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Training Materials

NIBA offers a wide variety of training materials to help members inform employees or customers on the industry and specific belting issues.

Training CDs

Exciting New Training Tools for NIBA Members - PowerPoint Presentations designed for market-specific industries! Developed by the most experienced and knowledgeable sales people, technical groups, manufacturing groups, and engineers in the industry, these NIBA presentations are a real necessity to have in your library for training and educating your entire organization. Click for details.

Videos on DVD and VHS

Basic Product Knowledge

NIBA has developed the following series of three video tapes, designed for entry level personnel interested in general conveyor belting and how this industry provides economical solutions to material handling requirements for many industries:

Belt Tracking

  • Belt Tracking (13 minutes) - $30.00 [Order DVD or VHS Now!]
    • Opens with bold music and action shots of the conveyor belt as the lifeline to industrial production. Discusses and shows proper (and improper) tracking and focuses on basic procedures that will help ensure proper belt tracking. Other topics discussed are general mechanics, in-depth tracking issues for lightweight and heavyweight belts and general causal issues unrelated to the quality of the belt. Covers all aspects involved in proper tracking and shows critical examples of many systems and elements in action.

Belts in Motion

  • Belts in Motion (12.5 minutes) - $25.00 [Order DVD or VHS Now!]
    • An excellent overview of conveyor belts, shows a wide variety of applications and belting products in use. Can be used to stimulate interest in, and excitement about the belting industry. Excellent for customers, employees, prospective NIBA members, and the general public.

Seminar VHS Series - 1992

  • Elastomers Used in Lightweight Conveyor Belting (48 minutes) - $20.00 [Order Now!]
    • Common Elastomers and Their Properties
    • NR Applications in Lightweight Conveyor Belting
    • Styrene Butadiene Rubber
    • Nitrile Butadiene Rubber Elastomers
    • Carboxylated Nitrile Butadiene Rubber
    • Chlorobutyl (chloroisobutene-isoprene) Elastomers
    • Neoprene (chloroprene) Elastomers
    • Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer Elastomers
    • Silicone (modified polysiloxanes)
    • Polyvinyl Chloride Thermoplastic Elastomers
    • Polyurethane Thermoplastic Elastomers
  • Lightweight Plied Rubber Belting (57 minutes) - $20.00 [Order Now!]
    • What is Lightweight & Plied Rubber Belting?
    • Belting Components (fabric and rubber)
    • Application Exercise (accessing needs and building a belt)
  • Package/Unit Handling (43 minutes) - $20.00 [Order Now!]
    • The Market
    • Special Applications
    • Trends of the Market

Seminar VHS Series - 1991

  • Steel Cable Belting (1 hour 27 minutes) - $20.00 [Order Now!]
    • Review of Installations
    • Steel Cable Belt History
    • All-Gum Construction
    • Steel Cord Belt Production
    • Product Range
    • Features and Benefits
    • Steel Cord Belt Applications
    • Belt Protection
  • Selling Conveyor Belting (33 minutes) - $20.00 [Order Now!]
    • Preparation
    • Sales Approach
    • The Sales Call
    • Earning the Business
    • The Sale
    • Follow-through
    • Marketing Function vs. Sales Function
    • Marketing Support of and for Sales
    • Product Pricing
    • Generation of Marketing Strategy
    • Case Study
    • Marketing the for 1990s (basics)
  • Power Plants Belting Market (54 minutes) - $20.00 [Order Now!]
    • Types
    • Market Size
    • Belt Potential
    • Rules of Thumb
    • Who to Contact
    • Conveyor Systems/Belts
    • Information Required for Selection
    • Most Common Belts Used
    • Cover Gauges
    • Carcass
    • Belt Features
  • Quarrying/Hard Rock Mining (54 minutes) - $20.00 [Order Now!]
    • The Market
    • Typical Process Flow
    • Conveyor Belt Selection
    • Identifying/Quantifying Prospects
    • Sales Solicitation

Seminar VHS Series - 1989

  • Tracking (1 hour 21 minutes) - $20.00 [Order Now!]
    • Making the Belt Run True
    • Why Tracking?
    • Problems

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