Martin Engineering launches nextgen tracking technology

Martin Engineering has designed the highly responsive Martin® Tracker HD (heavy-duty) belt conveyor alignment system with widely available plate steel to increase availability and affordability across all the six continents that it serves. A mistracking belt produces excessive spillage, which increases labour costs for cleanup and may cause contact with the mainframe. This damages both the belt and the structure and increases the potential for a friction fire. The Martin Tracker HD upper and lower units provide immediate, continuous and precise adjustment of the mistracking belt. The result is greater productivity with less unscheduled downtime from both equipment replacement and spillage cleanup for a lower cost of operation.

“Since most OEM mistracking devices are only designed to prevent contact with the stringer and don’t actually realign the belt, operators can spend a lot of time monitoring the system and adjusting idlers to achieve consistent alignment,” explained Dave Mueller, Product Manager, Martin Engineering. With the new system, when the rollers detect slight variations in the belt path, the force of the wandering belt causes the arms to automatically position a pivoting idler in the opposite direction of the misalignment. The product is compatible with most belt conveyor systems and is field tested and approved.

By automating consistent belt tracking, this solution reduces equipment wear, maintenance time, and downtime. These factors lower the cost of operation offering the best return on investment of any tracker on the market.