A belt conveyor system consists of an endless belt of resilient material connected between two flat pulleys and moved by rotating one of the pulleys by electric motor. Normally material is fed on the belt near the other end pulley. The moving belt carrying the material towards the driver pulley is likely to sag between the two end pulleys due to its self weight and pay load. That is why the belt is supported both on the carrying side and the return side by a number of rollers, called the idlers. As the belt is always under tension, it is prone to elongation resulting in slackness over the pulleys and loss of tension and power. That is why some kind of device for tensioning the belt is incorporated in the system. This tensioning device is known as take up arrangement. The system is inherently very simple. Belt conveyors have attained a dominant position in transporting bulk materials due to a number of inherent advantages like the economy and safety of operation, reliability and practically numerous processing functions while supporting a continuous flow of material between operations. Low labour and low energy requirements are fundamental with belt conveyors as compared with other means of transportation. The reliability of belt conveyors has been proved over decades and in every industry. Belt conveyors are environmentally more acceptable than other means of transport. They neither neither pollutes the air nor deafens the ears. Conveying of a wide variety of materials is possible with belt conveyor, and belt conveyors are capable of transporting at a hourly rate much in excess of any practical requirement. Belt conveyors can deliver materials at a great distance from the loading point covering all odd terrain.