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Conveyor Belt, Idler Pulleys and Adjustments
SEQUENCE OF TRAINING OPERATIONS

TM-5-3895-374-24-2 M081 Asphalt Mixing Plant Manual
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TM 5-3895-374-24-2 the new conveyor has been installed and trained to run under a no load situation.  The belt will, however, likely have to be re-trained under actual loaded conditions.  Use the procedure which follows to train the belt properly.  The following causes of common belt performance are considered axiomatic. When all portions of a belt run off through a part of the conveyor length, the cause is probably in the alignment or levelling of the conveyor structures, idlers, or pulleys in that region. If one or more portions of the belt run off at all points along the conveyor, the cause is more likely in the belt itself, in the joints of the belt, or in the loading of the belt.  When the belt is loaded off-center, the center of gravity of the load tends to find the center of the troughing idlers, thus leading the belt off on its lightly loaded edge (see figure 3-54). These basic rules can be used to diagnose belt running ills.  Combinations of these rules sometimes produce cases that do not appear clear-cut as to cause, but if there is a sufficient number of belt revolutions the running pattern will become clear and the  cause  disclosed.    The  usual  cases  when  a  running  pattern  does  not  emerge  are  those  of  erratic  running, which may be found with an unloaded belt that does not trough well, or a loaded belt that is not receiving its load uniformly centered. A. FACTORS AFFECTING TRAINING OF A BELT 1. PULLEYS AND SNUBS All pulleys should be level and should have their axis at 90° to the intended path of the belt.  They should be kept that way and not shifted as a means of training, except that snub pulleys can have their axis shifted when other means of training have provided insufficient correction.  Pulleys with their axis at other than 90' to the belt path will lead the belt in the direction of the edge of the belt that first contacts the misaligned pulley.  When pulleys are not level, the belt tends to run to the low side.  This is contrary to the old rule-of-thumb statement that a belt runs to the  high  side  of  the  pulley.    When  combinations  of  these  two  occur,  the  one  having  the  stronger  influence  will become evident in the belt performance. 2.    CARRYING IDLERS The belt can be trained with the troughing idlers in two ways.  Shifting the idler axis with respect to the path of the belt, commonly known as "knocking idlers," is effective where the entire belt runs to one side along some portion of the conveyor.  The belt can be centered by knocking ahead (in the direction of belt travel) the end of the idler to which the belt runs.  Slots are provided on the troughing idler brackets.  Shifting idlers in this way should be spread over some length of the conveyor preceding the region of the trouble.  It will be recognized that a belt might be made to run straight with half the idlers knocked one way and page 3 - 1254







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