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Belt Conveyor Counter Weight Calculation

The document outlines the steps to calculate the required take up weight for a conveyor belt. It involves calculating the total resistance of the conveyor, determining the effective force at the driven pulley, and using the Euler formula to calculate the required tension force. The required take up weight is twice the calculated tension force if the gravity take up is close to the drive pulley.

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Belt Conveyor Counter Weight Calculation

The document outlines the steps to calculate the required take up weight for a conveyor belt. It involves calculating the total resistance of the conveyor, determining the effective force at the driven pulley, and using the Euler formula to calculate the required tension force. The required take up weight is twice the calculated tension force if the gravity take up is close to the drive pulley.

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  • Counter Weight Calculation: Provides step-by-step calculation methods for determining the required take up weight for a conveyor system.

Counter Weight Calculation

The following steps can be taken to calculate the required take up weight for a conveyor: - calculate total resistance for the conveyor, this includes the lift of material, acceleration, skirt friction, idler friction, belt indentation over the idlers and any other secondary resistance. When you add all these up you get the Te - effective force to be produced by the conveyor drive at the driven pulley shaft - Now you calculate the required T , the force at the slack side of the drive pulley. This force is calculated as a function of Te, belt wrap angle over the pulley and the friction between the belt and the driven pulley. This is the !uler formula that can b found in the "!#$ book. The main purpose of T is to ensure that the force can be transferred over from the drive pulley to the belt - The tension force in the tight side of the belt at the pulley is T%&T 'Te - (ou need to check if this T% force is sufficient to ensure against e)cessive sag of the belt between the idlers. *f the drive is not at the head end you should check the belt tension force at the head end of the conveyor - *f your gravity take up is close to the drive pulley then the required gravity take up weight is twice the T tension. - Things get a bit more complicated with double drives, tandem drives etc. the above is the procedure for a single drive conveyor - +ravity take up is used for bigger conveyors and have main advantage of keeping T constant regardless of the belt stretch etc. - ,crew take up is used for smaller conveyors that utili-e fabric belt. The tension is lost over time due to belt stretch so they need to be [Link] periodically

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