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TRACKING A CONVEYOR BELT:
1. The basic rule of tracking a conveyor belt is the belt moves toward that end of the roll/idler that
it contacts first. The reader can demostrate this rule very simply by laying a round pencil on a
flat surface in a skewed position. Lay a book across the pencil and gently slide it with your fin-
ger in a line directly away from you. See Figure 8 for example.
The book will tend to shift across either to the right or the left depending upon which side of the
pencil the moving book contacts first.
2. CLEANLINESS is essential to maintaining a good belt tracking. Foreign matter creates a new
roll or pulley face, adversely affecting tracking.
3. To eliminate uneven tracking, tighten belt on the same side to which the belt tracks.
PUSH
BOOK MOVES LIKE SO
FIGURE 8
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