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Steady growth, further professionalisation and international expansion. With Stan Egging (45), TBK Group aims to develop into a total solution provider in the field of innovative solutions for conveyor belt components and bulk material handling. Long-term vision It is perhaps his Calvinistic background that made Egging feel at home with the Renswoude-based TBK Group from the very first moment. Bart Kelderman and Wijnand van de Vendel (shareholders of TBK Group, ed.) are very nice people and give me energy. He sees parallels between the corporate culture and the down-to-earth ”just do as you’re told” and ”a deal is a deal”, a tradition the director was brought up on. He is also averse to superficial interpretations and quick fixes. He prefers to focus on a long-term vision of sustainability. ”I am a real go-getter, don’t like stagnation, but progress. So my motto is: ’People who move keep moving, literally and figuratively.’” Exclusivity As to what appeals so much to Egging in his new position as managing director at TBK Group, he does not have to think for long: ”Here lies a request for help, where I can use all my expertise to take the company further into the future.” The scion

To avoid wasting raw materials in glass production, TBK Group carried out a technical inventory and steps were taken to avoid spillage and dust at the conveyor belts. The Portuguese glass factory Vidrala Santos Barosa enlisted the help of TBK Group to avoid wasting raw materials in glass production. During a visit to the factory last April, a technical inventory was carried out and the first steps were taken to avoid spillage and dust at the conveyor belts. The over 130 year old glass factory was taken over in 2017 by the Spanish concern Vidrala. This group owns several glass factories in Spain, Portugal and Italy, among other countries. In the factory, where tradition and modernisation merge, around 425 million glass bottles for beer and wine are produced each year. Prevention of waste Glass is a product that consists of various, precisely combined raw materials, which are processed at very high temperatures. ”The conveyor belts are the heart of the raw material supply for glass production in the factory,” explains Micha Bermentloo, export manager at TBK Group. After the raw materials are deposited on the conveyors,

Spillage of conveyor belts caused wear and tear, contamination, extra maintenance and extra time. TBK Spillage Control solves this by installing an impact bed and bars, sealing blocks and skirt liners. Material spillage has long been a thorn in the side of a large company processing coal and iron ore. It caused wear and tear, pollution and a maintenance-intensive way of working at the dumping point. TBK Spillage Control brought the matter back into line by implementing an ImpTek impact bed, impact bars, Spill-Ex sealing blocks and ProTek ceramic skirt liners. Efficiency and optimisation The more than 30-metre-long conveyor is located under dumping points of three other conveyor belts. Because the bulk material has to make a right-angled turn at this point, dropping several metres, this point is subject to extra stress. The result? Belt wear, spillage and dust contamination. TBK Spillage Control was able to eliminate the contamination by installing a custom-made dumping point in combination with an ImpTek impact bed and corresponding impact bars. In addition, TBK implemented sustainable Spill-Ex sealing blocks provide a more efficient, less labour-intensive and

The perfectly sealed swivel bearing, wear-resistant diamond profiled rollers and a sophisticated design make that the CenTrax belt alignment system remains operational under all conditions. CenTrax Operating principle See the video for a graphic display of mounting options and working principle. As soon as the conveyor belt starts to mistrack, the two tapered rollers on the sides will show a difference in the rotation speed. When this happens, the CenTrax belt tracker immediately engage and guides the conveyor belt back to its correct position. Unique swivel bearing The heart of any tracking system is the pivot. A common problem is that dirt, dust and moisture is blocking the pivot, which makes the belt tracker stops working. With our expertise, based on 60 years of experience, we have developed a pivot point – which we call a swivel bearing – that is insensitive to the influences of dirt, dust and moisture. Low in maintenance The swivel bearing is oil bath lubricated and completely maintenance free. Due to wear-resistant diamond profiled rollers and a sophisticated design that prevents build-up of dirt, CenTrax remains operational under

