BELT CLEANERS
Kinder creates cleaner for cleated conveyors Kinder Australia has developed a new belt cleaner to reach stubborn carryback on cleated conveyor belts CLEATED BELTS PLAY AN IMPORTANT part in many grain, recycling, mobile quarrying applications. They stop free flowing materials from rolling back down the conveyor, and excel in high angle systems. However, due to the cleated design, traditional belt cleaners aren’t effective.
Without proper cleaning methods in place, carryback can quickly build up. This has a flow on effect and can cause all sorts of problems, from belt mistracking to material spillage. To address this, Kinder Australia has developed the K-Cleatscrape Belt Cleaner. Fitted where a secondary belt cleaner would normally be installed, the
The K-Cleatscrape will work on cleated belts up to 100 millimetres in height.
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K-Cleatscrape uses 20-millimetre wide polyurethane blades with stainless steel tips to reach stubborn carryback. Bradley Owen, Mechanical Engineer at Kinder Australia, said the fingerbased design allows the cleaner to go over the cleats without damaging them like a conventional spring-tension belt cleaner would.