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    Calculating Power required to drive a conveyor

    Thanks Matey help much appreciated. Control & Inverters are my area so happy with them just never had to work out power like this before. Will give SEW a call. Carl
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    Calculating Power required to drive a conveyor

    Thanks for your quick response i really appreciate all this advice. I have put forward all my informationa dn they are saying they wouldnt comment on the existing system and would only quote as if they were building a new one. The people who made the fluidrive no longer exist and the people who...
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    Calculating Power required to drive a conveyor

    The system currently runs fine but was built in 1972 and we are having problems with Fluidrive's failing, costing nearly 8k each time. Motors & Gearboxes are very inefficient we have measured the currents being currently pulled and the primary only pulls 40 amps and motor full load is 75 amps so...
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    Calculating Power required to drive a conveyor

    Hi All thanks for your responses What other information is required & i will try provide it. I did speak with a conveyor manufacturer and he told me for a new conveyor on my specification length, rate, speed, width conveyor, incline & volume of 0.96 T/metre3. He told me it would be 400kW. Carl
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    Calculating Power required to drive a conveyor

    We dont know how much it take to turn when full. Ive attached a Word document with a schematic and brief description.http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=1ced8054-00de-4a5a-9b25-5248c91bf0d7&file=Drive_Arrangement.doc
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    Calculating Power required to drive a conveyor

    Hi desertfox The conveyor is a coal conveyor as specified and need to transport coal at a rate of 3000 Tonnes/Hour, coal has volume of 0.96 Tonnes per cubic metre. The conveyor belt weighs 88tonnes itself. It takes 5 tonnes to turn the conveyor when empty, i used a lifting block n tackle...
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    Calculating Power required to drive a conveyor

    Hi I'm looking for a calculation to work out the power required to move a conveyor. I have all sorts of information on the conveyor if anyone can help. The basics are its a Coal conveyor of 930 Metres long with 1.6M wide running at 3.14 m/min Looking at putting a Motor, Gearbox & Inverter on it.

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