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SCREW CONVEYOR POWER INPUT AND CAPACITY - Mechanical Engineering

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Tuesday, May 8. 2007


SCREW CONVEYOR POWER INPUT AND CAPACITY
What is the required power input for a 100-ft (30.5-m) long screw conveyor handling dry coal ashes having a maximum density of 40 lb / ft3 (640.4 kg/m3) if the conveyor capacity is 30 tons/h (27.2 t /h)? Calculation Procedure: 1. Select the conveyor diameter and speed Refer to a manufacturers engineering data or Table 8 for a listing of recommended screw conveyor diameters and speeds for various types of materials. Dry coal ashes are commonly rated as group 3 materials, Table 9, i.e., materials with small mixed lumps with fines. To determine a suitable screw diameter, assume two typical values and obtain the recommended rpm from the sources listed above or Table 8. Thus, the maximum rpm recommended for a 6-in (152.4-mm) screw when handling group 3 material is 2. Determine the material factor for the conveyor A material factor is used in the screw conveyor power input computation to allow for the character of the substance handled. Table 9 lists the material factor for dry ashes as F _ 4.0. Standard references show that the average weight of dry coal ashes is 35 to 40 lb / ft3 (640.4 kg/m3). 3. Determine the conveyor size factor A size factor that is a function of the conveyor diameter is also used in the power input computation. Table 10 shows that for a 6-in (152.4-mm) diameter conveyor the size factor A _ 54. 4. Compute

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