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

Downtime of the conveyor belts caused delays in supply and additional costs. Within a month CenTrax tracker rollers proved to be the solution. The constant downtime of the conveyor belts caused delays in supply and additional costs. RWE consulted TBK Group, after which it was decided to install our CenTrax tracker rollers for a trial period. Within a month, it was already clear that CenTrax was the solution to their misalignment problem. Large coal and biomass power plant RWE Generation’s Eemshaven power plant is the largest coal and biomass power plant in the Netherlands. Covered conveyor belts ensure dust-free transport of the coal from ships to the power plant or the storage yard. This process was always accompanied by jerks and jolts due to frequent belt misalignment. The constant downtime of the conveyor belts caused delays in supply and additional costs. RWE consulted TBK Group, after which it was decided to install our CenTrax tracker rollers for a trial period. Within a month, it was already clear that CenTrax was the solution to their misalignment problem. [IMG03**R45**] Misalignment due to

‘Collected dust returned into the production flow’ Companies are increasingly prioritizing the development and maintenance of safe and environmentally responsible working conditions. Government rules and regulations are strictly adhered to, and the essential health of employees is paramount. Processors of dust-sensitive products also understand the benefits and necessity of removing, minimising and managing dust emissions to achieve a healthy working environment. For example, a processor of soya beans and rapeseed in the Rotterdam port area equipped a number of loading points in its bulk terminal with sustainable dedusting equipment supplied by Dust Control Partners (DCP). “Previously, it wasn`t really possible to enter the room without respiratory protection. Now, the dust is extracted at source and returns back into the production flow,” says Henrik Baas, account manager at DCP. The project in the port of Rotterdam can quite rightly be called unique. In order to achieve optimal extraction, DCP has fitted four

A cement factory in the United Kingdom was experiencing a lot of problems due to a 1200 mm wide conveyor belt, fitted with 5-part garland roller pairs, mistracking. The installation was fitted with tracking systems that were not performing correctly. CentTrax engineers were able to design a custom-made solution. The design, with a CenTrax S-1200 belt tracker as the framework, is based on the existing CenTrax load carrying and return strand tracking systems. For many years, these systems have proven to be effective under the most arduous conditions. Unlike the standard CenTrax three-roller tracking systems, the S-1200-5V-P has five rollers (two tapered and three flat rollers). These five rollers have the same trough shape as the garland roller pairs. Swivel bearing Contrary to the mounted tracking systems, CenTrax has only one pivot point, also known as a swivel bearing. The swivel bearing is fully sealed and unaffected by moisture, dust and dirt. The robust bearings

Belt trackers for Promet Mining & Metals Australia. Promet Mining & Metals has been our dealer for Australia since 2018. Employees of the company located in Malaga, a suburb of Perth in Western Australia, have many years of experience in optimising conveyor belt systems. Western Australia, with over 1,000 active mines, is an important mining area in the southern hemisphere. Every day, mined raw materials such as iron ore, gold and nickel find their way onto various conveyor belts that are affected by mistracking problems. So, it’s hardly surprising that CenTrax got off to a flying start in the southern hemisphere. For example, in the first year alone, no fewer than 110 belt trackers were delivered, 52 of which were installed in a nickel mine. CenTrax wishes James Stamelos, Managing Director of Promet, and Raymond Gianoli, General Manager of Promet, and their team every success with their operations.

RWE Generation's Eemshaven power plant is the largest coal and biomass power plant in the Netherlands. Covered conveyor belts ensure dust-free transport of the coal from ships to the power plant or the storage yard. This process was always accompanied by jerks and jolts due to frequent belt mistracking. The constant downtime of the conveyor belts caused delays in supply and additional costs. RWE consulted TBK Group, after which it was decided to install our CenTrax tracker rollers for a trial period. Within a month, it was already clear that CenTrax was the solution to their mistracking problem. Gert-Jan Arkema, Maintenance Engineer Bulk Handling at RWE Generation Eemshaven, explains “We use several conveyor belts at our power plant. We use a hopper to transfer the coal from one conveyor to another, but coal from the US and Russia is often damp, which means it sticks to the walls of the hopper. As a result, the load is then skewed when it reaches the conveyor belt,

No more mistracking problems In April 2016 TBK spillage control bv has supplied two CEN-TRAX SO-2000 return trackers to an open pit mine in the north of Finland. The return trackers are installed on two mobile conveyor belt installations, each with a belt width of 2000 mm. Through the mobile conveyor installations a fixed conveyor belt installation is fed by several belt conveyors. Due to the uneven terrain, mistracking of both mobile conveyors caused unplanned stoppages of the installation. Both CEN-TRAX return trackers are in operation for one year without a single problem. Two belt trackers have increased the availability of the installation by 30%!