COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

1338 ARLEGUI STREET, QUIAPO, MANILA

CENA, MARY SCARLETTE M.

ME201A – ENGINEERING UTILITIES 2 – CE21FA7
TOPIC: CONVEYING SYSTEM

REFLECTION PAPER

In any structural works and projects, there are things and materials that we need to handle in
different places from time to time. So that conveying system was invented. It is used for movement of
materials, products and loads throughout a manufacturing or distribution facility, conveyors are horizontal,
inclined or vertical devices. Product transport is powered by gravity or by hydraulic or electric power. Loads
ride atop rollers or a belt that travels along a fixed path with specific points for loading and discharge.
Because they enable large volumes of material to be moved rapidly through a process or facility, conveyors
reduce labor costs by eliminating non-value-added travel time. Typical conveyor applications include
movement of cases, totes or palletized loads into and out of a trailer, to and from static or automated
storage systems, or from a picking area to packaging for shipping.
Conveying System have a systematical process and thinking in how to design them. For example
conveyor needs to know capacity requirement, length of travel, material characteristics, processing
requirements, life expectancy and cost. There are four elements of a conveyor. First one is the conveyor
drive which is the electronic device that harnesses and controls the electrical energy sent to the motor.
Second one is conveyor motor which is the mechanical or electrical device that generates the rotational or
linear force used to power a machine. Third one is the auxiliary equipment which refers to any electronic
device that is capable of functioning independently without direct communication with that main processing
module. And last one is the control of conveyors which provides a critical value level of control and
feedback that directly affects a system’s ability to optimize productivity. There are also types of coneyors
such as wheel conveyor, roller conveyor, belt conveyor, slat conveyor, screw conveyor, flight conveyor,
apron conveyor and bucket conveyor. When we say wheel conveyor, it is an alternative version of non-
powdered roller conveyor. While, roller conveyor is consisting of fixed-location rollers over. Then, belt
conveyor is the most used in transportation of bulk materials. Slat conveyor is mainly used in horizontal
conditions while screw conveyor uses a rotating helical screw blade. These conveyors are all essential in
construction.
 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
1338 ARLEGUI STREET, QUIAPO, MANILA

In this report of fourth group, I learned that there many kinds and conveyor that anyone can use
whenever they need to deliver something to another place. We don’t need to carry objects just to transport
heavy things. It is so pleasing to know these things at least from now on I’m aware that there is a conveying
system we can use in our daily life. All in all, now, this report provided me an answer in ‘How engineers
transport construction materials in upper level of a building.” And this is because of conveying system.