{"title":"Composite Shaftless Roller Design for Conveyor System","authors":"G. Wheatley, Mohammad Zaeimi","doi":"10.3311/PPME.17554","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Improving the performance of idlers is paramount to the performance of the conveyor system in various industries since belt conveyors can be many kilometers in length and consequently there are a huge number of rollers in use. The key intention of this work is the development of a light-weight composite idler roller. Critical design considerations are strength-to-weight ratio and performance. Most importantly, the design must reduce the weight of the roller as compared to standard steel rollers. The final design provides a significant reduction in weight of about 47 % over that of traditional steel rollers of a similar size.","PeriodicalId":43630,"journal":{"name":"PERIODICA POLYTECHNICA-MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2021-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"PERIODICA POLYTECHNICA-MECHANICAL ENGINEERING","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3311/PPME.17554","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Improving the performance of idlers is paramount to the performance of the conveyor system in various industries since belt conveyors can be many kilometers in length and consequently there are a huge number of rollers in use. The key intention of this work is the development of a light-weight composite idler roller. Critical design considerations are strength-to-weight ratio and performance. Most importantly, the design must reduce the weight of the roller as compared to standard steel rollers. The final design provides a significant reduction in weight of about 47 % over that of traditional steel rollers of a similar size.
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Periodica Polytechnica is a publisher of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. It publishes seven international journals (Architecture, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Social and Management Sciences, Transportation Engineering). The journals have free electronic versions.
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