Introduction to Belt Conveyor

Firstly, it runs reliably. Belt conveyors are used in many important production units that require continuous operation, such as coal transportation in power plants, bulk material transportation in steel and cement plants, and ship loading and unloading in ports. If the machine is shut down in these situations, the losses are enormous. When necessary, the belt conveyor can work continuously from shift to shift.

Belt conveyors have low power consumption. Due to the almost no relative movement between the material and the conveyor belt, it not only reduces the running resistance (about one-third to one-fifth of that of a scraper conveyor), but also reduces the wear and breakage of the cargo, resulting in high productivity. All of these are beneficial for reducing production costs.

The conveyor line of the belt conveyor has strong adaptability and flexibility. The length of the line is determined according to the needs. It can be as short as a few meters and as long as 10km or more. It can be installed in small tunnels or set up above ground traffic chaos and dangerous areas.

According to the requirements of the process flow, belt conveyors can flexibly receive materials from one or more points, and can also unload materials to multiple points or sections. When feeding materials onto the conveyor belt at several points at the same time (such as the conveyor under the coal bunker in a coal preparation plant) or feeding materials to the conveyor belt through a uniform feeding device at any point along the length direction of the belt conveyor, the belt conveyor becomes the main conveyor line.

Belt conveyors can retrieve materials from the tunnels below the coal storage piles and mix different materials from each pile when needed. The material can be easily unloaded from the head of the conveyor, or it can be unloaded at any point along the length of the conveyor belt through a plow unloader or a mobile unloader.