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Conveyors Plus owner Dave Sharp makes adjustments to his invention, the Sure Align Tracker, at a Timmins-area mine site.
Conveyor belt alignment biz rolling right along

It's used at Xstrata's operations throughout Timmins, at the De Beers Victor Mine, and in various Sudbury mines, but Dave Sharp's patented conveyor belt alignment device is not mass produced in a factory. 



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