{"id":16080,"date":"2022-03-10T10:21:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T10:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solutionhow.com\/?p=16080"},"modified":"2022-06-03T12:28:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T12:28:42","slug":"conveyor-belt-joint-splicing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solutionhow.com\/en-us\/education\/conveyor-belt-joint-splicing\/","title":{"rendered":"Conveyor BELT JOINT SPLICING"},"content":{"rendered":"
It is easier to splice on a horizontal portion of the conveyor belt than it is on an incline. If it must be done on an incline, work at the lower end of the conveyor belt where the operation will be easier to perform.<\/p>\n
Some shelter should be provided to keep the work area dry and clean enough. A permanent structure or a temporary enclosure is the usual form of protection. This shelter will bring many convenience for the workers operation especially in difficult construction environment such as with large wind or dust. Therefore this is very necessary, can help the next splicing job finished quickly.<\/p>\n
After removing 7m to 9m of conveyor idlers, set up a table at the splicing site with access to the work from both sides of the conveyor. If necessary, erect platforms in the splicing site to make the work accessible. Where the conveyor is too high to set up a splicing table, and more than one splice is required, a splicing table can be set up on the ground, in line with the conveyor. As each splice is completed the belt can be run onto this conveyor. Of course, the final splice will have to be made somewhere on the conveyor itself because at last the conveyor is not long enough to make on the ground.<\/p>\n
If logistics call for installing several belts at one point and splicing them at another point, sections can be joined with mechanical splices such as belt fastener, rivets fastener, seamless belt joint and pulled through. When the splice reaches the splicing table, remove the mechanical fasteners and splice the other joint sections one by one till the whole conveyor belt running in a ring.<\/p>\n
Overlapping belt ends should be tightly clamped so that belt ends will remain firmly in place but no retract. Although clamps can be made out of wood or other materials, plate steel clamps are much more effective because long conveyor belt need high strength clamps. If you have no time or extra money to buy a new specific conveyor belt clamps, you can make this type of clamp by yourself, cut large rectangular pieces of steel to length. Bond pieces of rubber pulley lagging to the side that will contact the belt. Place one clamp 1m to 1.2m from end of the belt. Place the other clamp. 3m to 3.5m from the other end. Secure one clamp to the conveyor frame, then draw the other one to it with chain blocks to tighten the belt. If you have financial support better buy professional belt clamps for the conveyor joint part because can both save your operate time and construction effect. Pull to remove the sag between the return idlers with the takeup pulley in its proper position.<\/p>\n
These instructions apply to both mechanical and vulcanized splices.<\/p>\n
The subject of takeups and takeup travel is covered in other procedures, but here is a helpful tip. If takeup movement cannot be maximized when several vulcanized splices are to be made, use of a mechanical fastener in the final splice to find a right length of the joint part will allow the belt to operate until it has stretched enough for a vulcanized splice to be made.<\/p>\n