Introduction to Automatic Conveyor Belt

1. In the 17th century, the United States began to use aerial ropeways to transport bulk materials; in the middle of the 19th century, various modern conveyor belt structures appeared one after another. In 1868, belt conveyor appeared in England; in 1887, screw conveyor appeared in America; in 1905, belt conveyor appeared in Switzerland; in 1906, inertia conveyor appeared in England and Germany. Since then, under the influence of the technological progress of mechanical manufacturing, motor, chemical industry and metallurgical industry, the conveyor belt has been continuously improved. It has gradually developed from the completion of the internal transmission of the workshop to the completion of the material handling within the enterprise, between enterprises and even between cities. The automatic conveyor belt has become an indispensable part of the mechanization and automation of the material handling system.

2. Automatic conveyor belt is generally classified according to whether there are traction parts: belt equipment with traction parts and belt equipment without traction parts.

There are many kinds of automated conveyor belt equipment with traction parts, mainly including belt conveyor, plate conveyor, trolley conveyor, escalator, moving sidewalk, scraper conveyor, buried scraper conveyor, bucket conveyor, bucket elevator, suspension conveyor and aerial ropeway.


Conveyor belt equipment without traction parts usually has rollers for rotary motion and screw conveyor.


3. Automatic conveyor for industrial automation. Except for the materials with high viscosity, it can be used to transport the general solid materials and finished products;

Large conveying capacity. In particular, the production capacity of the scale plate conveyor (generally known as double chain wave type conveyor with retaining edge) can be as high as 1000t / h;

The traction chain has high strength and can be used for long-distance transportation;

Flexible layout of transmission lines. Compared with the belt conveyor, the plate conveyor can be transported under the condition of larger inclination and smaller bending radius, so the layout is more flexible. The inclination angle of the plate conveyor can reach 30 ° - 35 °, and the bending radius is generally about 5-8m;

In the process of transportation, it can be classified, dried, cooled or assembled;

Stable and reliable operation;