How to Extend the Service Time of Belt Conveyor

One main factor of impacting the belt conveyor service time is the conveyor belt quality. Therefore high quality of conveyor belt is required in purchasing. Another main factor is that the sweeper is highly reliable to make sure no more material adhered to the return belt, in case they are next sent to the surface of the drive pulley and bend pulley, thus bring damage to the belt and shorten its service time:

1. Due to how to greatly expand the service time of the belt conveyor, Followings are some suggestions:
2. Avoid belt slipping on the drive conveyor pulley. Please find the reason and give prompt adjust if slipping appears.
3. Check the conveyor belt joints frequently. Damaged conveyor belt joints should be repaired or replaced in time.
4. Check the service condition of the belt conveyor roller regularly. Properlubricating grease should be added into the sealing machine in the maintenance, and also inflexible rotating rollers should be replaced immediately.
5. High quality of lubrication should be added into all rotating parts of belt conveyor periodically according to the requirement.
6. Ensure the good work condition of the cleaning device and replace damaged parts in time.
7. Regularly check the conveyor belt tensity. Prompt tension is needed if the belt is loose. Meanwhile please notice the belt position, timely adjust should be made when it’s off tracking.
   

Why will Belt Conveyor Pulley Wear?

Belt conveyor is a kind of common conveyor equipment, often used in a variety of material transportation with large throughput, stable performance. In the process of using, pulley may occur wearing, this phenomenon is caused by two reasons:
One reason is that the design gap between roller bracket and pulley is too small, at the same time, building foundation hole vertical distance is less than the pulley support distance.In the process of belt running, overlarge belt tension will result in the change of its traction.Return accretion has not been cleared up, which will form accumulation debris and occur rubber friction.For design factors,as the space between pulley stents and pulley is too small, and the base hole of the vertical distance is less than the pulley support distance, it is not easy to handle timely, which is the main cause of pulley rubber lining wear.
Work environment factor is the second reason leads to rubber lining equipment damage phenomenon.

 

Belt running deviation and skid processing method of belt conveyor

• Running deviation has many reasons, according to the different reasons , we need to different treatment:

1. Adjust the carrying idler group.
2. Install the self-aligning roller group.
3. Tension adjustment, tension adjustment is an important link of belt conveyor running deviation.
4. Adjust the driving drum and redirection roller position. And the adjustment of the redirection roller driving drum is an important part of the belt running deviation adjustment.
5. Two-way adjust deviation of belt conveyor.

• Belt skid treatment method:

1. Adjustable tension when the belt conveyor in skid trip to increase tension. Sometimes tensioning trip has not enough, however, belt in the permanent deformation , the belt can be cut part to and sulfide.
2. In the use of nylon belt or EP,tension travel is longer,  when tension trip has not enough, sulfide or increase tension to solve.
3. Heavy hammer tensioning belt conveyor belt skid can add weight to solve,  added until not skid. But should add not too much, avoid belt  bear too much unnecessary tension and reduce the service life of the belt.

Matters should be noted during belt sway switch installation and adjustment

Matters should be noted during belt sway switch installation and adjustment

Belt sway switch is used to check the belt running deviation of the belt conveyor, it is a safe protection device of automatic alarm and stop when the belt running deviation appears.Belt sway switch is fixed on the conveyor belt bracket, action bar is at the side of the belt, when the belt running deviation appears, force the action bar deviation, and touch the alarm micro switch. If the belt running deviation continues,will touch another group of contact, and the conveyor will be protective to stop.
In the installation and adjustment of belt sway switch, what matters should we pay attention to? PK Machinery will answer for you!
1. Belt sway switch should be located on both sides of the conveyor belt, the vertical roll should be vertical with conveyor belt edge flat, and both sides of the conveyor belt are located at 1/3 height of vertical roll.
2.The distance between the vertical roll of belt sway switch and the normal position of conveyor belt should be 50 ~ 100 mm.
3.The quantity of belt sway switch ought to be determined according to the length of the conveyor, types and arrangement. Commonly it is located on the conveyor head, tail, convex segment, concave segment and the middle position.(Note: when the conveyor is longer, a pair of belt sway switch can be located every 30 ~ 35 m.)
4.Belt sway switch connects the conveyor middle frame through the mounting bracket, switch bracket will be welded with conveyor frame after the installing completion of the conveyor, and belt sway switch shall be bolted in the bracket.

