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    Tru-Trac and BREC at Hillhead: conveyor reliability gains for UK quarries

    April 25, 2026|

    Reviewed by Tom Sullivan

    Tru-Trac and BREC at Hillhead: conveyor reliability gains for UK quarries

    First reported on International Mining – News

    30 Second Briefing

    Tru-Trac and UK distributor BREC Ltd will make their first joint Hillhead appearance showcasing belt-tracking and conveyor protection hardware aimed at extending belt life, improving uptime and cutting operating costs on high-duty quarry and mining conveyors. Appointed as Tru-Trac’s UK distributor in late 2024, BREC reports rapidly growing demand from operators seeking to retrofit existing conveyors rather than undertake full system replacements. For maintenance teams, the partnership signals wider local availability of engineered tracking idlers and related components, plus UK-based technical support for installation and optimisation.

    Technical Brief

    • Tru-Trac’s mechanical belt-tracking idlers use pivoted, self-aligning rollers to correct lateral belt wander.
    • Conveyor protection hardware on show includes belt misalignment switches and emergency pull-wire trip systems.
    • Tracking systems are targeted at high-tension, high-throughput quarry and mine conveyors with frequent mistracking events.
    • Hardware is designed as bolt-on retrofit to existing stringers, avoiding structural conveyor modifications during installation.
    • Improved tracking directly reduces edge damage, splice stress and localised cover wear, lowering belt change-out frequency.
    • Better belt alignment reduces spillage and carryback, cutting manual clean-up and associated exposure to moving plant.
    • Misalignment detection and shutdown devices support compliance with UK quarry conveyor guarding and safe-stop requirements.
    • Wider UK access to engineered tracking and protection hardware encourages systematic conveyor risk reduction rather than ad-hoc fixes.

    Our Take

    For the United Kingdom, most recent ‘Projects’ coverage in our mining category has centred on permitting and mine-life extensions rather than plant hardware, suggesting this Tru-Trac–BREC push is targeting brownfield optimisation and compliance upgrades rather than greenfield builds.

    International Mining’s presence in the company list signals that this partnership is being framed for a global audience, which typically helps smaller regional distributors like BREC leverage case studies from outside the UK to win adoption of safety products with limited local operating history.

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    Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.

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