CONVEY O R S Y ST EM

A CONVEYOR SYSTEM
• A conveyor system is a type of mechanical handling equipment that is
used to transfer material from one place to another. Conveyors provide
ease of use in applications such as the transportation of heavy or bulky
materials.
TYPE OF CONVEYORS
1. CHUTE CONVEYORS 2. WHEEL CONVEYORS 3. ROLLER CONVEYORS
A) GRAVITY ROLLER CONVEYOR
B) LIVE (POWERED) CONVEYOR

4. CHAIN CONVEYORS 5.SLAT CONVEYORS 6.BELT CONVEYORS

A) FLAT BELT CONVEYOR
B) MAGNETIC BELT CONVEYOR
C) TROUGH BELT CONVEYOR
 TYPES OF CONVEYOR

7.BUCKET CONVEYORS
8. VIBRATING CONVEYORS
9. SCREW CONVEYORS
10. PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS
A) DILUTE-PHASE PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS
B) CARRIER-SYSTEM PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS
11. VERTICAL CONVEYORS
A) VERTICAL LIFT CONVEYORS
B) RECIPROCATING VERTICAL CONVEYOR
 TYPE OF CONVEYOR

12. CART-ON-TRACK CONVEYORS 13. TOW CONVEYOR 14.TROLLEY CONVEYOR

15.POWER-AND-FREE CONVEYOR
DEVICE
18.MONORAIL 19.STATION CONVEYOR
A) DIVERTER
B) TILTING DEVICE
C) POP-UP DEVICE
D) CROSS-BELT TRANSFER

• E) SLIDING SHOE DEVICE

 PARTS OF A CONVEYOR

FOLLOWING ARE THE THREE PARTS OF A CONVEYOR:

A) Belt support
B) Pulley system
C) Drive unit
1. BELT SUPPORT

• Belt support is a component of a conveyor system that allows the belt to move
smoothly without any restrictions.

• If the support unit is not stable, the belt fails if there is a heavy object on top of it,
and this causes the belt to not move as smoothly or as fast as it should. The belt
remains tight and moves efficiently by the use of support units.
2. PULLEY SYSTEM

• It is the external component that is used to control the speed of the belt. Each unit
has two pulleys, one is operated by electricity, and another one is idle. And
modern conveyor systems may have extra rotors on the entire frame.
3. DRIVE UNIT

The drive unit allows the conveyor system to move or operate. It has a
counter bearing which effectively keeps the moving components. It also provides
for moving the belt in the opposite direction and managing the repeated
adjustments in the direction for some systems.
BELT CONVEYOR
Belt conveyors convey material with the help of belt

• The belt of the conveyor may be of textile, strip steel, woven mesh steel wire.
 Conveyors with textile belt
 conveyors with metal belt
 chain driven and rope driven belt conveyors

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BELT CONVEYORS

CHARACTERISTICS
Very efficient
Damage to the products is very low
High carrying capacity
long distance conveying
long service life
APPLICATION OF BELT CONVEYORS:
1. Convey great variety of unit loads & bulk loads
2. Foundry shop to convey mold or sand
3. Deliver fuel in power plant
4. Distribution of molding sand
5. Coal or ores mining
6. Cement & food industries
7. Carry articles of light weight in line production from one operation to another.
ELEMENTS OF A BELT CONVEYOR
BELT CONVEYOR ELEMENTS
1) belt
-consists of one or more layers of material. Many belts -two layers. An under layer
(carcass) for linear strength and shape an over layer (cover). The carcass is often a
woven fabric -polyester, nylon and cotton. The cover is often various rubber or plastic
compounds specified by use of the belt.
2) drive
-drive the mechanism
-Located at the end of the discharge to Prevent the sag
BELT CONVEYOR COMPONENTS

3. PULLEY
-Large enough to provide enough contact Surface with the belt to ensure a positive drive
4. THE TAKE UP
-Automatic or manual adjustment for contraction or expansion of the belt due to moisture and
temperature.
BELT CONVEYOR COMPONENTS

5. IDLER PULLEYS

-Material –plain wood or light steel

-Multiples to increase carrying capacity

6. FEEDER

-Free flow –single funnel with a gate valve

-not a free flow -screw feeder, vibrating Feeder , star feeder
BELT CONVEYOR COMPONENTS