Do You Know the Installation Position Requirement of Belt Weigh Scale

The belt weigh scale measures bulk solid materials of the belt conveyor automatically and continuously, it can measure instantaneous throughput and total cumulative throughput. The belt weigh scale is widely used in industrial feed-in automatic continuous weighing and automatic Ingredients weighing.
Do you know the installation position requirement of the belt weigh scale? PK Machinery will answer for you!
1.The belt weigh scale should be installed in a linear segment of the belt conveyor.
2.The installation place should be where belt tension of belt conveyor change least, installing near the tail is ideal. When installed in the tail ,the distance between the belt weigh scale and the loading point should be not less than 5 ~ 9 meters, at the same time the distance between plate and The belt weigh scale shall not be less than 3 ~ 5 drag roller spacing.
3.When the belt weigh scale must be installed near the concave belt, should ensure that it is installed on the conveyor line segment and ensure that the entire loading place before and after the belt weigh scale at least four drag rollers are closely contacted with belt.
4.When the belt weigh scale must be installed in the vicinity of a convex arc curve, should ensure that there are no arc belt in the vertical direction between the loading point and the belt weigh scale .the arc segment must be 6 m or 5 times drag roller roller spacing outside the weighing segment dragged.
5.When the belt conveyor has mobile discharger, should comply with the requirements of the "(3)", at the same time ensure when running the belt centerline always match together with the belt weigh scale centerline.
6.To guarantee the accuracy of the belt weigh scale measurement, the belt conveyor should have only one loading point.
7.In order to ensure the measuring accuracy, the capacity of the belt conveyor should be in the range of 20 ~ 120% Qmax.

Ways to Maximize the Performance of Belt Conveyor

During application of belt conveyor, it is beneficial to reduce operating resistance by using high precision conveyor rollers and high performance belt. Revolving resistance of rollers and forward resistance of belt conveyor account for 50% main resistance in belt conveyor. If the belt conveyor length is more than 80m, main resistance will be influenced by device condition, friction coefficient related to real working condition, conveyor length, rotating quality in unit length of roller, belt quality, material property, etc.
Apart from above mentioned influential factor, we can refer to the following ways to maximize the performance of belt conveyor:
1.Reduce or adjust belt deviation;
2.Add lubricating oil to components of belt conveyor;
3.Clean up the sundries produced in transportation promptly;
4.Tension force of belt conveyor should be adjusted the best status;
5.Please add oil to conveyor pulley at fixed period to ensure smooth rotation;
6.It’s better to adopt vulcanized joint, though it costs too much money, it can keep a longer service life(especially suitable for fix belt conveyor).

How to Select Belt Conveyor Pulley?

You need to provide following parameters before you purchase belt conveyor pulley.
1.Diameter of pulley wall(not include rubber thickness):_________mm.
2.Length of pulley wall:___________mm.
3.Diameter of pulley Shaft:_________mm.
4.Length of pulley Shaft:___________mm.
5.Material of Pulley wall:______________.
6.Material of Pulley shaft:_____________.
7.Bearing brand:_____________.
8.Keyless Locking Devices brand:____________.
9.Surface treatment:______________(coating rubber/galvanized/other)
(1)If coating rubber,thickness of rubber:__________mm
(2)Rubber type:____________(herringbone/rhombus/other)
10.Pulley type:_________(ordinary pulley or motorized pulley)

If motorized pulley,please confirm following information:
(1)Motor installation type:______________(exterior installation or interior installation)
(2)Motor Power:_________Kw.
(3)Motor Voltage:3 phase ______V______Hz.

Besides,in order to ensure conveyor pulley to meet your needs,please confirm the conveyor information:
1.Handling Capacity:________t/h.
2.Belt speed:__________m/s.
3.Driven device Power:_____________kw.
It’s better that if you can provide pulley drawings! 

