Tracking Conveyor
The conveyor is tracking correctly when it remains centered between the roller brackets on each side of the conveyor. Adjusting the tracking is only necessary if the conveyor belt starts rubbing against the roller brackets.
Tools Needed | Qty |
Hex Wrench 8mm | .............................................. 1 |
Wrench 17mm | 1 |
To set the conveyor tracking:
1.Loosen the two roller bracket cap screws on the both sides of the conveyor (shown in Figure 63) about 3⁄4 of a turn.
| Roller Bracket |
Roller Bracket Cap Screws |
|
Front Adjustment Nut | |
Rear Adjustment Nut | Bearing Housing |
Figure 63. Tracking adjustment components.
2.Loosen the rear adjustment nuts on both sides of the conveyor.
3.Start the conveyor belt.
4.Adjust the roller bracket that the belt is hitting by turning the front adjustment nut counter- clockwise half of a turn, and watch the belt tracking. Note—The effect of the adjustment can sometimes take two minutes before the results are fully apparent.
—If the tracking was not corrected by this adjustment, proceed to step 5. If the tracking was corrected, skip to step 6.
5.On the side that the belt tracks away from, turn the front adjustment nut clockwise half of a turn, and watch the belt tracking.
—If the tracking was not corrected by this adjustment, repeat step 4.
6.When the conveyor belt is tracking in the center of the roller brackets, run the con- veyor for at least two minutes to ensure that it will remain tracking correctly.
—If the belt is tracking in the center of the infeed roller, but not centered on the outfeed roller, go to step 7.
—If the belt is tracking in the center of both rollers, go to step 9.
7.Adjust the outfeed end of the conveyor by loosening the bolts on the outfeed bear- ing housing (similar to the bearing housing shown in Figure 63) and sliding it forward or backwards.
8.Retighten the bearing housing bolts and run the conveyor to check the tracking.
9.Tighten the rear adjustment nuts against the bracket plates, then tighten the front adjust- ment nuts against the bracket plates to make sure that the tracking adjustment will not slowly change during normal operation.
Model G0503 (Mfg. Since 12/08) |