Martin Engineering will be at MINExpo 2024 in Las Vegas. Image: Martin Engineering
Martin Engineering has confirmed it will feature a suite of new product designs at MINExpo 2024 in Las Vegas.
As one of the leading companies in belt conveyor and bulk material flow technology, Martin Engineering’s showcase is highly anticipated.
The company will showcase its latest innovations in belt cleaners, conveyor enclosure technology, and flow aids, which come directly from its Centre for Innovation.
The company said the heavy-duty (HD) and extra-heavy-duty (XHD) accessories are designed to significantly improve efficiency while reducing dust emissions and offering safer maintenance and replacement. This will result in greater productivity and lower cost of operation for customers.
“Martin is celebrating its 80th anniversary by rolling out some excellent new products that extend equipment life, improve safety and reduce maintenance, while also being better for the environment,” said Dave Mueller, conveyor products manager for Martin Engineering.
“We’re excited to be able to display and demonstrate several products at the booth and give visitors an idea of their performance in real-world mining applications.
“All the products have been thoroughly field tested to satisfy Martin’s high standard of quality and meet our Absolutely No Excuses Money Back Guarantee.”
Martin Engineering’s expert team will be on hand to help customers. Image: Martin Engineering
Game-Changing Belt Cleaners
Primary and secondary conveyor belt cleaners are experiencing a design renaissance recently. Martin’s engineers have worked diligently to make installation and servicing easier and safer, with less environmental waste.
Martin ECOSAFE Primary and Secondary Cleaners XHD can withstand heavy-duty environments while using less urethane in their construction and are mounted on a safe-to-service assembly with easily swapable individual cartridges. The design allows the majority of the urethane to be used for the blade, and less is used at the support base, which features a removable and reusable metal insert. Using less urethane reduces waste, while external servicing allows for easier and faster maintenance.
The Martin EcoSafe Primary and Secondary cleaners offer new safety and environmental features. Image: Martin Engineering
The CleanScrape primary and secondary cleaners revolutionised conveyor belt cleaning with four times the equipment life of standard urethane blades and eliminating the need for tensioning after installation. The next iteration is the Heated CleanScrape Primary Cleaner, which is heat-traced within the blade, making it ideal for harsh sub-zero climates where frozen material buildup can affect performance and cause unnecessary downtime.
The mining-grade Martin UBX Secondary Cleaner is designed as a longer-lasting and user–friendly alternative to similar units on the market after implementing customer feedback. Intended for wider and faster belts, the new Martin Engineering blade is made entirely of urethane or urethane with an embedded cleaning element that is more robust and longer-wearing than comparable blades on the market. The blade is held snugly to the belt by a mechanical spring tensioner as opposed to the competitors’ troublesome air–supplied tensioners, which are unreliable, onerous to maintain and expensive to operate. The result is a more economical unit with longer-lasting performance and less maintenance.
The Martin SQC2S Cleaner with Orion HD and XHD Blades round out the new secondary blade offerings from Martin Engineering. Following the successful introduction of the standard model, the more rugged version for wider and faster belts is engineered to handle the most punishing applications. A two-tiered tensioning system with a spring tensioner on the assembly and another rubber tensioner on the blade attachment ensures the urethane and tungsten carbide blade needs considerably less monitoring and tensioning.
The attached polypropene deflector shield further supports this low-maintenance approach to mitigate buildup and usher material away from the mainframe. An important safety feature is the slide-in/slide-out design which allows service and blade replacement to be performed outside the conveyor structure.
Enclosures and Dust Control
While maintenance access and safe monitoring are vital, so is retaining a sealed environment to control airflow and suppress dust emissions. The Martin Magnetic Inspection Door is a durable two-part design with a urethane shield and a strong magnetic seal that covers and protects a monitoring and maintenance space on the enclosure. Keeping the dust inside, it is easily pulled back for inspection or, during scheduled shutdowns, pulled all the way down or off for improved access.
The Martin Urethane Skirting is a long-lasting wear strip placed outside of the skirtboard of a conveyor loading zone to seal the enclosure and prevent spillage and dust emissions. Produced to the belt’s specific trough angle, the urethane strip offers less friction on the belt edge of high-speed belts than rubber skirting for a longer belt life and less damage to the belt edge.
The Martin Urethane Skirting seals the transfer chute enclosure to prevent dust and spillage. Image: Martin Engineering
Flow Technology
In addition to the new equipment, visitors will see how the superior design of Martin Engineering products like Martin Air Cannons and Industrial Vibrators can significantly improve the material flow through a system. From choke points like silos and hoppers to screening and separators, strategically placed flow accessories prevent unscheduled downtime and improve safety by preventing manual clearing of obstructions.
“Since the pandemic, MINExpo 2024 will be the biggest show yet, so stop by and visit us at booth #4315 to see our exciting new offerings,” said Mueller.
“Technical experts with knowledge and experience in the mining industry will be manning the booth.
We like to think we’ve heard and seen it all, but MINExpo is always full of surprises, so we’d love to hear your story. You never know; perhaps we can offer some wisdom to help solve the issue.”
Martin Engineering will be located at booth #4315, right by the entrance to the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, from September 24 to 26.
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