Trough Conveyors : The Most Effective Means Of Moving Bulk Materials

As the title itself suggests it is indeed a fact that trough conveyors are the most the important and efficient means of moving heavy duty or bulk materials.  They are designed to leverage the open frame and trough effect of the rubber belt to fully contain the load of materials. Such conveyors are used to move items that are at least 500lbs. It makes the handling and transportation of such heavy equipments or products very easier and more time effective. Some of the heavy duty conveyors out there can move as fast as 75 feet/minute. 

Troughconveyors are the most commonly used and effective means of moving bulk materials because they are in made in such a way so as to convey high tonnage of material, handle gradual curved concave or convex incline path over long runs, convey horizontal and up to 28 degree straight incline relying on the product and it requires very little maintenance.

There are endless benefits of using trough conveyors to move bulk materials from one place to the next, some of them are listed below:

     1.     Such conveyors are adept of handling a vast number of bulk materials ranging from very fine to large lump sizes. Very fine materials such as Portland cement are transported on it also large lump size materials such as coal is also transported from mines using trough conveyors.

     2.   Heavy duty conveyors can be designed to handle capacities for any operation. It is common for such conveyors to unload ships at capacities up to 10,000 tons per hour. They can also be designed to transport a small amount of material between processes. 

    3.   Such conveyers can be used for almost any kind of application. It can convey a material horizontally, on an incline or a combination of both. 

    4.   Such conveyors can be utilised to stock-pile or reclaim bulk materials. Radial stackers are used for creating large piles of materials such as wood chips, coal or ore. The conveyors are present under the piles to carry the materials into the plant for processing. 

    5.    Such conveyors have proven to be a reliable method of conveying bulk materials. Industry standards for the design of trough conveyors have been developed and they keep updating it according to industry's changing standards.