Even a minor conveyor belt repair can leave your operations offline leading to drop in productivity and profitability. The use of hot and cold vulcanizing methods for the purpose of repair is a welcome relief to those plants who cannot afford downtime. The conveyor belt vulcanizing methods reduce the downtime of your systems. The repairs using hot or cold vulcanizing can improve the life of your conveyor belt. The major confusion lies in taking a decision on hot or cold vulcanizing. The choice is made based on the damage of the belt.

Conveyor belt incurs damage to fabric, carcasses and covers. The cover may incur damages like tears, cuts, rips, scoring and gouges. The carcasses may become punctured or worn out. The belts may be fractured or frayed at the edges. The use of cold vulcanizing uses materials like patches and strips to repair the belt. The materials are placed where the damage has occurred and is secured using an adhesive. This type of method is ideal for repairing belt damaged due to gouges, scoring or wears.

Hot vulcanizing needs heat and pressure to repair the damaged section of the belt. the damaged portion is carefully trimmed or removed. In the place of the damaged section, a new section is placed and bonded using adhesive or cement. The hot vulcanizing is the right solution for cuts, tears and holes, occurring in the steel cords, fabrics and belt covers.

Many belt repair companies make use of fusion of hot and cold vulcanizing to repair the conveyor belts. The repair materials include cover rubber, patches, strips and splicing foil. The repair companies provide high quality adhesives, cements and primers to strengthen the portion of repair, to ensure your conveyor belt has the ability to hold load capacity.

The repair needs essential tools like knives, splice skivers, stitchers, rollers and buffers. Using hot or cold vulcanizing method can definitely put your production back in order with reduced downtime.