floor switch

[Ric]

I purchased this floor switch to operate a cta in my tunnel. https://www.kleen-ritecorp.com/p-3699-ramped-floor-switch-9w-x-32l.aspx I am having problems with the vehicle rolling off from it thus becoming "disconnected" with the conveyor roller. Any ideas on a solution to this issue?

 

[Mbalboni]

I had to Counter sink it into concrete to stop cars from jumping rollers. then you won't have cars jumping rollers or building up momentum and rolling right past your cta's eithier

 

[Earl Weiss]

An alternative to cutting the concrete is to buy a couple of pieces of diamond plate as wide as the floor switch and a couple of feet long. Lay one on each side of the floor switch.

This shows the plate in front of the switch. I also put a plate under the switch since the floor was rough and that decreases the wear on the switch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yToxbXhNVZw

 

[BBE]

Has anyone tried using just a bell cord?

 

[Earl Weiss]

Has anyone tried using just a bell cord?

40 years ago. It was a maintenance headache. Don't know why. seemed to last a long time at the gas islands but not in the tunnel. Maybe in those days the solutions were not compatible with the rubber.

 

[MEP001]

The only time I've used that switch was on a D&S 5000 treadle which had a stop to keep the car from rolling forward off it.

 

[Ric]

I had to Counter sink it into concrete to stop cars from jumping rollers. then you won't have cars jumping rollers or building up momentum and rolling right past your cta's eithier

How did you go about doing that?