SCREW CONVEYOR.

Mechanical Engineering Department Carlos III University

SCREW CONVEYOR.
TRANSPORTATION

SCREW CONVEYOR.

SCREW CONVEYOR Transport of material along a tube by means of a screw Advantages:

They are compact Modular design: easy installation Simple supports High temperatures Easily hermetic Extremely versatile:
Dose Mixer

Distance up to 50 m Several loading and unloading points

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SCREW CONVEYOR Drawbacks:

No big sizes No fragile or delicate materials Non abrasive materials Bigger power requirements Material pollution Low material volume

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COMPONENTS
Hanger Covers and clamps Job rated components, jig-drilled couplings, Tem-U-Lac self locking coupling bolts Bearing Shaft Screw Blades

Conveyor housing Trough ends Supporting feet and saddles

Feed and discharge spouts

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SCREW It consists of a several of blades of helix shape welded to a pipe or shaft. It moves the material. Flight outside diameter, type of blades, spacing between the blades, thickness of the external diameter and interior shaft and rotation direction.
Shaft length Pitch Flight outside diameter Thickness Shaft outside diameter

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SCREW Classification:
Spiral screw conveyor (or flight). Sectional screw conveyor. Single cut flight. Ribbon flight. Standard pitch with paddles. Screw cut and folded flight. Single flight short pitch. Van paddle conveyor. Single tapered flight standard pitch. Step flight. Single flight variable pitch. Single flight large pitch. Double flight standard pitch.

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MATERIAL FLUX CALCULATION

Conveyor housing filled area (m2)

s=

D2
4

Type of load Heavy and abrasive Heavy and a little abrasive Light and a little abrasive

0,125 0,25 0,32

Fill coefficient of the section (lower than unity)

Screw pitch (m)

Light not abrasive 0,4 Screw rotating speed (rpm)

Travelling speed (m/s)

v=

t n 60

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MATERIAL FLUX CALCULATION Screw pitch:

Between 0,5 and 1 times its diameter Bigger for a lighter load

Screw diameter:
12 times bigger than the diameter of the material particles being transported (homogeneous material) 4 times bigger than the bigger diameter of the material particles being transported (heterogeneous material)

Screw speed:
Inversely proportional to:

Heavy materials n 50 rpm Lighter materials n < 150 rpm

Weight of the bulk material Abrasive materials Screw diameter

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MATERIAL FLUX CALCULATION

Material density (t/m3) Transported material flux (t/h) Flux material decrement coefficient

Q = 3600 s v k

s=

D2
4

v=

t n 60
k
10 0,8 15 0,7 20 0,6

Q = 3600
Conveyor housing inclination k

D 2 t n
4 60
5 0,9

0 1

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POWER

P = PH + PN + PSt

PH is the required power to move the material horizontally PN is the required power to operate an unloaded screw PSt is the required power for an inclined screw conveyor

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POWER Material travelling

Installation length

PH (kW ) = c0

QLg QL = c0 3600 367

Material resistance coefficient Material Flour, sawdust, granular Peat fibre, soda, coal dust Anthracite, coal, rock salt Gypsum, dry clay, fine soil, cement, lime, sand c0 Empiric 1,2 1,6 2,5 4

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POWER Unloaded operated screw

PN (kW ) =

DL 20

It is much lower than the power required to move the material

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POWER Inclined screw conveyor

QH PSt (kW ) = 367
Installation height

Required power
Q(c0 L + H ) DL + 367 20

P=