5.3.

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TABLE 5.3-(continued) TABLE 5.4(a)-(continued)

Lead oxides 60-l 50

Lime, A in. max 60-65 43 23
Lime, hydrated, i in. max 40 40 21
Lime, hydrated, pulverized 32-40 42 22
Limestone, crushed 85-90 38 18
Limestone dust 80-85 20
Lithopone 45-50
Magnesium chloride 33
Magnesium sulfate 70
Milk, dry powder 36
Phosphate, triple super, fertilizer 50-55 45 30
Phosphate rock, pulverized 60 40 25
Polystyrene beads 40 (b) Characteristics of Some Materials (A Selection From the
Potassium nitrate 76 Original Table)
Rubber, pelletized 50-55 35 22
Salt, common, coarse 40-55
Salt, dry, fine 70-80 25 11
Salt cake, dry, coarse 85 36 21 Yaeriala
Salt cake, dry, pulverized 60-85
Saltpeter 80
Sand, bank, damp 100-130 45 20-22 Ahlfn meal.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sand, bank, dry 90-l 10 35 16-18 Alum. lumpy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ::
Alum, pulverized.
............................................
Sawdust 10-13 36 22 *Alumma. I%
Shale, crushed 85-90 39 22 Alumln~m. hydrate II
Soap chips 15-2=. 30 18 ~rngta~~b$a.
Soap powder 20-2!, .................................................. x.1
lAshea.dry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XIX
Soda ash briquetts 50 22 7
Ap& wlmlm~. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Soda ash, heavy 55-65 32 19 .................. ::
Soda ash, light 20-35 37 22 Bd& +der
.....................
............................. I
Sodium bicarbonate 41 42 23
tBaux.te. crushed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sodium nitrate 70-80 24 11 Fkans. eutor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I:
Starch 25-50 24 12 Bans. navy, dry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bentonite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:x
Sugar, granulated 50-55
Sugar, powdered 50-60 Bones. crudled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
*Bon en, 2rantited or wound. . . . . . . . . ::::
Trisodium phosphate, pulverized 50 40 25 *Bone black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11x
Wood chips 1 O-30 27 Bonechpr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11x
Zinc oxide, heavy 30-35 amemed......................... 11x
Zinc oxide, light 10-15 Borax, powdered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Boric add powder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ;I
B= . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other tables of these properties appear in these publications:
1. Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association, Belt Conveyors for
Bulk Materials, 1966,
p p . 25-33.
2. Stephens-Adamson Mfg. Co. Catalog 66, 1964, p p . 634-636.
3. FMC Corporation Material Handling Equipment Division Catalog 100, (c) Factor Sin the Formula for Power P
1983, pp. B.27-B.35.
4. Perrys Chemical Engineers Handbook, 1984, p. 7.5.

SEALfhU,STER Babbitt. Bronze Hard

or Oil-Impreg- Ir0n
Bearing nsted Wood

21 33

ii ir",
114
ti 171
15.5 255
186 336
TABLE 5.4. Sizing Data for Screw Conveyors 240
285 i%l
390 690
(a) Diameter (rpm and cuft/hr)

Capadtia. Cubic Cspaitia. Cubic

Maximum Feet Per Hour M~Xirnum Feet Per Hour
Recommended
R
I+
.M. (d) Limits of Horsepower and Torque

Example 5.3 utilizes these data.

(Stephens-Adamson Co. Catalog, 1954, p. 66).
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Shear pin

(a)

(d) (e)
Figure 5.7. A screw conveyor assembly and some of the many kinds of screws in use. (a) Screw conveyor assembly with feed hopper
and discharge chute. (b) Standard shape with pitch equal to the diameter, the paddles retard the forward movement and promote
mixing. (c) Short pitch suited to transfer of material up inclines of as much as 20. (d) Cut flight screws combine a moderate mixing
action with forward movement, used for light, fine, granular or flaky materials. (e) Ribbon flights are suited to sticky, gummy or
viscous substances.

EXAMPLE 5.3 Accordingly,

Sizing a Screw Conveyor
Dense soda ash with bulk density 6Olb/cuft is to be conveyed a 1; = [171(40) + 0.7(500)(60)]100 + 0.51(12)(30,000)/106
distance of 100 ft and elevated 12 ft. The material is class II-X with = 2.97 HP
a factor F = 0.7. The bearings are self-lubricated bronze and the
drive is V-belt with 7) = 0.93. The size, speed, and power will be motor HP = G@/q = 1.25(2.97)/0.93 = 3.99,
selected for a rate of 15 tons/hr. torque = 63,000(2.97)/40 = 4678 in. lb.

From Table 5.4(d) the limits for a 12 in. conveyor are 10.0 HP
Q = 15(2000)/60 = 500 cuft/hr. and 6300 in. lb so that the selection is adequate for the required
service.
A conveyor 137 ft long would have a shaft power of 4.00 HP
According to Table 5.4(a) this capacity can be accommodated by a and a torque of 6300 in. Ibs, which is the limit with a 2 in. coupling;
12 in. conveyor operating at
a sturdier construction would be needed at greater lengths.
For comparison, data of Table 5.5 show that a 14 in. troughed
o = (500/665)(50) = 37.6 rpm, say 40 rpm belt has an allowable speed of 267fpm at allowable inclination of
19 (from Table 5.3), and the capacity is
From Table 5.4(c) the bearing factor is
2.67(0.6)(38.4) = 61.5 tons/hr,

s = 171. far more than that of the screw conveyor.