How to prolong lifespan of belt conveyor

Quality of belt is the main reason to impact on belt conveyor lifespan, so it must purchase the belt with high quality. Meanwhile, it should make sure that sweeper is reliable to use so that there is no material on the return belt. Otherwise, materials adhered to return belt will be taken to the surface of drive pulley and bend pulley, then it will damage belt and reduce its lifespan.
There are some problems in the use of belt conveyors sometimes, to which require you to pay attention that you can greatly extend the service life of belt conveyor.
1. If there is the phenomenon of belt slipping on drive pulley, users should find the reasons and adjust it promptly.
2. Please always check the belt connectors, if there is local damage, please repair it or replace conveyors joints.
3. Please check rollers using conditions regularly. Adding proper lubricating grease into sealing ring when making maintenance. And replace inflexible rotating rollers immediately.
4. It must add good quality lubrication into all rotating parts of belt conveyor. Please add lubrication at fixed period in accordance with the requirements.
5. Please ensure that the cleaning device has good working conditions, and the damaged components should be replaced.
6. Please check tension level of belt conveyor regularly. If the belt is loose, please tension it promptly and observe whether the belt is off tracking, otherwise it should be adjusted timely.

The application of conveyor belt fluid coupling

Fluid coupling is a used fluid transmission component. Motor drives coupling pump wheel rotation, pump impeller blade agitates intracavitary working liquid, under the centrifugal effect,pump wheel turns mechanical energy into liquid energy, then passes to the turbine blades, turbine passes the absorbent liquid energy to the machine.
Fluid coupling has the function of flexible transmission,slow down the impact and the isolation of torsional vibration, prolong the start-up time, reduce the starting current,make the motor light load start-up, solve the problem of heavy large inertia load start-up difficulties and protect the motor when overloads, energy and power saving effects are remarkable.
On the conveyor, fluid coupling has the function of connecting motor and reducer ,it replaces the mechanical coupling. The belt conveyor fluid coupling has two effects:
1.Overload protection
If the belt conveyor is overload, fluid coupling slip frequency increases, working fluid warms up, fluid coupling will spray without burning motor to a certain temperature. Of course sometimes coupling will be installed with a temperature control device, when work liquid superheats, temperature control device can control the motor and cut the power cut to protect the motor.
2. Flexible-start
When motor starts,belt conveyor starts slowly and acceleratedly , this can reduce the grid big impact to make the motor start up in light load. At the same time,it can reduce the effect of belt tension,protect belt and prolong life, especially under the heavy load start-up.

How do the belt conveyor buffer bed function?

How do the belt conveyor buffer bed function?

Buffer Bed is mainly used for vibration damping protection of conveyor belt at material discharging point. When the material fall down, buffer bed uses its own elasticity to minimize the impact force when material falls down on the belt to ensure normal operation of belt conveyor. In addition, the buffer strip of bed surface consist of five million ultra high molecular polyethylene plates,which contacts the belt surface well to reduce the friction coefficient to the minimum.Here PK Machinery introduce the main characters and features of belt conveyor buffer bed.
Characters 
1.The smooth UHMW PE surface reduces friction coefficient of conveyor belt and impact strip to minimum.Thick polyethylene layer is more widely used and durable.
2.The front and back of polyethylene surface form into a curved surface, thus ensuring the smooth passing by of the conveyor belt.
3. The excellent performance of the special rubber layer can effectively absorb the momentum when material falling down.
4. Each part of buffer strip is combined with hot vulcanization, compact and firm.

Belt Conveyor Buffer Bed

 

Features:
1. No moving components, low daily maintenance cost.
2. Even bearing force, large supporting area, small belt sagging, damage and materials dropping.
3. Strong absorption of impact energy.
4. Suitable for all kinds of belt width and angle.
5. It can withstand strong impact.
6. Quick and easy installation, easy to check and replace.
7. It can be installed at the conveyor belt blanking point.
8. Prolong the belt life.

Belt Conveyor Buffer Bed

How much knowledge do you know about belt conveyor magnetic separator?

