Abstract: A method and apparatus for attaching a cover (C) to a roller (R) or other device to be covered. A tube (15), cylindrical section, or other shape of cover material is inserted in a fixture (3) and each end of the tube is sealed to the fixture. A wall (21) of the fixture and a wall (23) of the tube form a chamber (19) which is evacuated so the tube expands against the wall of the fixture. A roller or other device to be covered is inserted into the fixture. The vacuum is then removed. The tube wall falls away from the side of the fixture and collapses around the outer surface of the roller.

Abstract: Woven flexible belting of improved cut resistance, heat resistance and strength, and consequently, of longer life, so that it is suitable for use in a conveyer belt for carrying hot and sharp edged materials, includes warp and fill textile threads and yarns of Kevlar.RTM. or equivalent polyaramide, having a plurality of separate thermally conductive binder wires extending longitudinally along the belting and with portions thereof projecting to slightly beyond a surface plane of the belting, which surface is that intended to carry materials to be supported by the belting, as when it is employed as a part of a conveyer.