Adriano Parmesani, industry segment manager of distribution centres for conveyor belt manufacturer Habasit, discusses the preventative measures plants can take to keep their conveyor belts running smoothly during the e-commerce peak season.

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Insight from ERIKS estimates that incorrectly installing and maintaining belt drives accounts for 98 per cent of premature failures, leading to downtime and lost production. With this in mind, Gary Price, Power Transmission Regional Product Group Manager at ERIKS highlights some tips that can extend the life of belt drives and pulleys, increasing reliability, reducing total cost of ownership, and minimising the chances of downtime.

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Designed to reduce belt elongation while improving stability, power and belt life, ERIKS UK & Ireland has introduced two new transmission belts to its Fenner range of belt drives.

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The PIX-TorquePlus-XT2 from Distag QCS has a much higher power rating, and is also quieter and lighter than its predecessor. The new belts allow the upgrade ofexisting drives without changing the pulleys.

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Industria Bearings & Transmissions, with its nationwide branch network, is highlighting its exclusive distributorship of Murtfeldt high performance plastic products for a wide range of industrial applications.

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TransDev is highlighting the versatility of BRECO Polyurethane linear drive belts for accurate, motion control and power delivery.

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With the acquisition of Portec the leading US manufacturer of belt curves - back in 2013, Interroll will now manufacture and market this reliable and robust solution in Europe.

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It is reported that innovative materials, advanced design features and cutting-edge manufacturing processes have led Megadyne to develop a new generation of raw edge V-belts, capable of ensuring excellent performance in a wide range of industrial applications, cost savings to the end user and great design flexibility.

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With the launch of the Poly Chain Carbon Volt, Gates delivers the power and performance expected from a Poly Chain belt with reliable dissipation of electrostatic charges.

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Leading Italian power transmission belt specialist, Megadyne, provides solutions for applications across industry where the primary requirements are high levels of productivity and low production costs.

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Leading manufacturer of belts and hoses, Gates has recently appointed the Hayley Group as the Authorised Gates National Trade Distributor for sales of the full Gates Industrial Gates ranges in the UK. The Hayley Group has been one of Gates’ strong partners for belts and then hoses and couplings for the last decade.

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Conrad Business Supplies has signed an exclusive catalogue distribution agreement that sees the company offer over 4300 belt drive and related products from leading power transmission specialist, SIT Antriebselemente.

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Fenner Drives’ High Performance Composite (HPC) V-belts are designed to outperform conventional endless rubber V-belts.

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Leading distributor of industrial maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) products and services, Brammer, has been named Contractor of the Year by Tata Steel Europe (TSE) UK in Port Talbot.

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Hutchinson, a French company from the Chemical Branch of the Total Group – first french group - specialises in elastomer transformation.

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Optibelt’s Omega HP range of compact, synchronous timing belts is said to be ideal for optimising drive power, efficiency levels and running behaviour in high performance, heavily loaded and high speed machinery drives, including those found on woodworking and textile machinery, paper and printing presses, as well as metal shaping machines and high end compressors.

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Worldwide supplier to machine builders as well as car and motorcycle manufacturers, Gates, is expanding its programme to include an entirely new product line.

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Global designer and manufacturer of fully integrated ‘Rubber & PU’ power transmission, timing, synchronous, conveyor and cleated belts, including linear positioning belts, Optibelt...

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It is reported that Red Power-3, Optibelt’s newly designed, environmentally friendly, high performance V-Belt, not only delivers up to a 50% higher power rating with 97% efficiency levels, but is also maintenance free throughout the service life of the product.

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When drive belts on a waste to energy plant’s ACC (air cooling condenser) fan units were breaking down every four to six weeks

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