Lightweight Splice School
November 6-7, 2019, Grand Rapids, MI
Agenda
Day 1:
- Welcome Remarks
- Introduction
- High level review of LD belting construction
- Belt Preparation Basics
- Mechanically Splicing Plied and Solid Woven Belts
- Wire hook splice
- Staple splice
- Lacing splice
- Non-metallic splice
- Hybrid splice
- Lunch
- Mechanically Splicing Plied and Solid Woven Belts (continued)
Day 2:
- Endless Splicing Plied Belts
- Step splice
- Skive splice
- Finger splice – straight finger, finger-over-finger, bias finger
- Splicing Monolithic Belts
- Monolithic flats
- Monolithic round urethane belts
- Lunch
- Specialty Splicing
- Longitudinal splices
- Nylon core belt splices
- Quick melt tape splicing
- Stitched splicing