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Study on the Arrangement of Roller Sets in the Transition Segment of the Pipe Belt Conveyor

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The pipe belt conveyor is one of the most important bulk material transportation equipment in the world nowadays, which has great advantages compared with traditional belt conveyor and meets the requirements and concepts of green and sustainable development advocated by the society. This paper aims to solve the problem of transition segment of the pipe belt conveyor. By analyzing the forming mechanism of the transition segment conveyor belt, the theoretical maximum position of additional deformation and additional stress in the transition segment of the pipe belt conveyor is obtained, and a 3D simulation model of the transition segment of the pipe belt conveyor is established. Using the finite element analysis method, the model is subjected to mechanical finite element simulation analysis to obtain the equivalent elastic deformation and equivalent stresses under different scenarios. In this paper, mathematical modeling was used to estimate the curves of the main influencing factors and multiple linear regression analysis, and finally, the reliability of the model was mathematically verified and analyzed. It provides a certain reference for solving the practical problems of the transition segment of the pipe belt conveyor and provides a theoretical basis for the design of the pipe belt conveyor.

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This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program Projects (2023YFC2907304); 2022 Tai’an Science and Technology Innovation Major Special Project (RD202202); Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Grant number. ZR2021ME087); Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mining Machinery Engineering School Enterprise Joint Fund (2022KLMM305); Shandong Key Research and Development Program (Competitive Innovation Platform) (2023CXPT062).

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    Yuan Zhang, Chao Yuan, Mengchao Zhang, Dongyue Zhang & Yongquan Wang

  2. Libo Heavy Industries Science and Technology Co, Ltd, Taian, 271000, Shandong, People’s Republic of China

    Yuan Zhang & Zhen Wang

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The conceptualization and design of the study was done by Yuan Chao. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by Yuan Zhang, Mengchao Zhang, Dongyue Zhang Zhen Wang and Yongquan Wang. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Yuan Chao and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Zhang, Y., Yuan, C., Zhang, M. et al. Study on the Arrangement of Roller Sets in the Transition Segment of the Pipe Belt Conveyor. Int. J. Precis. Eng. Manuf. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12541-024-01006-7

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