Conveyor belt splice cover, and methods

A method of placing a splice cover on a conveyor belt, the conveyor belt comprising a first end of a web attached to a second end of a web to form an endless loop, the method comprising:

• (a) positioning a splice cover in alignment with the belt splice, the splice cover comprising:
• (i) a flexible body having a first side;
• (ii) a plurality of first reclosable fasteners extending from the first side;
• and
• (b) attaching the splice cover to the conveyor belt over the belt splice by:
• (i) engaging the first reclosable fastener with a second reclosable fastener, the second reclosable fastener positioned on the conveyor belt.

A splice cover comprising:

• (a) a flexible body having a first surface, an opposite second surface, a leading edge and a trailing edge, the body comprising:
• (i) thermoplastic polyurethane;
• (b) a plurality of reclosable fasteners extending from the first surface of the body;
• the plurality of reclosable fasteners comprising:
• (i) thermoplastic polyurethane, and
• (ii) acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene polymer.

A method of making a splice cover comprising the steps of:

• (a) extruding a first material comprising thermoplastic polyurethane;
• (b) extruding a second material comprising a blend thermoplastic polyurethane and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene terpolymer;
• (c) discharging the extruded first material and extruded second material into a feedblock designed to arrange the first and second materials into a uniform layered stream;
• and
• (d) directing the uniform layered stream into a film die, the film die configured and arranged to form a body comprising the first material and having a plurality of reclosable fasteners extending therefrom, the plurality of reclosable fasteners comprising the second material.