BELT SPLICING INSTRUCTIONS

for
CAMWALL CONVEYOR BELTS with
NON-RECESSED SIDEWALLS (CW) using
FLEXCO 550J FASTENERS

INTRODUCTION

THESE BELT SPLICING INSTRUCTIONS ARE UNIQUE TO

CAMWALL CONVEYORS, MANUFACTURED BY CAMBELT
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. WHILE
SOME OF THE PROCEDURES MAY BE SIMILAR TO THOSE EMPLOYED IN
THE MECHANICAL SPLICING OF OTHER TYPES OF CONVEYOR
BELTING, SOME ARE EXCLUSIVE TO CAMWALL CONVEYORS.
IGNORING THESE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS MAY RESULT IN
PREMATURE BELT AND/OR SPLICE FAILURE, AND WILL VOID ANY
WARRANTY ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONVEYOR BELTING.

PROPRIETARY STATEMENT

The information contained in these instructions is the property of Cambelt

International Corp., is confidential, and shall not be disclosed to unauthorized persons

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without written authorization from Cambelt.

SPLICE PROCEDURES

1. Before installing the CamWall belt into your conveyor, the entire splicing
procedure can be greatly simplified by preparing one (1) end of the belt prior to
threading it through your CamWall Conveyor. The preparation of the one end of
the belt is detailed in steps 2 and 3 hereafter.

2. IMPORTANT - ONLY ONE END OF THE BELT WILL BE LEFT

WITH A STRAIGHT, SQUARED-OFF CUT. THE
OTHER END REQUIRES SPECIAL PREPARATION,
WHICH YOU SHOULD DO NOW, AS DESCRIBED
IN PARAGRAPH 3. THE OTHER END OF THE
BELT, WHICH WILL BE SQUARE-CUT, WILL BE
CUT LATER, AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPHS 9
AND 10.

3. ON ONE END OF THE BELT ONLY, first make a squared end cut. Cut the belt
at a location such that the corrugation of the sidewall will line up with the end of
the belt as illustrated below.

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Great care must be taken to prepare the end of your belt with a clean and square end for
the final cuts. Do not attempt to "eyeball" a straight (90°) cut. Use a carpenter's square to
check the line you are about to cut FROM ALL ANGLES. Make sure it is square with
the belt - if it is not, difficulty in belt alignment/adjustment will be experienced. Do not
"hack" at the belt with a pocket knife when making your cuts. Use a utility knife with new
blades, against a straightedge, making long, smooth cutting strokes in order to provide a
smooth, clean edge. Mark the center of the belt width with a line approximately 3" long,
as illustrated below.

Remove a three-quarters inch (3/4") wide strip from the end of the belt everywhere except
at the sidewall locations, according to the following diagram and dimensional table.

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 MODEL NO. A B C

CW1830-XX 18" 13 3/4" 2 1/8"

CW2430-XX 24" 19 3/4" 2 1/8"

CW3030-XX 30" 25 3/4" 2 1/8"

CW3630-XX 36" 31 3/4" 2 1/8"

CW2445-XX 24" 18 1/2" 2 3/4"

CW3045-XX 30" 24 1/2" 2 3/4"

CW3645-XX 36" 30 1/2" 2 3/4"

CW4245-XX 42" 36 1/2" 2 3/4"

CW4845-XX 48" 42 1/2" 2 3/4"

CW2460-XX 24" 18 1/2" 2 3/4"

CW3060-XX 30" 24 1/2" 2 3/4"

CW3660-XX 36" 30 1/2" 2 3/4"

CW4260-XX 42" 36 1/2" 2 3/4"

CW4860-XX 48" 42 1/2" 2 3/4"

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 CW5460-XX 54" 48 1/2" 2 3/4"

CW6060-XX 60" 54 1/2" 2 3/4"

4. Install the CamWall belt onto your conveyor by carefully following the instructions
of Section III of your Installation, Operations and Maintenance Manual entitled,
"Threading of the Conveyor Belt".

SPECIAL NOTE: All CamWall belts are directional!! Be sure to thread the
belt in the proper direction!

3" High Sidewall Belts 4 1/2" & 6" High Sidewall Belts

5. Most CamWall Conveyors utilize a manual screw type belt take-up device for
removing slack from the belt. Using the take-up screws, move the take-up pulley
to a point approximately 2" from its extreme end of travel, nearest the conveyor
inlet(s). This adjustment results in the least allowable amount of conveyor belting
required to complete the belt's circuit. It also allows that when the belt splice is
complete, the maximum allowable amount of take-up travel remains.

6. Most CamWall Conveyor belts shipped will be six inches (6") to eight feet (8'-0")
longer than what is required to complete the belt's circuit. Therefore, if you simply
draw the two ends of the belt together and complete the splice, your belt "loop"

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 will be far too long; proper tensioning of the belt will be impossible, and you will
have to take the splice apart and re-do one end of the splice, after removing any
excess belt length.

7. Pull the two ends of the belt together, overlapping them, as you remove the
greatest possible amount of slack from the belt circuit. Usually, belt clamps and
come-a-longs will be required to adequately remove the slack from the belt circuit.
If you did not receive belt clamps with your CamWall Conveyor, or you have
misplaced them, a new set is easy to make, following the basic design concept
illustrated below.

