Technical Tips
Eliminator® Belle Banne® U-Type® Belt Cleaners
Tip: Make tensioning and re-tensioning the U-Type cleaner easier and safer.
Problem: A typical U-Type belt cleaner install may be on a conveyor that is 50 feet or more in the air and has a catwalk on only one side. Installing the cleaner involved a safety harness and hanging over one side of the conveyor to get the cleaner into the correct position, tensioned to the belt and cleaning efficiently. But with a spring tensioner on each side of the belt, when it comes to re-tensioning, who is going to do the job? And how safe will it be to do it? Chances are that one side of the cleaner will get re-tensioned, but not the side that is difficult to get to. The result: reduced cleaning performance.
Solution: Move both tensioners to a single location on one side of the belt. Introducing the new SL Tensioner Mounting Kit. This innovative addition to our cleaner accessories is a basic cable and pulley system that allows both spring tensioners to be located on the catwalk side of the conveyor for simple, safe and convenient cleaner maintenance. Here's how it works: A cable is fastened to the far side adjusting arm and then passed through a stainless steel, marine-grade pulley that changes the line of the pull through and across the conveyor structure to the near side where it is fastened to the standard spring and J-bolt assembly. This locates both tensioners in a safe, easily-accessible spot.
Cleaner Clue: On vulcanized belts there are times when either a mechanical splice or a mechanical rip repair are temporarily used. If a U-Type cleaner with the tungsten carbide blade is on that belt, either the mechanical splice must be skived (recessed) into the belt, or the cleaner blade must be lowered from the belt. Neither choice may be acceptable. Option: Have an inexpensive urethane U blade on hand to temporarily replace the TC blade. The cleaner keeps working and only about 10% of the cleaning efficiency is sacrificed. A simple switch will keep the belt clean.
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