BELT CONVEYOR PRELIMINARY POWER ESTIMATE

(Graphic Method, CEMA 5TH Edition)

VERSION 1.0 - Oct / 2008
Material Type
Material Bulk Density
Surcharge Angle

Belt Width

Idler Angle
V

Belt speed

35
kg/m^3
Deg

in

Deg

2114
5

18

m/s
fpm

0.09

35

0.610865

3
591

CAPACITY
Nominal Capacity
Design Factor
Design Capacity
Volumetric Capacity
Desing Area
CEMA Capacity
Area of Trapezoid
Area pf circular segment
Total Area

T/Hr

170
1.25
213 234.1538
100.52
9.307E-03

T/Hr
m^3/Hr
m^2

in^2
in^2
ft^2
m^2

20.73
2.42 74.01266 0.000442
0.16
1.494E-02
62.3% Ok, but check lump size, recommended 85%

Belt Conveyor Percent Loaded

Belt Type
Rating
Carcass Weight
Carcass Gauge
Top Cover Gauge
Bottom Cover Gauge
Belt Weight
Idler spacing
Idler Weight

10
N/mm
kg/m^2
mm
mm
mm
kg/m
mm
kg

25

470
20.04
9.60
25
6
26.1
1000
50

20

9.2
13.7
3.3

15

10

HP1
HP2
HP3
HP4

HP

Unitary Idler Weight

Total Unitary Weight
Length of the Belt Conveyor
Lift of the Belt Conveyor
Angle of the Belt Conveyor
Power required to drive empty conveyor
Power Required for Elevate Material
Power Required to Convey Material Horizontally
Power Loss

kg/m
kg/m
m
m

kW
kW
kW
kW

Power Required

kW

Tension Efective
T1
T2
Running Tension

Running Tension / Rating

kg
kg
kg
N/mm

50
76.1
51.1
-50
-45
-40
-35
-30
860
2821.5
170
557.7
11.2 Ok
40.3
54.1
9.2
98.6
132.2
13.2
17.7
11.4
15.3
163.5
219.3
12256
1407.101
18383
6128
394
84% Ok, but check the Accel & drift condition

0
-25

-20

-15

-10

-5

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l

1.89 l1
6.928 r

m
f
j

12.90126
74.01266

3.646
2.986628
2.09126

y
0
3.464
6.450628

0
0
2.09126

10

15

20

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

25

30

0
0.008727
0.017453
0.02618
0.034907
0.043633
0.05236
0.061087
0.069813
0.07854
0.087266

-7.998826
-3.464
35
40
0
3.464
7.998826
-6.450628
-5.806966
-5.162862
-4.518365
-3.873523
-3.228387
-2.583005
-1.937426
-1.291699
-0.645874
0
0.645874
1.291699
1.937426
2.583005
3.228387
3.873523
4.518365
5.162862
5.806966
6.450628
-4.018614
-3.617625
-3.216361
-2.814852
-2.413129
-2.011221
-1.609161
-1.206978
-0.804703
-0.402367
0
0.402367
0.804703
1.206978
1.609161
2.011221
2.413129
2.814852

45

50

3.175319
0
0
0
3.175319
2.09126
2.144744
2.192609
2.234852
2.271468
2.302457
2.327814
2.347538
2.361628
2.370082
2.3729
2.370082
2.361628
2.347538
2.327814
2.302457
2.271468
2.234852
2.192609
2.144744
2.09126
1.302813
1.336133
1.365952
1.392268
1.41508
1.434385
1.450182
1.46247
1.471247
1.476514
1.47827
1.476514
1.471247
1.46247
1.450182
1.434385
1.41508
1.392268

3.216361
3.617625
4.018614

1.365952
1.336133
1.302813