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2_5_conveying_3nr1
Topic: Screw Conveyor
The capacity of a screw conveyor depends upon average cross sectional areaof the flow of
material in the trough and the material speed,These depend on trough diameter,the screw
lead and speed.
Pitch of the screw is normally equal to the diameter or upto 0.8 times the screw diameter.
Standard dia. of screw range from 0,15 to 0.6 m but can go up in special cases to 1000mm
or more.
As a thumb rule pitch should be atleasr 12 times the average piece size of material.and 4
time the maximum size of material
0 1
5 0.9
10
C 0.8
15 0.7
20 0.65
60
n
For light and non abrasive material
D
45
For heavy and non abrasive material n
D
30
For heavy and abrasive material n
D
Q Throughput ( tph ) Q tph
L Length of Screw L 5 m
Calculations :
F Average cross sectional area of the material flow ( m2 )
2
D
F C m2
4 1000 1000
F 0.057 m2
n
v Sp m/s
1000 60
v 0.1 m/s
Q F v Bd 3600 t/h
Q 25.447 t/h
C1 4
QL
NHS C1
367
NHS 1.387
kW
Ngs Power at shaft If the screw has to move material in a gradient ( kW)
H QL
Ngs Q C1
367 367
Ngs 1.408 kW