Importance of Material Handling Conveyor Assessments

 



The material handling conveyor plays a broad and foundational role in many manufacturing environments, so constant assessment of operation is vital to avoid wide ranging challenges. Today’s belt conveyor market is extremely broad and varied in terms of models and use, longevity, process matching and maintenance. This makes it critical that the first assessment of environment and need come from the partnership between the original conveyor designer/installer and the production manufacturer.

There are broad variabilities in belt types ranging from heavy duty to light duty, along with the complexity of component and product designs that range from fabric and rubber to steel mesh and plastic polymers. That means any single blog on assessment will have to be reasonably specific. Rather than the entire conveyor system, this blog will concentrate on the importance of conveyor belt assessment.

Toothed sprockets drive plastic modular and metal belt conveyors, while fabric and flat belts use a pulley or drum system. But every belt has design limitations, which require matching the belt to the application. Even within the broader area of the material handling conveyor, transfer conveyors can bring their own assessment needs to the broad assessment of the conveyor belt.

All belt conveyor systems should receive a thorough review at least once per year, but that should happen more often depending on factors like:

  • Belt age and type
  • How you use the belt
  • Material and product type, size, and weight
  • Use cycles that depend on the industry

Industry cycles and product focus are two areas where, for example, material handling conveyors in food and beverage or ecommerce bring production peaks, valleys, and product variance that all affect an assessment schedule. For practicality’s sake, let’s start with the definition of a light duty material handling conveyor assessment focused on the conveyor belt.

Source- https://www.conovey.com/importance-of-material-handling-conveyor-assessments/

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