Reduce Dust Build up on your Conveyor

CHRISTINE KINDER, Marketing Services Manager of Kinder & Co Pty Ltd reports on a new system to contain dust build up.

KINDER & Co’s K-Snap-Loc Dust Seal System is designed to provide both a shield and containment against dust build up. The seal can be easily installed and is suitable for most conveyor applications.

Made from high performance Polyurethane, making it withstand some of the harshest working environments the K-Snap-Loc Dust Seal will outlast rubber seals and reduce drag on conveyors by 60%. The unique design allows its installation quickly and easily into most conveyor systems. Simply by tacking the mounting rail to the system and snapping the dust seal into position, a pin will hold it effectively into place.

K-Snap-Loc Dust Seal utilises urethane’s inherent “memory set” to apply downward pressure onto the belt’s surface to create a fine tight seal, so there is no need for manual adjustment and costly downtime is reduced.

Evans Quarry on Phillip Island has been using Kinder & Co’s K-Snap-Loc Dust Seal since October 2010 with great success and has recently installed this on their new conveyor.

Six metres of K-Snap-Loc has been installed on either side of the conveyor which is 1400mm wide and approximately 7.5 metres long, replacing the previous 600mm wide belt. It runs from the primary to the secondary scalper, carrying 100tph. Carrying Basalt of 40mm lump size and travelling at a speed of approximately 2.5m/second Jarrod Donaghue from Evans is confident that the K-Snap-Loc Dust Seal will solve the spillage issues that are common with conveyors.

Donaghue has used conventional skirting rubber and admits he has tried everything in the past to control spillage and after past success on other belts is pleased with the results of the K-Snap-Loc.

As space under the conveyor is very tight, Donaghue comments that he didn’t have the room to swing a hammer or dolly to install the K-Snap-Loc as easily as he had planned, but he found with simple oiling it slid readily into the mounting track.

He reports that the product performs well and has made significant improvement to the containment of dust.

For more information contact Kinder & Co Pty Ltd on 03 9587 9244 or visit the website www.kinder.com.au

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