Conveyor Turn Design
Conveyor Turn Design
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I just got into the Bulk Material Handling world and I'm baffled by the design of conveyor belt when it turns. I have a civil engineering background and I'm used to seeing super-elevation on a road such as this:
http://www.urbanaut.com/3-car%20train%20elevated%2...
I was just talking to my coworker and to them it sounds so easy to understand why the conveyor belt system's superelevation is the other way around:
http://img.ehowcdn.com/article-new/ehow/images/a05...
Anyone care to explain ? I've been looking online and also on eng-tips and i can't find anything...
http://www.urbanaut.com/3-car%20train%20elevated%2...
I was just talking to my coworker and to them it sounds so easy to understand why the conveyor belt system's superelevation is the other way around:
http://img.ehowcdn.com/article-new/ehow/images/a05...
Anyone care to explain ? I've been looking online and also on eng-tips and i can't find anything...





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If so, the belt runs up the tight side on the idlers to balance forces. Think about a string that is running down the center of the idlers while slack, and then think about what happens to it when it gets pulled tight. It pulls toward the inside of every curve, not the outside.
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Thanks for the explanation.
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Regards,
Lyle
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