BELT CONVEYOR

1. Belt Conveyor
(Flat and Troughed)

2. Types of Questions:
● Short note on Belt Conveyor.
● Characteristics of Belt conveyor
● Types of Belt conveyors (Flat and Trough) with brief description and line diagram
● Line diagram of Troughed and Flat belt conveying system
● Construction of a belt with schematic diagram
● Types of Idlers and their construction with schematic diagram
● Short note on different types of Belt tensioning or take up devices with schematic
diagram
● Short note on Training idlers
● Major considerations in selection and design of a belt conveyor
● Find out the conveying capacity of Flat and Troughed belt conveyor for carrying bulk
load
● Find out the conveying capacity of Flat belt conveyor for carrying unit load
● Designing of a Belt conveyor

3. Introduction

4. Types of Belt Conveyors

5. Parts of a Belt Conveyor
● Conveyor Belt
● Idlers
● Conveyor Pulleys
● Drives for Belt Conveyors
● Take-ups or Belt Tensioning devices
● Loading and Unloading Devices
● Belt Cleaners
● Training Idlers
● Conveyor structure
● Transfer terminals

6. Conveyor Belt

7. Idlers

8. Conveyor Pulleys

9. Drives for Belt Conveyors

10. Take-ups or Belt Tensioning devices

11. Take-ups or Belt Tensioning devices

12. Loading and Unloading Devices

13. Training Idlers

14. Flat Belt Conveyor

15. Troughed Belt Conveyor

16. Aspects of Belt Conveyor Design
● Checking/Determining capacity of a conveyor
● Calculating maximum belt tension required to convey the load and selection of
belt
● Selection of driving pulley
● Determining motor power
● Selection of idlers and its spacing

17. Determining Conveyor capacity

18. Determining Conveyor capacity

19. Determining Conveyor capacity

20. Determining Conveyor capacity

21. Belt Tension