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Mechanical
- Jul 24, 2014
- 1
Hello,
I have been scouring the internet to no avail for an answer to my question. Hoping there's someone out there who can help me.
I work at a fiberglass manufacturing plant and am trying to specify a conveyor to transport glass cullet, a highly abrasive scrap material, from one area of our plant to another. Cullet is basically granular glass, much like sand but with sharp edges instead of round particles. We currently use a combination of manual (i.e. skid steer) and dense phase pneumatic transport to move this material, but we’re trying to get to a more automated system.
I have several salesmen trying to sell us tubular drag conveyors to do this job, but we have concerns with abrasive wear with this technology. The advantage of tubular drag systems is that they would allow us to easily install multiple pick-up and drop-off points, they are easy to route through our congested plant, and they do not require compressed air. If wear is not a factor they seem like a great solution for our situation.
I’m wondering if anyone could provide me with some insight on how well a tubular drag conveyor would hold up to glass cullet. The conveyor being proposed consists of cast iron discs being carried by forged chain inside of Ø4” induction hardened steel pipe. The conveyor travels approximately 300 ft horizontally and 65 ft vertically.
I’m also wondering if anyone would have some input on the best system for carrying this material would be, all else being equal. My gut feeling is that a belted conveyor with bucket elevators for the vertical sections would probably give the least abrasive wear, however this type of system would have considerably more components and be much more difficult to install due to tight space constraints. Are there other options that I should consider?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
I have been scouring the internet to no avail for an answer to my question. Hoping there's someone out there who can help me.
I work at a fiberglass manufacturing plant and am trying to specify a conveyor to transport glass cullet, a highly abrasive scrap material, from one area of our plant to another. Cullet is basically granular glass, much like sand but with sharp edges instead of round particles. We currently use a combination of manual (i.e. skid steer) and dense phase pneumatic transport to move this material, but we’re trying to get to a more automated system.
I have several salesmen trying to sell us tubular drag conveyors to do this job, but we have concerns with abrasive wear with this technology. The advantage of tubular drag systems is that they would allow us to easily install multiple pick-up and drop-off points, they are easy to route through our congested plant, and they do not require compressed air. If wear is not a factor they seem like a great solution for our situation.
I’m wondering if anyone could provide me with some insight on how well a tubular drag conveyor would hold up to glass cullet. The conveyor being proposed consists of cast iron discs being carried by forged chain inside of Ø4” induction hardened steel pipe. The conveyor travels approximately 300 ft horizontally and 65 ft vertically.
I’m also wondering if anyone would have some input on the best system for carrying this material would be, all else being equal. My gut feeling is that a belted conveyor with bucket elevators for the vertical sections would probably give the least abrasive wear, however this type of system would have considerably more components and be much more difficult to install due to tight space constraints. Are there other options that I should consider?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