7) DISCHARGE
-Placed at the end of the belt
-Types
A) tripper
B) angle scrapper
TYPES OF BELT CONVEYORS

FLAT BELT CONVEYOR

Transport medium and light weight loads

Inclined or decline when it is required
provide considerable control over the orientation and placement of the load
No smooth accumulation, merging and sorting on the belt
The belt is roller or slider bed supported
MAGNETIC BELT CONVEYOR

For transporting ferrous materials

• These are types of conveyor systems that have either a magnetic slider bed or a
magnetic pulley that is used to move ferrous material in a vertical or reverse direction.

• This conveyor has magnets on its bed that hold the ferrous, or iron-containing parts,
and should run on any industrial conveyor. The magnets are placed correctly,
providing accurate magnetic holding power for these parts. Magnetic conveyors are
used to removing ferrous chips from machining centers.
TROUGH BELT CONVEYOR

• TROUGH BELT
SCREW CONVEYOR
The capacity of a screw conveyor depends on the screw diameter, screw
pitch, speed of the screw and the loading efficiency of the cross sectional
area of the screw.
SCREW CONVEYOR
• A screw conveyor uses a rotating helical screw blade with a uniform tube to
move or transfer fluid or granular material easily. It consists of a helical screw or
steel auger that rotates within a shaft, driving the work depending on the screw
design and rotational direction.

• In this, the rate of volume transfer is equal to the spinning rate of the shaft. These
types of conveyors are capable of handling large quantities of material with slow
to fast flow. They are used to transfer goods such as food waste, wood chips,
cereal grains, animal feed, boiler ash, meat, and bone meal.
SCREW CONVEYOR
SCREW CONVEYOR
APPLICATION
 Convey small lumped/dry, granular, powder material.
 Convey non abrasive material.
 Convey non packing material.
 Convey non sticky material.
 BUCKET ELEVATOR

Used to pull an object up to a certain height.

WORKING PRINCIPLE
Charge/ load: here, no extra force is needed to collect the bulk material. Only
gravitational force is acting on the material.
Application:
 used to convey materials in foundry shop
 convey various powder
 granular and lumpy material
 chemical and food industry
BUCKET CONVEYOR
• A bucket conveyor is also known for a grain leg. It is a mechanism for carrying
flowable bulk material vertically in an assembly line. It uses multi-sided
containers connected by cables, belts, or chains to move products or materials.

• These conveyors are made up of an interconnected loop of buckets that remain

flat as they move from horizontal to vertical so that their objects do not fall.
These conveyors can provide easy transport, huge capacity, and require little
maintenance. Used in the food, agriculture, pharmaceutical, chemical, and glass
industries.
BUCKET CONVEYOR
A special adaptation of both belt and chain conveyors , Very efficient in moving things vertically
It consists of:
Buckets to contain the material
A belt or chains to carry the buckets and transmit the pull
means to drive the belt
Accessories

• For loading the buckets or picking up the material

• For receiving the discharged material
• For maintaining the belt tension
• For enclosing and protecting the elevator.
PARTS OF THE BUCKET ELEVATOR:

1. Chain
2. Buckets
3. Drive sprockets
4. Take up
5. Upper casing section
TYPES:
1. Spaced bucket
2. Continuous bucket
CHAIN CONVEYOR
• A chain conveyor is a material handling device attached to moving members
(chain or cable) typically used to move materials through production lines. A
chain conveyor consists of a series of gears connected in a continuous system by
a chain.

• Typically, each gear has teeth that form a free rotation along the chain. Using
chain conveyors can provide you a high load capacity, and have the possibility of
transporting very wide or long materials. Chain conveyors are mainly used to
move or transport heavy unit loads.
CHAIN CONVEYORS

Having a powered continuous chain arrangement

if the chain at bottom is called the drag
The chain at the top is called as the flight
Operate at less than 200ft/min (slow process)
Noise is a problem
CHAIN CONVEYOR

• CHAIN
 INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT

1)BRIEFLY WITH AID OF DIAGRAM WRITE A PROCEDURE FOR BELT

SLICING
2)DISCUSS COMMON PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH BELT CONVEYOR AND
STEPS TO CORRECT