When customers purchase belt conveyor, they only provide conveying material name, but seldom mention whether the material contains other impurities or not.For example, if long and big iron contained in the material, it will be easy to scratch the conveyor belt, so magnetic separator plays an important role.In this article,we will introduce the magnetic separator as follows:
Magnetic separator is applicable to various fields deironing, which can realize continuous iron absorption and removal.
Please pay attention to the conveyor belt, bandwidth, dip angle, material properties, moisture, material thickness an iron content percentage, the nature of the magnetic material, as well as the deironing requirements and the environment condition to select a suitable magnetic separator.
Magnetic separator can remove the ferromagnetic impurities which are mixed in material, to ensure the safe and normal transmission system work of the crusher, grinding machine and other mechanical equipment,at the same time it can effectively prevent belt scratch caused by the large, long iron besides,the grade of raw materials can be significantly improved.

What Application of Sidewall Belt Conveyor in Thermal Power Plant?

1.Requirements for Belt Conveyor
Sidewall belt conveyor is the main equipment to transport coal and lime-ash in thermal power plant. Therefore it has the high security requirements. In general, the whole transit line is equipped with twin channel sidewall belt conveyor, one is put into use, another is as standby application device. Thus, this coal handling system must be equipped with sidewall belt conveyor with 2500m-3000m length. Applying sidewall belt conveyor to thermal powder plant, it can not only simplify procedure, but also save cost.
2.Features of Belt Conveyor in Power Plant
Due to power plant has high requirements for the security of equipment, technical requirements of sidewall belt conveyor are as follows:
1) It has different requirements for belt conveyor when it used to receive, convey or discharge materials. For instance, if the belt conveyor is used to receive materials, the belt speed of it shouldn’t be too high. If it is used to convey materials, it requires that trough angle of idler decrease properly. If plow discharger is put into use, the cover rubber of belt surface should be thicken properly. 
2)The belt speed should be low. Belt conveyor is mostly arranged in workshop, so it has high requirements for coal dust control. According to domestic and foreign practical experience, it’s better to adopt lower speed.
3)After installation of this machine, it seldom changes its layout.
4)Different coal type has different requirements for belt conveyor. For example, large coal particle size needs impact idler with high quality. Coal with less water and more dust needs guide chute with good sealing. 

sidewall belt conveyor

How to Solve the Problem of deviation of belt conveyor

Belt deviation of belt conveyor is the most common troubles in operation. Key points to solve the problem are ensuring the precious size in installation and regular maintenance. As various reasons of deviation, we need to solve problems distinctively.

1. Adjust carrying idler group. When belt in middle section is deviation, can adjust the place of carrying idler group. The concrete way is that forward idler group to the side belt biased while other side backward. Move the lower part of idler left when belt running deviation upward when upper part downward.

2. Install spherical idler group. There are many types of spherical idler, such as intermediate shaft type, four link type, vertical roller type, etc. It is reasonable to install spherical idler for shorter belt or two-way running belt conveyor because shorter belt conveyor is easy deviation and uneasy to adjust. However, longer belt conveyor may as well not use this way as spherical idler may effect the service life of belt.

3. Adjust the positions of driving roller and bend roller. If belt is running deviation to the right side of driving roller, move bearing at right side forward. And same to the left side. Adjustment method of bend roller is opposite with driving roller. Adjust repeatedly to the ideal position and may well as install accurately before adjust the rollers.

4. Adjust take-up unit. Take-up unit adjustment is the very important part of deviation adjustment of belt conveyor. Two bend rollers at the upper side of heavy hammer take-up should perpendicular to belt length direction and vertical gravity to ensure its shaft center line horizontal. When use screw take-up or hydrocylinder take-up, two bearings of take-up roller should translate at the same time to ensure roller axis is vertical with longitudinal direction of belt conveyor.

What is the Requirement for Belt Conveyor Restart-up?

When the belt conveyor stops , restart-up belongs to overload start. Thus it requires belt conveyor equipped with a frequency converter in order to overload start. Here PK Machinery will summarize the requirement of belt conveyor restart-up.

