BELT FEEDER CALCULATION (AS PER CEMA)

INPUT DATA
SL. NO DESCRIPTION NOTATION UNIT PARTICULARS
1 Capacity Q TPH 990.00
2 Bulk density d t/m³ 0.80
3 Belt thickness W mm 11.00
4 Belt width b 2.00
5 Feeder length L m 7.00
6 Feeder lift H m 0.00
7 Belt speed v m/s 1.00
8 Idler friction factor Ai 1.50
9 Belt weight Wb Kg/m 17.04
10 Idler spacing Si m 0.60
11 Skirt friction factor Cs 0.08
12 Skirt length Lsb m 4.08
13 Skirt width B1 m 1.35
14 Length of feed chute Lch m 5.00
15 Drive efficiency 0.93
16 Drive margin 1.20
Friction coefficient between
17 f 0.45
transport material & belt
18 Angle of contact Deg. 210.00
19 Wrap factor Cw 0.70
20 Maxium allowable sag 0.02
21 No of scraper
a) External scrapper n1 1.00
b) Internal scrapper n2 2.00
22 Start factor s 1.50
23 No. of non drive pulleys
a) Tail pulley 1.00
b) Snub pulley 1.00
24 No. of drive pulley 1.00

OUTPUT DATA
SL. NO DESCRIPTION NOTATION UNIT PARTICULARS
1 Weight of material Wm Kg/m 275.00
2 Idler friction factor Kx Kg/m 1.33
 Factor for resistance of belt & 0.035
3 Ky
load to flexture 0.015
4 Temperature correction factor Kt 1
CONVEYOR RESISTANCE
5 Idler friction resistance A Kg 9.33
Resistance of the belt flexture
6
(conveying)
B Kg 4.17
Resistance of the belt flexture
7
(returning)
C Kg 1.79
8 Resistance of material flexture D Kg 67.38
9 Lift tension E Kg 0
10 Scrapper resistance Tbc Kg 407.17
11 Acceleration tension Tan Kg 28.03
12 Height of material on belt feeder hs inch 10.02
13 Skirt board friction Tsb Kg 82.44
Resistance to shear off material
14 Tsh Kg 3280.50
from chute
15 Non drive pulley resistance Tpnd Kg 113.40
16 Drive pulley resistance Tpd Kg 90.72
17 Total effective belt tension Te Kg 3994.21
Minium required belt tension to
18 T0 Kg 1095.14
maintain 2% sag
19 Slack side tension T2' Kg 1095.14
Minium required slack side
20 T2" Kg 4193.92
tension to prevent slippage
Selected slack side tension
21 T2 Kg 4193.92
(since T2" > T2')
22 Tight side tension T1 Kg 8188.13
23 Tail tension Tt Kg 4347.51
POWER CALCULATION
24 Power at drive pulley shaft Pd Kw 40.07
25 Motor rating Pm Kw 51.71
26 Motor selected Kw/Hp 55/75
For carrying side
For return side
0.37/0.5
0.55/0.75
7.5/1
1.1/1.5
1.5/2
2.2/3
3.7/5
5.5/7.5
7.5/10
9.3/12.5
11/15
15/20
18.5/25
22/30
30/40
37/50
45/60
55/75
75/100
90/125
110/150
132/180
160/215
200/270
250/335