How to Prolong Working Life of Belt Conveyor

    Belt conveyor widely used in mining, metallurgy, coal, fertilizer, chemical, cement and other industries. The usage of belt conveyor is to convey bulk materials or pieces materials to another location according to different transferring requirements. The conveying systems can comprised only one belt conveyor or several conveyors or combined with other conveying equipment. The belt conveyor can be installed horizontally or incline to satisfy the clients requirements.  

 The reliable operation of belt conveyor is vital in industries. The risk of failures in operations needed to be eliminated. The technical team or mechanical workers should do inspection regularly and pay attention to the case or parts. The conveyor belt life span can be extended up to 4 times if transfer points are controlled correctly. The conventional chute systems or transfer points generally drop the material from point A to point B.  The height of the drop normally is not taken into account however this is the most critical factors that affect belt conveyor lifespan. The dropping products with lump sizes up to 500 mm directly onto an outgoing conveyor belt will create a massive impacts and resulting in belt damage over a short period. 
    Besides, the foreign objects which move through the systems also affect the life span of belt conveyor. When a new underground mining operations are being established, there are some foreign objects such as concrete, iron, pillars and steel ropes may fallen on the belt conveyor. This normally will cause blockages or stoppages. Controlling the flow of materials onto conveyor belt is to reduce impact has become a topic for discussion and numerous solutions being proposed. There are a lot information are needed to design on a transfer point which satisfy the proposed concept. The information includes product type and consistency, conveyor trajectory angles, transfer height and distance.   
    Just obtaining this information is not sufficient, it is necessary to do an on-site assessment to verify the data. This enable engineers to tackler other issues which could be causing impact damage on the belt conveyor. In addition, uneven conveyor belt loading, flooding of the belt and blockages could cause damage too. A good design of belt conveyor can prolong the life span and increase the efficiency of the operation. 

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