AUSTRALIA · CONVEYOR BELTINGAbout / R&D & technology
Research that connects material behaviour with conveyor duty.
The Double Arrow Institute supports compound development, product engineering, testing and collaboration across the conveyor-belt lifecycle.
Double Arrow Institute
A 6,000 m² research platform.
The institute combines specialist people and more than 30 stated sets of research and testing equipment. Its work includes rubber and reinforcement analysis, compound and product development, belt and splice validation and industry-university research cooperation.
Explore testing & validation ↗Patent, standards and equipment figures are stated in the supplied company profile and identified there as current to April 2023.
Research focus
Development across the complete belt.
Compound science
Polymer selection, reinforcement, vulcanisation, adhesion, ageing, temperature behaviour and dynamic energy loss.
Carcass engineering
Steel-cord, textile, aramid, straight-warp and specialist transverse-reinforcement design.
Splice development
Splice geometry, materials and fatigue behaviour matched to belt construction and project duty.
Energy efficiency
Pulley-side compound development and rolling-resistance assessment for defined long-distance conveyor conditions.
Fire & special properties
Development and verification pathways for FRAS, temperature, oil and chemical exposure requirements.
Operating feedback
Investigation and technical learning from manufacturing results, site evidence and customer applications.
Selected equipment categories
Analyse. Develop. Validate.
- Dynamic splice-fatigue testing
- Low rolling-resistance assessment
- GC-MS and FTIR materials analysis
- Dynamic viscoelasticity and vulcanisation testing
- High-load and universal material testing
- Pipe-belt transverse-rigidity assessment
Public and proprietary data
Useful technical communication without publishing the recipe.
Published Australian Standard requirements can be shown as exact values. Double Arrow development and comparative product data are communicated through qualitative profiles, indexed charts or project-specific technical review.
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