Use high-quality Gates belts on your processing equipment drive systems.

Belts for crusher and screen equipment:

• Predator® Belts – Best Belts Available for Crusher Equipment                          
• Super HC® Molded Notch V-Belt – Shaker Screens                          
• Super HC® V-Belt – Shaker Screens                          
• Hi-Power® II V-Belt – Shaker Screens                          
• Poly Chain® GT® Synchronous Belt – Shaker Screens and Conveyors

The aggregate industry provides crushed rock that becomes a component of asphalt and concrete used primarily in highway, bridge, runway, sidewalk and building construction.

When aggregate crusher and shaker screen equipment breaks down and halts your operations, the downtime can cost you thousands of dollars in lost tonnage production per hour. Belt failures occur due to six common problems:

• Improper tension                          
• Misalignment                          
• Improper handling                          
• Hardware                          
• Environmental factors                          
• Drive design

Aggregate Facts

• Construction of a one-mile stretch of two-lane highway requires approximately 25,000 tons of crushed rock.                          
• More than 1.5 billion metric tons of crushed stones were produced in the U.S. in 2003.                          
• Over half (53 percent) of crushed stone production in the U.S. comes from 10 states in descending order: Texas, Pennsylvania, Florida, Illinois, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, and California.                          
• Aggregate is one of the world's oldest industries, yet business is booming, accounting for approximately $10 billion in sales annually.                          
• Roughly 1,200 companies operate 3,200 active quarries in the U.S.                          
• Average annual growth is around 9%.