Conveyor Impact Idlers

[Shafty1]

Hello i am making a belt feeder for a quarry. material is hitting the belt in a chute from 6 m high. how do i determine idler spacing or load on the idler frame?

TPH is 750 and belt speed is 8 m/s. can get 'tph' load but not teh impac load. do i just factor it up by somethign?

Thank you.

 

[GregLocock]

https://www.ppi-global.com/media/documents/Idler_Selection_86821B5F4F91C.pdf

should get you going in the right direction.

Cheers

Greg Locock


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[Shafty1]

Thank you very much Greg Locock

 

[Strong]

Are you reducing the impact energy with a sloped surface to reduce impact force and damage to conveyor belt or feel that it is not needed?

Walt

 

[GregLocock]

Good point, I notice that that design guide uses a maximum drop height of 10ft, so 6m is getting a tad ambitious. Square law and all.

Cheers

Greg Locock


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