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Cutting conveyor wear and tear

WEAR and tear on the conveyor in low-seam operations can be reduced through Continental Conveyors latest offering, the crawler mounted transfer station (CMTS).

Angie Tomlinson

The CMTS offers productivity and cost efficiencies for operations by separating the low-low section and out-bye conveyor, therefore reducing drag on the conveyor.

Traditional low-low conveyor structures use steel side-bars instead of rotating components which put a great deal of stress on the conveyor and can lead to belt damage. Drag on the low-low can limit the length of a conveyor or require additional out-bye conveyors.

The CMTS works by isolating the low-low section of the belt from the main out-bye panel belt. By isolating this section, the outbye can operate independently and no longer suffer from drag in the low-low section.

CMTS incorporates the drive and take-up pulleys of the low-low conveyor, and the tail pulley for the main out-bye section conveyor into a fully-articulated mobile transfer. Regardless of the angle between the two-belts, the belts will align.

CMTS can also be steered by an operator via a remote joy stick or via hand-operated hydraulic actuation valves.

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