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replacement, saving the maintenance team around 48 hours
so far.
CENTRAX ELIMINATES OPERATOR
INTERVENTION
STARCLEAN® ELIMINATES PREMATURE
SHUT DOWN
Primary and secondary position STARCLEAN® units with
tungsten carbide blades were installed on both belts. Two
years on, carryback has reduced by 75%, eliminating the need
for the premature shut down. Instead, the quarry team can
now carry out cleaning as part of regular housekeeping when
required.
SEALTEK REDUCES SPILLAGE BY ~275
WHEELBARROWS
To help minimise spillage at the loading point, 2 x 5m runs of
SealTek were installed. SealTek provides a far superior seal to
the belt than traditional skirting rubber, so the six
wheelbarrows of spillage previously reported each week has
reduced to just one wheelbarrow every two weeks –
eliminating around 275 wheelbarrows of waste since
installation over two years ago.
Also, with SealTek, the quarry team simply adjust each sealing
block individually to maintain this effective seal over the long
term. Furthermore, none of the blocks have required
To rectify the mistracking problem, a CenTrax SKO 900 was
installed on the return strand of the belt. Thanks to a unique
swivel bearing, CenTrax is able to quickly and automatically
correct belt misalignment. Since installation, over 10 months
ago, the operator is no longer required to manually realign
the belt. Consequently, the two hours of monthly maintenance
to realign the belt has been eliminated, saving the team a
further 20 hours.
SERVICE SCHEME REMOVES MAINTENANCE
HEADACHES
ProSpare have helped improve the performance of 18 other
belts around both the quarry and cement plant so far. A bi-
monthly service of the belts and equipment is carried out by a
service engineer, so the customer can protect their investment
and focus on maintaining other areas around the plant.Z
The Maintenance Manager told us:
“The service engineer really knows their stuff,
it’s great that we no longer have to worry
about maintenance on these belts and trust
that we can just leave it all to ProSpare.”
For more information, contact ProSpare Ltd:
Visit www.prospare.co.uk
e-mail sales@prospare.co.uk
call 01773 814008
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