- Title
- Non-constant radius curve profiles in controlling lateral belt drift through horizontal curves in belt conveyor systems
- Creator
- Ausling, Daniel; Wheeler, Craig
- Relation
- 6th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics. Proceedings of the 6th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics (Perth, W.A. 12-15 December, 2010)
- Relation
- http://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/applied-mechanics/activities
- Publisher
- Engineers Australia
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2010
- Description
- Long overland conveyor systems have become an increasingly popular method of transporting bulk materials over relatively large distances from mine sites to fixed transport infrastructure - such as railways or ports. Lateral belt drift occurs in long overland systems wherever a horizontal curve exists in the system. This is due to a motivating force that stems from the tension present in the conveyor belt. This belt drift can be hazardous and operationally undesirable and as such, a number of control mechanisms have been developed to assist in the control of belt drift to an extent where it is tolerable. In this paper, a new method of control for belt drift is described in an effort to add- to the existing control methods- a complementary technique which will allow better control and ultimately a more reliable and viable conveyor system. The current profile of a horizontal curve section of a conveyor system is a constant radius curve- a segment of a circle- that simply sweeps through the desired angle. A belt tension increase over the length of the curve results in a corresponding increase in the extent of the belt drift. If a non-constant radius curve is adapted and used in such a way that the increase in curve radius over the length of the curve serves to counteract the increase in belt tension, a single, constant value for belt drift can be attained. This is an improvement and alongside current techniques can serve to increase the control over belt drift that a designer and mine site can expect to achieve.
- Subject
- belt conveyor; clothoid spiral; horizontal curve; lateral belt drift
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/933590
- Identifier
- uon:11662
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780858259416
- Language
- eng
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