Basics of Conveyor Belt Design

Training Course

16 hours online/ 2 days face to face

Conveyor Design Engineers
Mechanical Engineers
Process Engineers
Materials Handling Engineers
Maintenance Engineers
Operations Managers
Project Engineers
Production Managers
Logistics Managers
Automation Engineers
Facility Managers
Technical Consultants

This course covers the fundamental aspects of belt conveyor design . It can be tailored to requirements and to the site specific examples or materials.

· Health and safety o Dust, health risks, generation and mitigation
o Fires and explosions, causes, and mitigation
o Guarding to standards and practical aspects on guarding and safety • Initial steps for conveyor design
o Understanding how conveyors function
• Defining the parameters required to design a conveyor: bulk material flow testing, layout, equipment component selection
• Belt conveyor components and selection, conveyor design calculation impact
o Conveyor design, maintenance and operation considerations
o Conveyor components and what to select and install for best results, selection impact on design calculation: belting, pulleys, idlers, motors and gearboxes, couplings, drives, brakes, cleaners and ploughs, holdbacks, magnets, weighers, samplers, trippers and take-ups etc.
o Lubrication
o Belt tracking causes and mitigations
o Instruments for conveyors
• Chutes and conveyor design calculation impact
o Chute design considerations
o Trajectories
o Types of chutes
o Wear liner methods and materials
• Chutes and accessories conveyor design calculation impacts
o Chutes and belt cleaners
o Chutes and tramp magnets
o Chutes and samplers, sampler types
o Chutes and skirts, skirt boxes
o Access to chutes for maintenance
o Chute modelling, DEM, other methods
• Conveyor calculation methods and review
o Detailed review of the design method for belt conveyors
 Standard and other methods
 Conveyor profiles
 Sources of input data
 Explanation of the impact of each input on the design
 Making the calculation result practical
 Future proofing the design
 A quick manual check method.
o Computer methods
 Benefits of computer belt conveyor design methods
 Risks with using computer belt conveyor design methods
o Risks with belt conveyor design methods
 Not checking the design
 Incorrect input data
 Procuring different components to those used
 Operational