, but the coating wears off quickly and carryback problems return.
ContiClean’s non-stick material is integrated right into the rubber so it maintains its superior material release qualities, even as the belt ages, making this American-made belt ideal for conveying a variety of materials across many industries.
| Industries | Materials | Benefits | ||
| Aggregate | Alumina | Reduced buildup on idlers | ||
| Bulk Handling Terminal | Cement | Improved housekeeping | ||
| Cement | Coal | Increased material transfer | ||
| Coal | Gypsum | Extended scraper life | ||
| Foundry | Limestone | Extended belt life | ||
| Limestone | Ore | Reduced downtime | ||
| Mining | Potash | Lower operational costs | ||
| Power generation | Salt | Improved productivity | ||
| Prep Plants | Sand | Improved profitability | ||
| Sand and Gravel | Silica | |||
| Steel | Tailings |
Our client was so pleased with how the ContiClean belt improved their lime processing line, they’ve replaced all their conveyor operations with ContiClean belts.
If your operation is suffering from all the issues that result from material carryback, the Binkelman team will help you find a Smart Solution™.
Contact us today to set up a consultation. You can even text us at 800.862.4673 to schedule an appointment and share photos of the equipment and operational setup.