Belt conveyor in the pick-up for overloading startup, motor output torque, which every support to overcome below the belt between the wheel and the roller shaft caused by static friction torque, also want to overcome the material on the belt tension caused by the downward drag torque.

coal belt conveyor

Materials on the belt tension caused by the downward drag torque is constant.But the static friction force is much larger than the dynamic friction, making it in order to overcome the initial startup of the static friction torque than the normal run-time dynamic friction torque caused by the much larger.

The inverter must have the function of the large starting torque at low speed.Actually in the process of starting, as a result of the belt scale, each wheel is time order one by one according to the rotation, will not rotate at the same time.Even if the wheel rolling, because of low speed between roller and roller shaft lubrication is not good, will be very acerbity, the dynamic friction is unstable, so low starting torque has the certain fluctuation.

fixed belt conveyor

So this kind of big starting torque at low speed is the need to maintain a certain period of time, usually at least a few seconds.The length of the belt and the minimum speed startup, and scalability of the belt.Because of the low speed, and startup torque and speed fluctuation will be big.
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How the Fixed Belt Conveyor Roller Classify?

Roller is used to support the conveyor belt and carry of the material, to ensure the stability of the conveyor belt.
In general, the fixed belt conveyor roller is the following:
1.Trough roller: it is also known as carrying roller which is used for carrying bulk material;
2.Parallel roller: parallel upper roller is used for carrying materials, parallel lower roller is to support the return branch of the conveyor belt;
3.Self-aligning roller: it includes taper aligning supporting roller and friction aligning roller which are mainly used for adjusting the belt deviation to avoid S-shaped, so as to ensure the stable operation of conveyor belt;
4.Impact roller: it is installed in the lower part of the conveyor belt, which can reduce the impact of the conveyor belt to extend the service life of the conveyor belt;
5.Return roller: it supports the conveyor belt of lower branch,including parallel type, V type, inverse V type,etc. V and inverse V type roller can reduce the conveying belt deviation possibilities;
6.Transition roller: it is installed between the drum and the first set of roller, which makes the conveying belt gradually turns from through shape into or flat shape and reduce additional stress of the conveying band edge turns to trough shape due to the expansion, at the same time,it can prevent the material spreading phenomenon of conveyor belt.
In addition, the comb type roller and screw roller, which can remove the sticky material on conveyor belt to keep the conveyor belt clean. 

Five Reasons Why You Need Pay Attention To Conveyor Pulley

Rubber falling off the pulley is one of the common trouble of belt conveyor,after many years of practice and analysis, the reasons are as following:

1.The wrapping angle between pulley and belt is too small.
Peripheral force of driving pulley is transmitted to belt by friction.In running,in order to avoid slipping between pulley and belt,the belt tension is not allowed too big.According to Euler’s Formula,if the wrapping angle is smaller,the belt tension will be bigger,so it’s easy to slip.Slipping will speed up the wear of pulley.
2.Water or wet material stick on the belt surface.
When transporting material contents dust,like coal,ore and so on ,we usually use water spray to remove dust,thus water will be mixed with material and stick on belt surface,besides,rain will also lead water sticking on belt, once water sticks on belt surface,the friction coefficient between belt and pulley will decline which will cause slipping between belt and pulley,and speed up the wear of pulley.

conveyor pulley

3.The tension is too small.
Tension device is very important to conveyor pulley,if the tension is too small,it will lead to slip,causing wear of pulley,when the tension distance is not enough and the belt with permanent deformation,we can cut a segment of belt,then vulcanize again.
4.The failure of cleanser.
The failure of cleanser can result in the adhesive materials entering into belt and pulley,causing wear between belt and pulley, thus the rubber cover will fall off the pulley,and reduce the service life of belt.
5.Belt conveyor material scattering .
Belt conveyor material scattering is a common problem,when the material scatter during machine running,a portion of material will enter into belt and pulley,which will cause the wear of rubber surface and belt.

conveyor pulley

The Daily, Weekly, Monthly Belt Conveyor Check

When using the belt conveyor, less daily check and maintenance or do not pay attention to maintenance will greatly reduce the service life of the belt conveyor, when the belt conveyor problems occur, it will affect the work efficiency, so regular inspection for belt conveyor parts is needed.
Daily check
Mechanical items: inspect the guardrail, bridge, roller, pulley, turnabout pulley and belt.
Electrical items: inspect the anti-skid device, deviation switch, emergency stop switch, tear detection device, anti-reverse device.

