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BELT INSTALATION AND TRACKING:
Unroll the belt, PVC coating side up, around the tail pulley and over the idler rollers. Run belt
over the snub roller and around the drive roll. Align the seam near the center of the conveyor frame.
Pull the belt together to engage the lacing and install the pin. There are two permanent marks in the
center of the belt width approximately 20 feet back from the lacing and 10 feet apart. Find these
marks and take an exact measurement between them. Add .375” (3/8”) to the measurement. Ex-
ample (measured 119 9/16” + 3/8” = 119 15/16). For proper tension, adjust the tail pulley so the
distance between the two marks is equal to the sum of the measured dimension and 3/8”. To insure
the tail pulley is square, be sure both tail pulley blocks are equal distance from the rear of the con-
veyor frame. After tracking the belt, check the dimension between the marks to make sure proper
tension is still in the belt. If the dimension has changed, adjust accordingly and recheck for proper
tracking.
INSTALLATION
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With the belt installed, begin the tracking procedure. The drive roll should be parallel to the
snub roller. The snub roller should be locked into place. All idler rollers are square to the frame.
Start the belt. Watch to see which side the belt wants to run to and also how quickly it does so. Shut
off the conveyor. Begin belt tracking by adjusting the first idler from the tail. Loosen the bolts on the
idler bracket and angle the roller to correct the belt travel. The roller will steer the belt toward the
uphill side of the roller (Uphill refers to the belt travel direction). If further correction is necessary,
proceed to adjust the first idler from the front, then the two in the center of the conveyor, in that
order. If adjusting the idlers cannot solve the tracking problem, the tail pulley may have to be ad-
justed slightly.
Adjusting the idler rollers will solve most all of the belt tracking problems. The belt should
run straight and on the center of the slider bed. Practice and experience will speed up the belt track-
ing process.
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