In January this year, our company shipped a flame-retardant conveyor belt to a chemical factory in South Africa. This flame-retardant conveyor belt is 65m long and 1000mm wide. Its flame-retardant properties are: the burning area shall not exceed 10m² within 5 minutes, and there will be no open flame, no dripping, and the burning time should not exceed 15 seconds.

  Flame retardant conveyor belt is widely used in coal, electric power, chemical industry, building materials and other industries. While ensuring the stable of production, pay attention to the using life and the maintenance of the flame retardant conveyor belt. The following will introduce in details of the using life and the maintenance skills of flame retardant conveyor belt.

1. Using life:

  Choosing the appropriate materials of the flame retardant conveyor belt: the using life and its material is closely related to the flame retardant conveyor belt.

Commonly used the material of flame retardant conveyor belt are PVC, PU, rubber, etc., according to different working environment and the properties of the materials to choose the appropriate material can extend the using life of flame retardant conveyor belt.

  Reasonable design and install the system of flame retardant conveyor belt: when design and install the flame retardant conveyor belt system, need to be consider the material flow, the distance of conveying, conveyor speed and other factors to avoid overloading and to extend the using life of flame conveyor belt.

  Check regularly and maintenance: inspect the operation condition and the degree of wear of the flame retardant conveyor belt, discovering the problem and repairing or replacing which can extend the using life of flame retardant conveyor belt.

2. Maintenance skills:

  1.Prevent long time of unloading: long time of no loading will cause the flame retardant conveyor belt to be slacken or deform to affect the using life. The way of avoid long time of no loading is try to control the material flow and the conveying time to reduce the unloading time.

  2.regular clean the surface of the flame retardant conveyor belt prevent the material residue or dirt from leading the flame retardant conveyor belt wear and tear. Meanwhile, need to keep the dry and clean of the flame retardant conveyor belt avoid contact with the chemicals such as acids and alkalis.

  3. Prevent over-stretching: over stretching will cause rupture and damage to the flame retardant conveyor belt. During the using time should be according to the actual to adjust the tension of the flame retardant conveyor belt to avoid over stretching.

  4. Attention the temperature of the flame retardant conveyor belt: flame retardant conveyor belt isn’t resistant to high temperature, over high temperature will lead the flame retardant conveyor belt deform even until burn. Hence, pay attention to control the temperature of the flame retardant conveyor belt during the using time avoid to exceeding the range of its  resistance temperature.

  5. Replacing the aging and worn parts: after a long time of using the components of the flame retardant conveyor belt will appear age and wear such as connectors, rollers and etc., Replacing these aging an worn parts in time that extend the using time of the flame retardant conveyor belt.