Record every belt by fabric lot, cover thickness and press section.

A belt starts as rolls of fabric or steel cord and sheets of calendered rubber. Plies are laid up on the building table, covers are added top and bottom, and the whole length is cured in steps under a platen press. A mine, quarry or port will run it for years, so the record of how it was made must last as long. It rarely does.

When a belt wears early, its single number leads straight back to the fabric roll, the press run and the test strip cut from it. Each belt gets one number. It holds ply count, cover grade, press sections and test samples. Tell us about your plant and we will walk a single belt from the calender to the loading bay on screen before anything is quoted.

An enquiry names a width, a length, a strength rating, the number of plies and the cover grades for top and bottom. The estimator works out fabric metres and rubber weight, adds splice material if the belt is supplied jointed, and sends a quotation. The tender window is short. A confirmed order goes to the planner, who checks fabric stock, calender time and the free press slot. Fabric rolls are scarce. Press time is scarcer.

On the floor, plies are skimmed on the calender, laid on the building table and trimmed to width. The belt is cured one press length at a time, and the operator records the section number, the time and the temperature. Samples are cut from the belt end for adhesion and tensile tests. Results decide release. Passed belts are rolled onto a core, tagged, wrapped and loaded, and a splice kit goes with them where the order calls for it.