Pipe Conveyors
Pipe conveyors represent the evolution of traditional belt conveyors ensuring maximum cleanliness and transport efficiency.
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Pipe conveyors represent the evolution of traditional belt conveyors ensuring maximum cleanliness and transport efficiency.
These machines consist of driving and return heads and loading areas identical to those of a standard belt conveyor, from which they differ in the particular shape of the central section.
After the loading point, the belt is folded around the material and assumes a tubular shape along the whole length of both upper and return strand.
Special hexagonal idler stations, installed on properly spaced panels, keep the round shape of the belt. Before the drive pulley the belt opens again and the material is discharged in the traditional way.
Thanks to the complete enclosure of the belt, which prevents all types of material leakage, pipe conveyors are capable of both horizontal and vertical curves, negotiating obstacles and existing structures.
The section of a pipe conveyor is smaller than the equivalent belt conveyor, therefore space requirements are minimum and weight of structures and supports are lower. As the material is transported inside a tubular belt it therefore allows for a higher angle of slope of the conveyor: a single pipe conveyor in some cases can replace the combination of belt conveyor and bucket elevator.
The belt of the pipe conveyor is folded into a dust-tight enclosure, which prevents material leakage and protects from external contamination, including water and moisture.
Maintenance costs are minimised. The idle rollers always work on the “clean” side of the belt thus further improving the already low maintenance characteristics of a standard belt conveyor.
Both strands of the conveyor can be utilized for conveying. Import/export conveying lines have substantial advantages from such a feature.
The design of intermediate frames can be optimised in order to obtain long spanned sections between supports. Several solutions are applicable and the most complex long distance conveying situations are affordable, minimising investment costs for the related structures.
The complete enclosure of the transport and return strand guarantees no material leakage. Therefore avoiding the need for cleaning.
The complete enclosure of the belt and the return strand guarantees that dust and smell emissions are completely avoided along the whole length of the path
Pipe conveyors allow for both horizontal and vertical curves. Thanks to this characteristic, a single pipe conveyor can replace two or more traditional conveyors, removing the need for transfer points with relevant steel structures, dust control systems, etc.
The dust tight characteristic of the pipe conveyor avoids the need to utilize enclosed galleries to protect the external environment.
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