Come-a-longs will be most effective, and both sides of the belt can be equally
tensioned if two (2) come-a-longs are utilized, one on the left side of the belt and
one on the right side. Ideally, each belt clamp should be initially positioned
approximately five feet (5'-0") from each end of the belt. If physical constraints
don't allow that positioning, position the clamps as far apart from each other as
possible.

8. With the belt circuit pulled as tightly as possible, cut away enough belt from the
unfinished end that you leave an overlap of approximately six inches (6") of belt.

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 Making this initial cut will allow you to remove the excess length of conveyor
belting which would otherwise obstruct free access to the belt splice area. Ideally,
when the belt ends are completely prepared, you will be left with an overlap of the
two ends of approximately only two to three inches (2" to 3").

9. As you prepare to make your final cut to the unfinished end, you should plan ahead
and make the cut in a position that will result in the same approximate cleat
spacing, at the splice, as is present on the rest of the CamWall belt. In order to
prevent material spillage from the pocket that contains the splice, cleat spacing at
that pocket must be less than or equal to the cleat spacing present on the rest of
the CamWall belt. Also, the final cut must be made at a position on the belt that
will allow for proper joining of the corrugated sidewalls. See the illustration below
that shows the proper orientation of the corrugations at the splice joint.

10. Great care must be taken to prepare the end of your belt with a clean and square
end. Do not attempt to "eyeball" a straight (90°) cut. Use a carpenter's square to
check the line you are about to cut FROM ALL ANGLES. Make sure it is square
with the belt - if it is not, difficulty in belt alignment/adjustment will be
experienced. Do not "hack" at the belt with a pocket knife when making your
cuts. Use a utility knife with new blades, against a straightedge, making long,
smooth cutting strokes in order to provide a smooth, clean edge.

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11. IMPORTANT - If the CamWall belt was installed into the conveyor prior to the
preparation of one end of the belt, go back to paragraphs no. 2 and 3 NOW.
Complete paragraphs 2 and 3, then proceed to paragraph 12.

12. Any cleat that is within two inches (2") of the end of the belt will be an obstruction
to proper installation of the mechanical belt fasteners. If you have a cleat within
that two inch (2") limit, it will have to be cut away and removed flush to the belt
top cover.

13. After making a clean, square cut on the last end of the belt, turn the belt upside
down and mark the center of the belt width with a line approximately 3" long,
similar to what was done in paragraph 3, previously.

14. With the belt end(s) upside down, insert a wood block under the end and between
the sidewalls of the belt. This block should be slightly taller than the belt sidewalls.
15. Position the drilling template (included in splice kit) at the end of the belt and align
the center mark on the template with the center mark made earlier on the belt
end(s). NOTE: TEMPLATE IS DIRECTIONAL.

16. Using the double headed nails (included in splice kit) secure the template to the
belt end by nailing through the small pre-drilled holes in the template, through the
belt, and into the wood support block.

17. Using the Flexco P1P punch (included in splice kit) drill all the holes except any
holes in the template that may be marked with an "X" across the holes. The "X"
holes are at the sidewall locations, and MUST NOT BE PUNCHED! If no holes
are "X" marked, punch at all holes in the template. DO NOT PUNCH ANY
HOLES AT CORRUGATED SIDEWALL LOCATIONS.

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18. Remove the template and turn the belt top-side up. Drill holes in the sidewalls at
positions as indicated on the diagrams below. These holes are to permit
installation of the sidewall joining clamp strips.

3" High Sidewalls 4 1/2" High Sidewalls

6" High Sidewalls

19. Place the Flexco 550J fasteners over the ends of the belt. Install the bolts and nuts,
inserting the bolts from the bottom of the belt, and tighten the nuts (nuts should be
countersink side down, slotted side up) until the belt rubber begins to swell around
the edge of the fastener clamps. DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN!

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20. Cut two (2) lengths of the orange filler tubing, each piece should be approximately
the same length as the "B" dimension on the chart in step no. 3 above. Insert one
(1) filler tube into the fasteners at each end of the belt as illustrated below.

21. Cut the nylon covered hinge pin to a length equal to the "B" dimension on the
chart in step no. 3 above.

22. Align the fasteners on one end of the belt with the fasteners on the other end of the
belt. Push the belt ends together, allowing the fasteners to inter-mesh. Insert the
hinge pin.

23. Place one (1) hinge pin retaining washer (included in splice kit) on each end of the
hinge pin and crimp it in place.

24. Join the sidewalls together by inserting the 1 1/4" bolt(s) through one (1) backing
plate; insert the bolt(s) through both sidewall ends; place another backing plate on
the bolt(s), and secure with a nylock nut(s). Tighten snugly, but do not over-
tighten. Repeat this procedure on the other sidewall.

25. With a pair of vice grips, bend each fastener bolt back and forth until it snaps off at
the top of each fastener nut. Do not cut or grind off the bolts; bending them off

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 will ensure that the nuts remain tight.

26. The above instructions complete the splice for a CamWall Conveyor belt with non-
recessed sidewalls, using Flexco 550J mechanical fasteners. If there are further
questions, please call Cambelt at (801) 972-5511 for assistance.

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