ERIKS Industrial Products, Services & Solutions
PROBLEM SOLVER MAXIMUM STABILITY, WIDE RANGE OF USE Mining & Quarrying
Problem:
A large quarry based in Wales was experiencing unplanned downtime due to the regular failure of their vee belts on the primary crusher drives.
Due to a number of adverse effects on the drives, the current belts were stretching unevenly, causing belt slippage resulting in jumping from the pulley grooves.
Solution: The ERIKS application engineer provided the new
Ref: PS160
FennerÂŽ Quattro PLUS TW wrapped belt. These belts are constructed using state-of-the-art wrapped chloroprene rubber, using high modulus polyester cord in order to reduce elongation, while the unique 2-ply asymmetrical weave outer jacket has high abrasion resistance but remains flexible enough to wrap around small diameter pulleys. The customer has now seen significant savings thanks to reduced downtime and replacement costs.