Method for splicing a belt

摘要

The invention is a method of splicing two damaged ends (11) of a conveyor belt (10) together such that the resultant spliced belt is stronger than typical splice methods. The damaged belt (10) is cut apart and the ends (11) are prepared so that the ends may be spliced together. The belt ends (11) are stripped of the rubber coating that covers the cord core (12) through cutting or abrading the coating away. The belt ends (11) can be prepared in any fashion from blunt end cuts to stepping the cut of the core (12) such that the steps (15) of one end of the belt (10) complement the steps (15) of the other end of the belt (10). The prepared belt (10) ends (11) are mated together and sewn (13). A new layer of rubber (14) is then placed over the sewn (13) portion of the belt (10). The new layer of rubber (14) is then vulcanized, through either hot or cold vulcanization techniques. The resultant sewn (13) and vulcanized belt (10) is a stronger belt than a belt repaired by only mechanical or vulcanization methods. <IMAGE>