Belt Guard® Conveyor Belt Monitoring and Condition Monitoring Systems

For more than 30 years, Beltscan has been providing the materials handling industry with conveyor belt monitoring and condition monitoring systems to help conveyor belt operators maximise the safe working life of their belting. The tradition continues with the Belt Guard range of NEW products.

Belt conveyors are a popular choice for transporting bulk materials over short to medium distances – say 50m to 50km.  The traditional conveyor belt employs a fabric tension member, however, for long haul and high throughput applications, stretch in this fabric tension member becomes an issue.  This led to the development of steel cord conveyor belting, where the tension member consists of a number of high tensile longitudinal ropes, or cords.  Steel cord belting is subject to a unique range of damage mechanisms.  However, like most plant, its safe working life can be maximised through the use of dedicated condition monitoring and conveyor belt monitoring techniques and damage prevention measures.

Non-invasive belt carcass and splice condition monitoring can provide a conveyor belt operator with essential information, necessary to drive an effective preventive maintenance program.  Early conveyor belt scanning techniques required a technician to travel to site with an equipment package, which allowed acquisition and analysis of belt condition data.  This technique is both expensive and unnecessary.  Modern techniques see the scanning equipment permanently fitted to the target conveyor and data either downloaded for analysis or used on-line for 24/7 belt protection.

Equally, a rip detection device like the Belt Guard 10k can prove invaluable in minimising the consequential loss associated with a longitudinal rip in any steel cord belting.  There have been many rip detection devices developed over the years to achieve this.

The equipment necessary to achieve reliable and cost-effective belt protection can only be developed after years of practical experience.  This development must also be linked to state-of-the art data capture and transfer technologies, which means it must be upwardly flexible.

The BELT GUARD range of products meets all of these requirements 

This website contains information which is critical to any user of conveyor belting.