Calculate the Additional Tension required to pull a material out of a feeder bin or hopper This additional tension is mainly due to the shearing action required to pull the material out of the hopper opening The method used here is the Theoretical method developed first by Arnold and McLean and the then refined by A W Roberts and others
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Get PriceThe belt tension at steady state can be calculated as Tb = 1 37 f L g [2 mi 2 mb mm cos δ ] H g mm …… eqn 1 1 Where Tb is in Newton f = Coefficient of friction L = Conveyor length in meters Conveyor length is approximately half of the total belt length g = Acceleration due to gravity = 9 81 m/sec2 mi = Load due to the idlers in Kg/m
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Get PriceT = tension force λ = modulus of elasticity A = cross sectional area x = extension l = length m TENSION FORCE The minimum belt tensions for transmitting the pulley peripheral forces are calculated as follows where Fu = minimum peripheral force C = coefficient C f = artificial friction coefficient L = conveyor length m g = acceleration m/s²
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Get PriceIn order to find the maximum tension is necessary to calculate the effective tension that is the force required to move the conveyor and the load at a constant speed The calculation of the total tension is based on a constant speed of the belt including the necessary basic conditions to overcome the frictional resistance and tension forces
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Get PriceEffective tension Te is the tension created in the belt when sufficient power is applied to the system to drive the conveyor belt at a desired speed This relationship can be derived from a knowledge of motor horsepower and belt speed as follows Te = Hp x33 000 /belt speed belt speed in feet per minute
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Get Pricethe tension starts from the carriage on the way to tension mechanization so forces on the rope passing through pulley there has to dominate the friction coefficient All this process is related to economy of transportation mechanism Key words belt conveyor tension force carriage friction coefficient mechanism pulley 1 Introduction
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