1. Screw conveyor sizing (NO INCLINATION!!

)
Woodcock

1. Power for friction (mechanical parts

Screw diameter
0.1 m
Screw lenght
1.2 m

6 Watts
0.011 CV

2. Power to convey the mat'l

2 Watts
Fs
1 1 for conventional screws
1,2 for cut flights or ribbon flights at 45% loading
1,7 for cut and folded flights at 45% loading
Fm
1 0,8 to 4 (it depends on the material).

500 kg/m
V
0.000417 m/s
1.5 m/h (volumetric flow)
g
9.81 m/s
(gravity)

Forum:
I want to build a screw conveyer with is placed under an angle, which angle isnt important.

I know that if you put a screw conveyer under an angle you have to increase the speed of the screw, but I don'
Are there tables available for this, for 0-90 degrees?
Screw Conveyor 101
by Michael P. Forcade
It is an excellant book for design of screw conveyors.

We found a formula in the literature stating:

correction factor for inclination compared with horizontal conveying (angle written in degrees) =
0.4
1 - ( angle of inclination / 50 )
with a minimum of 0,1 (45 degrees) and a maximum of 1,9 (45 degrees down).
We calculated a lot of screw conveyors with this formula, but pratice showed that the formula predicts a far low
Therefore I know the experimental graph mentioned in the above reply will be more realistic.
Instead of dividing by 50 in the formula we found, the formula would be according the graph of Mr.
0.786
factor = 1 - (angle / 140)
We know that this efficiency/correctionfactor differs very much for each product.
Vertical or almost vertical screw conveyors (inclination app. 90 degrees) work on basis of centrifugal forces and
PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITHINCLINED SCREWCONVEYOR
Several things can be done to overcome many of theproblems associated with inclined screwconveyor:
1) Limit the use of standard screw components to inclines of less than 25, preferably not over 15
2) Use close clearance between trough and screw
3) Increase the speed overthat applicable for a horizontal screw conveyor of the samesize
4) Use short pitch screws, 2/3 or 1/2 pitch

2. Screw conveyor sizing (NO INCLINATION!!)

2. Dubbel
Filling factor :
1. Rpm necessary
99.47 rpm

Pitch
0.1 m
0.15
heavy, friction
light, no friction

0.32 (Filling factor)

0.45
2. Power
Mass flow

f1

0.007 kW

0.010 CV

0.75 t/h
3 (Friction factor)

3. Mech Engineering paper (NO

V
1.5
ro
500
D
0.1
S
0.075
N
100

0.32
C
1
Q
565

of the screw, but I don't know how much.

4. Carlos III University (NO inc

0.32

k
0.5
co
1.2
H
1.3
P
0.012

egrees) =

C for + 45
C for - 45

0.1
1.9

ormula predicts a far lower capacity than real.

rding the graph of Mr. Peter Donecker

of centrifugal forces and there you have another calculation method.

onveyor:

f1
4
2

ngineering paper (NO inclination)

m/h
volume
kg/m
density
m
screw diameter
m
pitch
rpm
speed
filling factor
inclination factor
kg/h
capacity

II University (NO inclination)

pg 4
pg 5
m
kW

pg 6
altura
Potncia

Screw conveyor sizing (HORIZONTAL)

Woodcock

1. Power for friction (mechanical parts

Screw diameter
0.1 m
Screw lenght
2m

10 Watts
0.019 CV

2. Power to convey the mat'l

4 Watts
Fs
1 1 for conventional screws
1,2 for cut flights or ribbon flights at 45% loading
1,7 for cut and folded flights at 45% loading
Fm
1 0,8 to 4 (it depends on the material).

500 kg/m
V
0.000417 m/s
1.5 m/h (volumetric flow)
g
9.81 m/s
(gravity)

Forum:
I want to build a screw conveyer with is placed under an angle, which angle isnt important.

I know that if you put a screw conveyer under an angle you have to increase the speed of the screw, but I don'
Are there tables available for this, for 0-90 degrees?
Screw Conveyor 101
by Michael P. Forcade
It is an excellant book for design of screw conveyors.

We found a formula in the literature stating:

correction factor for inclination compared with horizontal conveying (angle written in degrees) =
0.4
1 - ( angle of inclination / 50 )
with a minimum of 0,1 (45 degrees) and a maximum of 1,9 (45 degrees down).
We calculated a lot of screw conveyors with this formula, but pratice showed that the formula predicts a far low
Therefore I know the experimental graph mentioned in the above reply will be more realistic.
Instead of dividing by 50 in the formula we found, the formula would be according the graph of Mr.
0.786
factor = 1 - (angle / 140)
We know that this efficiency/correctionfactor differs very much for each product.
Vertical or almost vertical screw conveyors (inclination app. 90 degrees) work on basis of centrifugal forces and
PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITHINCLINED SCREWCONVEYOR
Several things can be done to overcome many of theproblems associated with inclined screwconveyor:
1) Limit the use of standard screw components to inclines of less than 25, preferably not over 15
2) Use close clearance between trough and screw
3) Increase the speed overthat applicable for a horizontal screw conveyor of the samesize
4) Use short pitch screws, 2/3 or 1/2 pitch

Screw conveyor sizing (HORIZONTAL)

2. Dubbel
1. Rpm necessary
99.47 rpm
Pitch
0.1 m

0.32 (Filling factor)

2. Power
Mass flow

f1

Filling factor :

0.15
heavy, friction
light, no friction
0.45

0.012 kW

0.017 CV

0.75 t/h
3 (Friction factor)

3. Mech Engineering paper (IN

V
1.5
ro
500
D
0.1
S
0.1
N
75

0.32
C
0.6
Q
339

of the screw, but I don't know how much.

4. Carlos III University (INCLIN

0.32

k
0.5
co
1.2
H
1.3
P
0.018

egrees) =

C for + 45
C for - 45

0.1
1.9

ormula predicts a far lower capacity than real.

rding the graph of Mr. Peter Donecker

of centrifugal forces and there you have another calculation method.

onveyor:

f1
4
2

ngineering paper (INCLINED)

m/h
volume
kg/m
density
m
screw diameter
m
pitch
rpm
speed
filling factor
inclination factor
kg/h
capacity

II University (INCLINED)
pg 4
pg 5
m
kW

pg 6
altura