Conveyors

By
v.k.gobinath
12ccr001
ME-cad/cam

Introduction

Belt conveyor..

Belt
Conveyor belts are used in a wide variety of

material transport applications such as

manufacturing, food processing, and heavy
industry.
Commercial applications include:
Agriculture
Construction - heavy building materials
Food and beverage processing
Forestry - logging, sawmill, paper pulp, etc.
Mining and quarrying
Factory production line

Advantage & Disadvantage

Advantage

Available in relatively large size

Maintenance is easy
Disadvantage

It is expensive

Screw Conveyor

Screw/Spiral
Spiral conveyors are used mainly for heating,
cooling or accumulation conveyors use a
rotating screw in a channel or tube to move
material

Primarily run on a continuous motor that is

simply on or off

Useful for accumulation, drying, or moving

vertically in a small space

Screw conveyor
Advantage

Cont.,
Disadvantage
operates at relatively low rotational speeds
Abrasive problems arise at high speed
Power consumption per unit weight
transferred is high

Chain conveyor
Principle
Horizontally and inclined or vertically placed motor
driven chain conveyes the material in the belt/bucket
from the feed point to discharge point.
Two elements:
1)chain elements
2)chain attachments

Chain conveyors use

Chain

belts or rollers to move

objects

Relay logic and

pneumatic control
devices used to control
and program the chain

Roller
A roller track for a storage rack or roller conveyor, comprising a wall
arrangement, and a longitudinally-extending array of freely rotatable roller
units supported on the wall for supportive engagement with a load, the roller
units being disposed for rotation about generally parallel horizontal axes
which are horizontally spaced along a longitudinally-extending conveying
direction, each roller unit including an annular roller housing supported
through an annular array of antifriction bearing elements on a support spindle
for rotation about the respective horizontal axis.

Vibrating
Vibrating conveyors operation is typically
based on the natural frequency principle. At
the natural frequency, the conveyor will
vibrate indefinitely with only a small energy
input. Once the drive initiates the conveyor's
vibration, the supporting springs, by
alternately storing and releasing most of the
required energy, help maintain constant motion
under the conveyed load.

Depending on the frequency and the size of

the object can reach speeds as high as 35 fpm

No programming is needed, uses an on or off

system to control it

Types of conveyors

Thank you