Conveyor Belt Services — Iron Range & Upper Midwest Industrial Belting

Q: Does CBS service Great Lakes vessels and dock terminals?

Yes. CBS performs belt installation and splicing for Great Lakes cargo-carrying vessels and dock terminals. Our Duluth location at 4319 West First Street provides direct access to the Duluth-Superior port. Call 800-662-5789 for vessel and terminal service.

Q: Can CBS make custom wide belts and specialty rubber products?

Yes. CBS fabricates wide belts up to 240 inches using hot longitudinal splices and Continental materials. Shop services include belt slitting, cover grooving, hole punching, custom-cut rubber parts, pulley lagging, and all Flexco products. All work is guaranteed.

24/7/365 Emergency Service — Authorized Continental Distributor — Virginia, MN

Conveyor Belt Service (CBS) was established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the W.P. & R.S. Mars Company in 1953. For over 70 years, CBS and Mars Supply have partnered with Continental (formerly Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Industrial Products Division) to supply first-class industrial belting and installation services to conveyor users across the Iron Range and Upper Midwest.

Our customer base includes taconite mines on the Iron Range in Northern Minnesota and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, dock terminals, Great Lakes cargo-carrying vessels, wood products manufacturers, and coal-fired power plants. Although our geographic niche is the Iron Range and Upper Midwest, we have completed belt work across the United States.

Safety is the #1 core value at CBS. Our 25 experienced belt technicians deliver every job with quality, speed, and safety at the forefront. Additional services include belt slitting, mechanical splicing, custom-cut rubber parts, and splice kit fabrication. We also maintain a large inventory of used belting and manage a $4 million belt inventory for our parent company, Mars Supply.

Frequently Asked Questions — CBS Conveyor Belt Services

Does CBS offer 24/7 emergency conveyor belt service on the Iron Range?

Yes. CBS provides 24/7/365 emergency belt service with 25 full-time experienced belt technicians and 10 trucks available for rapid mobilization. We are geared to minimize your downtime whether you are a taconite mine, a dock terminal, or a Great Lakes vessel. Call our Virginia, MN location at 888-821-5939 any time.

What mining operations does CBS serve on the Iron Range?

CBS serves taconite mines throughout the Iron Range in Northern Minnesota and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Our technicians have over 70 years of experience with heavy-duty mining conveyor systems including belt installation, hot and cold splicing, pulley lagging, and conveyor inspections and troubleshooting.

Does CBS service Great Lakes vessels and dock terminals?

Yes. CBS performs belt installation and splicing work for Great Lakes cargo-carrying vessels and dock terminals throughout the Upper Midwest. Our Duluth location at 4319 West First Street provides direct access to the Duluth-Superior port. Call 800-662-5789 for vessel and terminal service.

Is CBS an authorized Continental conveyor belt distributor?

Yes. CBS is an authorized distributor of Continental's ContiTech product line. Continental, formerly known as Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Industrial Products Division, is one of the most trusted names in industrial belting. We stock a wide variety of Continental conveyor belting and maintain a large refrigeration system to keep splice materials fresh and ready.

Can CBS make custom wide belts and specialty rubber products?

Yes. CBS can fabricate wide belts up to 240 inches in width using hot longitudinal splices and Continental materials. Our shop services also include belt slitting and cutting, cover grooving, hole punching, custom-cut rubber parts, pulley lagging, and all Flexco products including belt cleaners, belt trainers, and skirting systems. All work is guaranteed.

THE BIG PUCK

When Bob Mars heard that the city of Eveleth, MN was having Christian Bros. build a Guinness Record breaking hockey stick to promote the city and its rich hockey history, he visited with the city and asked them if they would like a puck to go with the stick. Of course, they said, YES! Bob brought the proposal to CBS and we were ecstatic for the challenge to create the puck. First, we researched the possibility of also breaking a Guinness Book record. However, with hours of thought and calculations, it was determined that we could not successfully break the record. So, it was back to the drawing board to figure out a way to create a puck-to-scale that would represent all parties properly.

Diameter: 5’ | Height: 20” | Weight: 700 lbs

The puck was built to the exact scale as the original Big Stick. Unfortunately, it could not be constructed out of all rubber like a real puck. The inside has a metal frame work structure to allow for mounting and give it the rigidity required for kids to climb on it, etc. To duplicate the perfectly smooth top and bottom, we used new 6-ply conveyor belting with a 3/8” top cover. The edge of the puck is 1/2” pure rubber that was wrapped with wedge-grip belting during the vulcanizing process to create the texture on the edge of a real puck. The Nelson-Williams Company was enlisted to assist in the process. Their autoclave was large enough to cure the rubber to the steel structure.