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SCREW CONVEYOR.
Mechanical Engineering Department
Carlos III University
SCREW CONVEYOR.
TRANSPORTATION
SCREW CONVEYOR.
SCREW CONVEYOR
Transport of material along a tube by means of a
screw
Advantages:
They are compact
Modular design: easy installation
Simple supports
High temperatures
Easily hermetic
Extremely versatile:
Dose
Mixer
Distance up to 50 m
Several loading and unloading
points
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SCREW CONVEYOR.
SCREW CONVEYOR
Drawbacks:
No big sizes
No fragile or delicate materials
Non abrasive materials
Bigger power requirements
Material pollution
Low material volume
SCREW CONVEYOR.
COMPONENTS
Supporting feet and saddles
Feed and discharge spouts
Trough ends
Covers and clamps
Hanger
Bearing
Job rated components,
jig-drilled couplings,
Tem-U-Lac self locking
coupling bolts
Shaft
Blades
Screw
Conveyor housing
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SCREW CONVEYOR.
SCREW
It consists of a several of blades of helix shape welded
to a pipe or shaft. It moves the material.
Flight outside diameter, type of blades, spacing between the
blades, thickness of the external diameter and interior shaft
and rotation direction.
Shaft outside diameter
Thickness
Shaft length
Flight outside
diameter
Pitch
SCREW CONVEYOR.
SCREW
Classification:
Spiral screw conveyor (or flight).
Sectional screw conveyor.
Single cut flight.
Ribbon flight.
Standard pitch with paddles.
Screw cut and folded flight.
Single flight short pitch.
Van paddle conveyor.
Single tapered flight standard pitch.
Step flight.
Single flight variable pitch.
Single flight large pitch.
Double flight standard pitch.
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SCREW CONVEYOR.
MATERIAL FLUX CALCULATION
4
2
D
s

= Conveyor housing filled area
(m
2
)
Fill coefficient of the section
(lower than unity)
0,4 Light not abrasive
0,32 Light and a little
abrasive
0,25 Heavy and a little
abrasive
0,125 Heavy and abrasive
Type of load
60
t n
v

=
Travelling speed (m/s)
Screw pitch (m)
Screw rotating speed (rpm)
SCREW CONVEYOR.
Between 0,5 and 1 times its diameter
Bigger for a lighter load
Screw pitch:
12 times bigger than the diameter of the material particles being
transported (homogeneous material)
4 times bigger than the bigger diameter of the material particles
being transported (heterogeneous material)
Screw diameter:
Inversely proportional to:
Weight of the bulk material
Abrasive materials
Screw diameter
Screw speed: 50
150
Heavy materials n rpm
Lighter materials n rpm

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MATERIAL FLUX CALCULATION
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SCREW CONVEYOR.
MATERIAL FLUX CALCULATION
k v s Q = 3600
Transported
material flux (t/h)
Material density (t/m
3
)
Flux material
decrement coefficient
0,8
10
0,7
15
0,6
20
0,9
5
1 k
0
Conveyor housing
inclination
k
n t D
Q

60 4
3600
2
4
2
D
s

=
60
n t
v

=
SCREW CONVEYOR.
POWER
H N St
P P P P = + +
P
H
is the required power to move the material horizontally
P
N
is the required power to operate an unloaded screw
P
St
is the required power for an inclined screw conveyor
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SCREW CONVEYOR.
POWER
0 0
( )
3600 367
H
QLg QL
P kW c c = =
Material travelling
4 Gypsum, dry clay, fine soil, cement, lime, sand
2,5 Anthracite, coal, rock salt
1,2 Flour, sawdust, granular
1,6 Peat fibre, soda, coal dust
c
0
Empiric Material
Material resistance
coefficient
Installation length
SCREW CONVEYOR.
POWER
( )
20
N
DL
P kW =
Unloaded operated screw
It is much lower than the power required to move the material
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SCREW CONVEYOR.
POWER
( )
367
St
QH
P kW =
Inclined screw conveyor
Installation height
Required power
0
( )
367 20
Q c L H DL
P
+
= +