Development of a Conveyor Belt Service Machine

摘要

A self-contained conveyor belt service machine was designed, developed, fabricated, and demonstrated for the Bureau of Mines. The machine is battery-powered, rubber-tired, and capable of handling, storing, and transporting conveyor belting, wire rope, and associated structures for sectional conveyor belts. While moving the tail section to its next position, the machine discharges the belting, wire rope, and belt structures. The belting is elevated and separated to provide for the insertion of the structures with minimum manual effort. A hydraulic system provides the power for steering, braking, winding or unwinding belting and wire rope, operate a load-bed conveyor, connection hitches, and power external hydraulic tools. A pneumatic system is available to operate air impact tools.