Questions about the profitability of conveyor technology
ScrapeTec: It’s all a question
of profitability.
ScrapeTec begins its consultation with specific questions that awaken a new awareness of conveyor systems among customers.
ScrapeTec Trading trades. Not only with innovative products related to transfers points of conveyor belts, but also solution-oriented. Even when advising customers who do not see any specific problems with their systems and therefore do not see the need for solutions.
Does this raise questions as you read? Yes, exactly. Because ScrapeTec confronts many of its customers with specific questions. In most cases, answers cannot be given spontaneously.
ScrapeTec helps with its advice. For example with one of these questions: How high is the cost share of the conveyor systems in your company? 40%? Higher? Often there is no cost analysis in this direction. In the past, costs have usually simply been accepted and classified as unavoidable. A joint look at the costs of the past and their categorization helps. It also goes into the details: How much does cleaning the conveyor system cost, for example? What are the main failure criteria of your conveyor systems? And how high are the downtime costs due to downtime?
Answers can be found after an analytical examination of all the costs incurred in connection with the conveyor systems. But then, logically, comes the next and economically most important question: how can you avoid these costs in the future and thus optimize profits? There are several answers: The patented products from ScrapeTec, which were developed for use around transfer points. For example, the AirScrape®, which is now in use worldwide - a patented side sealing system for belt conveyors made in Germany, which hovers contact-free above the conveyor belt and, thanks to the lamella arrangement, generates an air suction. The material movement and the running belt support and reinforce this suction effect in such a way that dust development and spillage are significantly reduced. The AirScrape® works almost maintenance-free and does not wear out the conveyor belt due to the lack of friction.
During this work, it also became clear to him that 40% of the total costs of an underground hard coal mine had to be spent on the delivery and service of belt systems and their components. Other ScrapeTec products support this principle. Like the TailScrape, the non-contact side seal for the rear part of the chute. At the top, the DustScrape acts as a fleece cover to reduce dust. And the PrimeTracker ensures that the belt runs perfectly, so that the side sealing can work optimally. All in all, a product family in which the components are optimally matched to each other.
Many of the customers see all these products as a purely cost-burdening investment. However, the questions asked by SrapeTec help to quickly identify the return on investment. Because: The cleaning intervals are extremely extended and thus the cleaning costs are reduced. Maintenance costs are eliminated. The cost-intensive replacement of worn conveyor belts is also minimized by the non-contact operation of the belt side seals. Anyone who has read this far will have found answers for themselves regarding the cost structure of the responsible conveyor system. Also against the background that often 40% of the operating costs are spent on the delivery and performance of conveyor systems and their components.
Should any questions arise, ScrapeTec will be happy to answer them
