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Implications of the Lifting Method on Stress Distribution in the Conveyor Belt

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Modelling in Engineering 2020: Applied Mechanics (SMWM 2020)

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Abstract

Nowadays, conveyor belts with synthetic fabric made of multilayered composite materials are used in many industries. The dimensions of these devices are usually large, which makes maintenance work more difficult. Install or dismantle of conveyor belts in these devices is carried out sporadically. Because of that belt assembly devices are often overlooked during the construction process of the conveyor. This means that conveyor belts are often lifted through various types of chains or steel profiles. Due to the length of the belts, their weight is often very high. This may result in conveyor belts being damaged during install or dismantle. The paper focused on analyzing the stress distribution in composite conveyor belt depending on the way how it is lifted. Numerical analysis was performed in commercially available software based on finite element method. Two cases of lifting a belt with a weight of 2.5 tons have been compared. Based on the obtained results, recommendations were made on how to install or dismantle conveyor belts in large-sized conveyor.

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  1. Silesian University of Technology, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland

    Sławomir Duda, Sławomir Kciuk, Tomasz Machoczek & Sebastian Sławski

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  1. Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, The Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

    Arkadiusz Mężyk

  2. Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, The Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

    Sławomir Kciuk

  3. Institute of Metrology and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Mechatronics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

    Roman Szewczyk

  4. Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, The Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

    Sławomir Duda

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Duda, S., Kciuk, S., Machoczek, T., Sławski, S. (2021). Implications of the Lifting Method on Stress Distribution in the Conveyor Belt. In: Mężyk, A., Kciuk, S., Szewczyk, R., Duda, S. (eds) Modelling in Engineering 2020: Applied Mechanics. SMWM 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1336. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68455-6_5

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