3-Roll Pneumatic Tracker
Correct Belt Drift Before It Controls Your Budget
Conveyor belt mistracking quietly drains your operation. When a belt drifts off centerline, it wears out early, damages conveyor structure, and causes unscheduled downtime that pulls your team away from higher-value work. In parcel handling and food processing, where lines run long shifts, those costs add up fast.
The Flexco 3-Roll Pneumatic Tracker is a self-adjusting belt tracker for light-duty conveyors that corrects mistracking automatically. Strategically positioned paddles continuously monitor belt position. The moment the belt drifts, three auto-tilting rollers guide it back to center, with no manual adjustment and no need to stop the line. Washdown-rated stainless steel construction makes it a fit for hygiene-critical environments, and it’s available for belts from 24 to 60 inches (610 to 1524 mm) wide.
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| Tracker Widths | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Item Code | ||||||
| Roller Length | Minimum Belt Width | Maximum Belt Width | |||||
in. |
mm |
in. |
mm |
in. |
mm |
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FLT-3P-ES-30IN-TRACKER |
118725 | 32 |
813 |
24 |
610 |
30 |
762 |
FLT-3P-ES-36IN-TRACKER |
118726 |
38 |
965 |
30 |
762 | 36 | 914 |
FLT-3P-ES-42IN-TRACKER |
118727 |
44 |
1118 |
36 |
914 | 42 | 1067 |
FLT-3P-ES-48IN-TRACKER |
118728 |
50 |
1270 |
42 | 1067 | 48 | 1219 |
FLT-3P-ES-54IN-TRACKER |
118729 | 56 |
1422 |
48 |
1219 | 54 | 1372 |
FLT-3P-ES-60IN-TRACKER |
118730 | 62 |
1575 |
54 |
1372 | 60 | 1524 |
FAQ
What causes conveyor belt mistracking?
Most mistracking starts with the conveyor, not the belt. A frame that isn’t square, rollers or pulleys that aren’t level, and material buildup on drums (which can act like an unintended crown) will all pull a belt off centerline. The belt itself can also be the cause, through camber, a splice or lacing that isn’t square, or uneven tension, because a belt tends to drift toward its slackest side. In parcel handling, uneven loading pushes it further. The root cause often sits upstream of where the drift shows up, so start looking there.
How does a pneumatic belt tracker work?
A pneumatic belt tracker uses plant air to steer a running belt back to center. On the Flexco 3-Roll Pneumatic Tracker, paddle sensors sit about 1/8 in. (3 mm) off each belt edge. When the belt drifts into a paddle, air is released from one side of a double-ended cylinder. That changes the angle of the three rollers, and the resulting tension difference guides the belt back to centerline without stopping the line. The system runs on 40 to 120 PSI, with a starting setting of about 75 PSI.
