THE WORLD'S 1ST TRUE TRACKING ROLLER

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It will be noted that, as the belt begins to travel off-center, the edge of the belt on that side, moves onto the tapered part of the Tru-Trac Flat Return Tracker, this causes the drum of the Tru-Trac to pivot, relative to it's shaft and steer the belt back to the center. The Tru-Trac does not in any way force the belt back to the center. The belt is steered back toward it's central position in much the same way as a Motor Vehicle is steered, to keep it in the center of it's lane. However, with the Tru-Trac, the steering action is automatic and is initiated each time the belt moves off-center.

The Tru-Trac Trough-Tracker is used to align the load-carrying side of Conveyor Belts. Applying Tru-Trac Flat Return Tracker principles of tracking in the horizontal plane, wing rollers were incorporated into the design to activate our standard central pivot system. The design ensures that no 90 degree contact with belt-edge occurs. As the belt moves off-center the belt slides up the wing roll and thus causes the Tru-Trac to pivot on its internal pivot and steer the belt back to center with minimum force. The unique aspect of the Tru-Trac Trough Tracker is that the center roll does all the steering and not the wing rolls, as this is where the most effective steering forces are exerted.

While the Tru-Trac Dual Return Tracker operates on exactly the same principles of the Tru-Trac Flat Return Tracker. The advantage of the split configuration has resulted in a highly responsive tracking action and the Individual tracking rolls can be easily replaced when wear occurs.