Calculating the flexure resistance of bulk solids transported on belt conveyors

Title: Calculating the flexure resistance of bulk solids transported on belt conveyors
Creator: Wheeler, Craig A.; Roberts, Alan W.; Jones, Mark G.
Relation: Particle & Particle Systems Characterization Vol. 21, Issue 4, p. 340-347
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppsc.200400936
Publisher: Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2004
Description: Belt conveyors are used extensively in the mining and mineral processing industries to transport bulk solid. As industry demands arise and conveying technology improves, belt conveyor installations are becoming progressively longer and belt speeds significantly faster. With longer conveying distances it becomes increasingly important to accurately calculate the motion resistances at the design stage, with the view of minimising these resistances to improve the efficiency of the installation. The motion resistances that occur along the length of the conveyor are known as the main resistances and include the belt and bulk solid flexure resistance, the rotational resistance of the idler rolls and the indentation rolling resistance of the conveyor belt.
Subject: belt conveying; bulk solids handling
Identifier: uon:1774
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/27540
Identifier: ISSN:0934-0866
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