Drag Chain Design Parameters

Chain Tension,Tc (kg) 1,476.81

Capacity,Q 20 Power, kW 1.64
Chain Speed,S 4.8 Weight of moving, M 19.92
Center distance,C 20 f1, T2-3 0.40
Horizontal distance,H f2, T-5 0.46
Vertical Rise, V 0.85
Overload factor 1.20
Step 1
Material Carried (M kg) 1391.667 Total Chain strngth 19848.28 < ATS
Factor 13.44
Fs 8
Fi 1.4
Fo 1.2
Strand 1
 DESIGN PARAMETERS CEMA, english Rulmeca, metric
Capacity, Q 1,000 1,500
Center to center distance, L 361 15
Belt speed, 295 1.3
Material
Bulk density 79 1,400.0
Lift, H 63 0
Inlcination angle, in degree 10 0

Effective tension, Te 9,300.0269 3.4054

CEMA factors Rulmeca factors
Kt, temperature 1.000 Cq, table 7 2.100
Kx, idler factor (p.91) 0.547 Ct, table 8 1.000
Ky, Table 6-3 0.016 friction, f table 9 0.027
Wb, Table 6-1 18.900 Belt weight/m, qb table 10 28.000
Wm, weigth of matrl 112.983 weight of material, kg/m 333.333
Tp, Table 6-5 700.000 qru, lower kg/m 8.333
Tam, CEMA chart 84.829 qro, upper kg/m 21.667
Tac, accessories 378.000 Pprs, weight of upper 26.000
Ai, p. 91 1.800 Ppri, weigth of lowet 20.000
Si, idler spacing 3.940 ao, troughing sset pitch 1.200
initial velocity, Vo 0.000 au, return set pitch 2.400
skirt friction, Tsb 78.000 Volumetric load, IM 1,071.429
plow friction, Tpl 150.000 loaded volume, IVT 857.143
trippers, Ttr 0.000
belt scrapper, Tbc 150.000 Shaft size, in. 4.30
skirt board lengt, Lb 10 Yield strength, psi (lbs./in2) 26,550.00
Material factor, Cs 0.018 Bending moment, M in-lb 193,840.30
depth of material, hs 10 Torsional moment, T in-lb 105,035.60
Shaft Length, L inch 59.06
Material Strength, Faires 59,000.00
*Shaft size calculation is based on CEMA values
Max. dist. Bet. Bearings, ft. 13.75
 CEMA, hp Rulmeca, kW
Power, absorbed 83.14 4.26
overload factor 1.20 1.20
efficiency 0.85 0.85
Motor rating 117.37 6.01
87.56

Tensions CEMA Rulmeca

T1 13,950.04 191.20
T2 4,650.01 187.80
Wrap factor* 0.5 0.5

*Table 6-8 p.105

*Table 12 p. 41
Belt width 47.24 1
Belt selection CEMA, Te lbs. Rulmeca, Fu
effective tension 13,129.450 529.082
T1 19,694.175 793.623
T2 6,564.725 264.541
Belt size 74.61 7,936.23

Pulleys CEMA, inch Rulmeca, mm

Head 16 500
Tail 15.78 500
Shaft length, m 1.5

Pulley rpm 70.43 47.75

Belt length (exact) 725.56 30.77
with splice factor 776.35 32.92
with GTU 834.39 35.39
DESIGN PARAMETERS MARTIN PARAMETERS
Material limestone
Total length, L ft. 21.32
Operating speed, N rpm 18.4 Hpf to run empty conveyor = 0.0415825
Diameter factor, Fd (T1-12) 106 HPm to move the material = 5.50056
Bearing factor, Fb (T1-13) 1 Total Hp = 7.8242012
Capacity, C ft /hr
3
2,078.35 in kW= 5.8368541
Weigth of material, W lbs/ft 3
96.23
Flight factor, Ff (T1-14) 1
Material factor, Fm (T1-2) 1
Paddle factor, if required Fp 1.29
(T1-15)
Overload factor, Fo (T1-16) 1.2
Drive efficiency, e (T1-17) 0.85
Capacity, in Tons per hour 100
Capacity, kg/hr 388,800.00
Belt speed, m/sec 1.50
Buckets per meter 2.00
Buckets volume, Liters 4.00
Bulk density, kg/m3 9.00
Power, kW 8.52
Effective tension, kg 578.96
belt speed, m/sec. 1.50

Shaft Calculation Conversion

Power input in kW 22.00 Material strength in lbs./in2
Shaft length in meters 1.50
Material Strength in kg/m2 41,568,264.95 Computation for pulley rpm
yield strength w/ factor of safety 18,705,719.23 Belt speed, m/sec.
Bending moment, kg-m 217.11 Head/Drive pulley diameter, m
Torsional moment, kg-m 373.87 Belt width, mm
Pulley rpm 57.30 Wrap factor
Computed shaft diameter, m 0.06
Computed shaft diameter, mm 56.13
Max. distance bet. Bearings, m 6.77
Te belt effective tension, kg 1,495.58
T1, tight side tension, kg 2,243.38
T2, slack side tension, kg 747.79
allowable tension of belt, kg/cm 22.43
Conversion
59,000.00

47.75
1.5
0.6
1000
0.5