Giving a lift to conveyor operations
June 1st 2007

An new range of Belt Lifters from Horizon Conveyor Equipment has been designed with the health and safety of the people who change conveyor rollers as its main priority, but the firm also claims the range increases efficiency and reduces critical downtime during breakdowns and routine maintenance.

Horizon's Belt Lifter has been installed at Associated British Ports' Immingham Dock, where the opening of the dock's dedicated coal facility introduced much heavier duty equipment.

"Manual handling and safety issues were a concern so we wanted to simplify and make safe, the way we replace our rollers," says Steve Smith, senior eng. planner, "Horizon's Belt Lifter has enabled us to work more efficiently and reduce critical downtime in breakdown situations." In total there are 17 conveyors at the Humber International Terminal 2 (HINT2) ranging from 40m, which are hopper feeder belts, to 1560m, which are field belts. The belt widths vary between 1800mm to 2200mm and transfer various grades of coal from the ship, to the stockyard and then onto the rail load-out facility.

The number of rollers fitted to these conveyors is in excess of 30,000.

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