Crushing Plant - How to Elevate Material

Posted in: , on 16. Mar. 2011 - 07:50

We are designing an aggregates crushing plant and we want to significantly save on conveyor belts. One rule of thumb that we use is that for every foot that we elevate our material on a conveyor belt we need 3 ft. of belt. We are planning to elevate material to 18 ft. from grade so instead of having a 54 ft. belt (18 ft. x 3) we could have a 20 ft. belt + some kind of device to elevate the material from 3ft. from grade to 18 ft. from grade (so we would elevate the material 15 ft.).

Please indicate what are the most practical options for us to undertake, please note that this is for a mobile crushing plant.

Thank you in advance.

How To Elvate Material

Posted on 29. Mar. 2011 - 06:39

Is the material to be elevated to the crushing plant? If so what is the size range to be handled (before crushing of course) and at what rates?

Joe Dos Santos

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Re: Crushing Plant - How To Elevate Material

Posted on 9. May. 2013 - 03:51

Hello Rodsallick,

It seems you want to elevate the material vertically by 18 feet. In this one equipment will be 20 feet long conveyor at 19.27 degree incline which will give rise to 6.67 feet. The balance height 18 - 6.67 = 11.33 feet is to be elevated by elevator or some similar equipment. Specify the material name, size and bulk density. Everything depends upon size of material. Option may be apron chain conveyor, bucket chain conveyor, Flexowell / Contiwell type conveyor, etc. ? It may be possible to have only one equipment instead of conveyor and elevating equipment.

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