Conveyor belt ArcelorMittal on the right track with Centrax
Trouble-free belt conveying is crucial for ArcelorMittal in Belgian Gent. CenTrax ensures that the conveyor belt remains aligned along its entire length. At its location in Ghent, ArcelorMittal Belgium was experiencing severe misalignment problems with their 225 conveyor belts, which have a total length of 58 kilometres. The damage caused to the conveyor, its structure and unplanned downtime resulted in high costs, loss of production and consequential losses. Tim Vertriest, reliability engineer at ArcelorMittal Ghent, decided to find a solution: “The CenTrax tracking system came out best in our comparison search, and has proved to be a lasting solution.“
10 million tonnes of raw materials
A trouble-free conveyor belt is crucial for a company such as ArcelorMittal. The Raw Materials, Port, Transport and Recycling divisions of the world’s largest steel producer processes almost 10 million tonnes of raw materials annually. This particular logistics branch deals with unloading seagoing vessels and the careful separation and storage of delivered raw materials to so-called raw material storage areas. Harbour cranes
