Reduce risks and costs

With our expertise, you can easily reduce risks and costs associated with the operation of conveyor rollers, pulleys and idlers.

Reduce risks

Depending on their type and severity, conveyor roller defects can entail considerable risks:

Mechanical damage to the surrounding structural parts of the conveyor (e.g. belt of the belt conveyor);
Fire caused by a hot-running belt conveyor roller (this can happen, for example, if a belt conveyor or agricultural machine is not properly maintained);
Direct risks for personnel (e.g. risk of injury if the defective idler roller or its parts fall down or due to fire);
Indirect risks for personnel (e.g. risks of injury during work to replace conveyor rollers);
Risks due to disruption to the operation of the equipment (e.g. damage to the goods in a unit load conveyor due to a defective roller).

We always take the necessary countermeasures to eliminate the probability of occurrence of such situations or at least reduce them as far as possible. Examples of this include:

Standard use of bearings optimized for conveyor rollers with improved emergency running properties to prevent hot running;
Mechanical safeguarding of the conveyor rollers in the idler frames (securing of rollers);
Use of non-flammable or flame-retardant materials (e.g. polyurethane);
Development of modern condition monitoring systems for belt conveyor rollers (Sensing Idler Wireless).

Who uses durable products, generally also experience their failure and defects less often. You can easily help to reduce the risks by using our conveyor rollers and idlers.

Reduce costs

Avoiding the risks described above already leads to indirect cost savings. However, the use of high-quality and durable products also reduces operating costs. And this leads to direct cost savings, for example through:

Reducing energy consumption;
Reducing planned downtimes by reducing the number of working hours required for maintenance (e.g. for conveyor roller replacement);
Avoiding unplanned downtimes (especially for critical non-redundant conveyors, such as ship loaders).

We have the necessary know-how and will be happy to help you to sustainably reduce the operating risks and costs associated with the operation of conveyor rollers and idlers. Get in touch with us!

Reduce risks and costs