2.2. DESIGN AND ANALISIS OF PULLEY The important parts of bucket elevator are as under. 2.2.1 Modification of Pulley Pulleys are power transmission components used in conveyor and bulk handling applications. The head pulley dimensions have been determined, For simplicity the tail pulley should be to the same dimensions as the head pulley. This will keep the buckets a constant distance off the elevator wall and aid product pick-up and simplify chute design and fabrication. Both head and tail pulleys need to be crowned to centralise the belt and permit the belt to be tracked if it wanders. The crowning should be 2 degrees both left and right from the canter of the drum. The head pulley could be rubber lagged if desired to increase the coefficient of friction and lower the belt tension. This will allow use of a lighter duty belt. But there is always the possibility the lagging will be stripped off during operation. It is best to design for a metal drum and use lagged pulleys only when detection of bogged conditions is installed.Fig 3 : Modification of pulley Specification Diameter of shaft Tom Diameter of pulley both end 500mm, Diameter of pulley in Center 496.Smm. Length of pulley 1200mm Belt width 1000mm Table 1: Specification of pulley Ribbing can also be mounted on the top pulley to increase friction and act by “digging ‘into the rubber belt and producing a grabbing effect. ‘The ribs are placed across the full axial length of the drum and positioned so that at least two 10ribs are always in contact with the belt. The rigs should be 3 mm to 4mm high and contoured into the drum so as not to rip the belt Modified flate pulley is that pulley in which we design the pulley for bucket elevator because in this pulley the diameter of pulley is not same as flate pulley. In this pulley the diameter of pulley in the centre is different as compare to both end of pulley diameter. In this pulley the outer surface is like as curve and the diameter in center is less than 0.7% of pulley diamer. Both end diamiter of pulley = d Center diameter of pulley = d-0.7%d su ‘an Fig:4: Modeling of pulley a