Weekly check
Mechanical items: inspect the driving wheel, guide wheel section, reducer, inspect the machine's tail, check tensioning device and pull rope device.
Electrical items: inspect the main motor, inverter, filter, repair and inspect the main transformer wiring, electrical control, power system.
Monthly check
Mechanical items: inspect the rope wheel, transition wheel, guide wheel, driving wheel, belt wheel, tensioning car and check the oiling.
Electrical items: inspect the fastening bolts, fast switch; the maintenance and repair of commutator, limit protection, emergency stop protection and the alarm system. 

 

Notice! Prohibit the following things during the operation of mobile belt conveyor

During the operation of mobile belt conveyor, if we operate it in the wrong way, it may lead to short service life, conveyor damage, even hurt the operator, please see the following things which are prohibited during the operation of the mobile belt conveyor:
1. Prohibit turning on the switch before making sure all nuts and bolts are tighten.
We usually disassemble the mobile belt conveyor during transport process. Customer needs to assemble it on site. If the nuts and bolts are loose, they may fall off during operating, thus, it will be a great potential safety hazard.
2. Prohibit changing the conveyor head direction before shutting down the switch.
Please shut down the switch first if when you want to change the conveyor head direction, or it will be easy to hurt the operator.
3. Prohibit moving the conveyor before shutting the switch
Mobile belt conveyor is a kind of light- weight conveyor, it can be moved anywhere, however, please shut down the switch first before moving it to ensure the safety of the operator.
4. Prohibit standing under the conveyor.
Please note, prohibit standing under the conveyor no matter operate the conveyor or not.

Safety Cautions of Fixed Belt Conveyor

Safety Cautions of Fixed Belt Conveyor

In the process of daily use,many users may use the wrong way to operate the belt conveyor.It will not only result in conveyor damage, but also harm to the operating personnel. Please pay attention to the following safety operating methods in order to utilize the fixed belt conveyor better.

Before the fixed belt conveyor put into use,uses should attention the following aspects.

1.Install the fixed belt conveyor according  to the prescribed installation methods

2.Check the running part of the belt buckles and bearing device is normal, whether the protective equipment is complete

3.The temperature of the working environment and delivery of materials shall not exceed 50 ℃ and lower than -10 ℃

Fixed Belt Conveyor

4.No pedestrians or take stand by the conveyor belt

5.Ensure the conveyor motor insulation is good

During the operation of belt conveyor,users can not ignore the following aspects.

1.No-load start the belt conveyor. Functioning rear can into the material.

2.When the conveyor is running the series, we should begin the discharge end, a sequence start. 

3.Be sure to stop into the material and then stop

4.Forbidden to pull the belt by hands,in order to avoid the accident

Sew Belt Conveyor Motor

Looking to Change Your Conveying and Screening Equipment?

Looking to Change Your Conveying and Screening Equipment?

In the process of operation,the conveying and screening equipment always cannot meet the needs of large materials supply.In order to improve the production efficiency and increase equipment capacity,conveyor and vibrating screen equipment will be used together with bin. Here our engineer will show you some useful tips for you purchase equipment.Hope this can be most help you.

Why we should use the bin together with the conveying and screening equipment?The reason is that the bin is an important connecting parts for the belt conveyor or vibrating screen.Silo is a common connection device,which has the advantages of store materials,reduce the impact to screen mesh when feeding material and increase the service life of the equipment.In the bottom of the bin to join electric flashboard valve or warehouse wall vibrator can better control of hopper feed speed, even feeding.

Adding silo or hopper above the conveying equipment or screening equipment can not only increase productivity, but also reduces the amount of labor intensity and operating personnel workers, thereby reducing the cost of the pipeline, save production costs.So don't change you conveying and screening equipment so fast.Maybe you can add a bin or hopper,then the problem will be solved.

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