BELT CONVEYOR PRELIMINARY POWER ESTIMATE - VERSION 2.

0 (Ene-2011)
(Graphic Method, CEMA 5TH Edition)
MATERIAL

mario cerda / BE mech / mario.cerda.c@gmail.com

12

Material Type
Material Density
Surcharge Angle

kg/m^3
Deg

2002
22

0.38
20

Belt Width

in

60
10

Idler Angle

Deg

45

0.785398

-50

Belt speed

-40

-30

0
-20

-10

10

m/s
fpm

787

CAPACITY
Nominal Capacity
Design Factor
Design Capacity
Volumetric Capacity
Desing Area
CEMA Capacity
Area of Trapezoid
Area pf circular segment
Total Area

4500
1.00

T/Hr
T/Hr
m^3/Hr
m^2

4500
2247.75
1.561E-01

in^2
in^2
ft^2
m^2

4958.55

337.29
121.15 57.49997 0.036643
3.18
2.958E-01

52.8% Ok, but check lump size, recommended 85%

Belt Conveyor Percent Loaded

BELT
15

Belt Type
Rating
Carcass Weight
Carcass Gauge
Top Cover Gauge

N/mm
kg/m^2
mm

805
3.22
3.30

4.9

mm

25

45.6

20

30

40

Bottom Cover Gauge

Belt Weight

mm
kg/m

Idler spacing

mm

Idler Weight
Unitary Idler Weight
Total Unitary Weight

kg
kg/m
kg/m

Length of the Belt Conveyor

Lift of the Belt Conveyor

Angle of the Belt Conveyor

12

21.9

72.4

1000
30
30
102.4

68.8

500
1640.4
80
262.5
9.1 Ok

POWER
Power required to drive empty conveyor
Power Required for Elevate Material
Power Required to Convey Material Horizontally
Power Loss

kW
kW
kW
kW

43.8
982.6
170.1
89.7

Power Required

kW

1286.3

58.8
1317.7
228.1
120.3

7.5

1725.0 Hp

TENSION
Tension Efective

kg

32822

Pulley Surface tpe

Coefficient of friction

Bare Pulley

Take Up type

Automatic
180

Wrap Angle
Wrap Factor
T1
T2
Running Tension

Running Tension / Rating

kg
kg
N/mm

72295.3

0.25
1.0

0.84
60328
27506
388

48% Ok, but check the Accel & drift condition

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m
f
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4.2 l1
22.51 r
14.545
10.28487
10.28487

43.07974
57.49997

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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

0
0.038397
0.076794
0.115192
0.153589
0.191986
0.230383
0.268781
0.307178
0.345575
0.383972

y
0
0
11.255
0
21.53987 10.28487
-24.50972
13.25472
-11.255
0
0
0
11.255
0
24.50972
13.25472
-21.53987
-19.47742
-17.38626
-15.26947
-13.13017
-10.97151
-8.796681
-6.608883
-4.411342
-2.207298
0
2.207298
4.411342
6.608883
8.796681
10.97151
13.13017
15.26947
17.38626
19.47742
21.53987
-11.36781
-10.27934
-9.175712
-8.058562
-6.929532
-5.790287
-4.642506
-3.487881
-2.328115
-1.164916
0
1.164916

10.28487
11.07244
11.78026
12.40728
12.95258
13.41536
13.79493
14.09073
14.30233
14.42941
14.47179
14.42941
14.30233
14.09073
13.79493
13.41536
12.95258
12.40728
11.78026
11.07244
10.28487
5.427906
5.843553
6.217109
6.548024
6.83581
7.080043
7.280363
7.436474
7.548147
7.615217
7.637584
7.615217

2.328115
3.487881
4.642506
5.790287
6.929532
8.058562
9.175712
10.27934
11.36781

7.548147
7.436474
7.280363
7.080043
6.83581
6.548024
6.217109
5.843553
5.427906