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Spillage Conveyors

Flückiger Werner
Stocker Beat

E2 (MPT 03/14904/E)

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Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTON 3

2. INSTALLATION OF SPILLAGE CONVEYORS 3

3. HOLCIM-CTS SPILLAGE CONVEYOR DESIGN GUIDELINES 5

General 5
Spillage conveyor take-up 6
Spillage conveyor operation 6

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1. INTRODUCTION

Material transported on a conveyor is discharged at the head end and the feed- and
discharge area is in many applications subjected to some form of spillage material
generation.
While spillage material cleaning may have significant direct and indirect costs in the
overall conveyor systems operating costs, it is therefore an increasing need for
automated spillage removal.
This paper provides information about the various spillage conveyors design as well as
examples showing where clean-up conveyors are installed.

2. INSTALLATION OF SPILLAGE CONVEYORS

The collection and return of the carry-back material to the main material flow is required
to achieve a clean operation. Ideally, the conveyors main discharge chute is sufficiently
large, so the material cleaned from the belt can fall trough the same chute as the main
stream of material.
On conveyors, where the carry-back material does not freely return to the main material
stream, it may be beneficial to install a spillage conveyor

Example of Spillage Chutes / Spillage conveyors

Fig. 2: Spillage chute (discharge

Fig. 1: Example sufficiently large into separate hopper)
discharge chute to feed spillage
into downstream material flow

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Fig. 3: Example Spillage

Conveyor application Fig. 4: Example Spillage Conveyor

Example of not often used spillage conveyors in the cement industry

Fig. 6: Example vibrating chute

Fig. 5: Example vibrating chute

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Fig. 7: Example screw conveyor

Fig. 8: Example airslide (not

recommended)

3. HOLCIM-CTS SPILLAGE CONVEYOR DESIGN GUIDELINES

… General

A scraper type spillage conveyor shall be installed at the discharge end(s) of the
conveyor. Where layout permits, spillage chutes may be used to capture spillage and
feed it to the downstream equipment, (mainly on conveyors transporting in straight line).
In any case provision for future installation shall be made.
Chain speed of spillage conveyor not faster than approx. 0.15 m/s.
If double round link chain is installed, the sprocket of the drive should be designed as
shown in the drawing, including sprocket cleaners.

Fig. 7: Recommended round link chain sprocket design

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… Spillage conveyor take-up

Take-up sprockets should be independently rotatable, this means as an example one (1)
sprocket fixed on the shaft, the other one movable on a bush. (Both take-up sprockets
should not be mounted fix on one shaft).

Fig. 8: Independently rotatable take-up sprockets

… Spillage conveyor operation

In most applications, approximately twice every hour during 5 minutes the spillage
conveyor should be on operation (not continuously to reduce wear on chain and
sprockets).

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APPENDIX 1

Drawings of Spillage Conveyors

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