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Calculation for belt conveyor design capacity and belt width
(For horizontal conveyors)
Capacities between 5 to 5000TPH,
35 degree troughing idler angle and belt widths 350 to 2000mm
Inputs
Select product
Select a product
Alumina
Ashes, Boiler house, dry, loose
Bagasse, fresh, moist
Bagasse, dry, loose
Barytes, 50 - 75mm lumps
Barytes, - 15mm screenings
Barytes, dust
Basalt, 50 - 75mm lumps
Basalt, 15mm screenings
Basalt, dust
Bauxite crushed
Borax, solid, 50 - 100mm lumps
Borax, solid, 40 - 50mm lumps
Carbon Black, powder
Carbon Black, pellets
Cement, Portland, loose
Cement, Portland - clinker
Cement, Portland - slurry
Chalk, 50 - 100mm lumps
Chalk, 40 - 50mm lumps
Chips, Papermill - softwood
Chips, Papermill - yellow pine
Clay - Dry, loose
Clay - Brick, gound, fine
Coal, - 150mm domestic sizes
Coal, - Run of mine
Coal, - Slack
Coal, -Pulverised for coking
Coal, Lignite, broken
Coke, Run of oven
Coke, Breeze
Concrete, wet, on conveyor
Copper Ore, crushed
Cryolite, 50 - 75mm lumps
Cryolite, - 15mm screenings
Cryolite, - dust
Dolomite - lump
Earth, - dry, as excavated
Earth, - wet, mud
Foundry refuse, old sand, cores
Granite, 40 - 50mm lumps
Granite, - 15mm screenings
Granite, - broken
Gravel, - Dry, sharp
Gravel, Wet
Gypsum, 50 - 75mm lumps
Gypsum, - 15mm screenings
Gypsum, - dust
Ice, Crushed
Iron Ores, depends on iron %
Iron Pyrites, 50 - 75mm lumps
Iron Pyrites, - 15mm screenings
Iron Pyrites, - dust
Lead Ores, depends on lead %
Limestone, 50 - 75mm lumps
Limestone, - 15mm screenings
Limestone, - dust
Manganse Ore
Malt Meal
Oats
Paper Pulp
Phosphate Rock
Quartz, Solid, 50 - 75mm lumps
Quartz, Solid, - 15mm screenings
Quartz, Solid, - dust
Rock, soft, excavated with shovel
Rubber
Rubber - reclaim
Salt - course
Salt - fines
Salt - lump for stock
Sand - wet, beach or river
Sand - dry
Sand - Foundry, loose
Sand - Foundry, rammed lumps
Sandstone
Sawdust
Shale - broken
Shale - crushed
Slag - Blast furnace, crushed
Slag - granulated, dry
Slag - granulated, wet
Slate, 40 - 50mm lumps
Slate, - 15mm screenings
Soda Ash
Sugar
Sulphur, 50 - 75mm lumps
Sulphur - 15mm screenings
Talc - solid
Talc 50 - 75mm lumps
Talc - dust
Wheat
Zinc Ores, crushed
Zinc Oxide - light
Zinc Oxide - heavy
Angle of repose
Deg
Surcharge angle
Deg
Maximum Tonnage Rate
TPH
Design factor (0 - 100%)
%
Selected factor
Belt Speed (m/s)
m/s
Note - Type in respective value inside of coloured cell, then click outside cell to enter.
Results
Conveyed bulk density
kg/m
3
Required volumetric throughput
m
3
/hr
Required troughing area
m
2
Design volumetric throughput
m
3
/hr
Design troughing area
m
2
Suggested belt width
mm