Application of YOLOv4 Algorithm for Foreign Object Detection on a Belt Conveyor in a Low-Illumination Environment

The most common failures of belt conveyors are runout, coal piles and longitudinal tears. The detection methods for longitudinal tearing are currently not particularly effective. A key study area for minimizing longitudinal belt tears with the advancement of machine learning is how to use machine vision technology to detect foreign items on...

Energy saving for belt conveyors by speed control

Belt conveyors are widely used in bulk solids handling and conveying systems. Considering the extensive use of belt conveyors, their operations involve a large amount of energy. Taking the relevant economic and social challenges into account, there is a strong demand for lowering the energy consumption of belt conveyors, and for reducing the...

Prediction of belt conveyor idler performance

Determination of acceleration for belt conveyor speed control in transient operation

Speed control has been found a feasible mean to reduce the energy consumption of belt conveyors. However, the current research has not taken the determination of the acceleration in transient operation into account sufficiently. With respect to the belt tension rating, demanded safety factor and the ratio between belt tension before and after...

Belt conveyor dynamics in transient operation for speed control

Belt conveyors play an important role in continuous dry bulk material transport, especially at the mining industry. Speed control is expected to reduce the energy consumption of belt conveyors. Transient operation is the operation of increasing or decreasing conveyor speed for speed control. According to literature review, current research...

A New Analytical Model of Load Calculation for Trough Idler Rolls Stress Discontinuity Model for Conveyor Idler Roll Load Calculation

Inter Terminal Transport System Design Using Conveyor Belts for the Port of Rotterdam (summary)

Inter Terminal Transport System Design Using Conveyor Belts for the Port of Rotterdam

Intelligent Belt Conveyor Monitoring and Control

Belt conveyors have been used worldwide in continuous material transport for about 250 years. Traditional inspection and monitoring of large-scale belt conveyors focus on individual critical components and response to catastrophic system failures. To prevent operational problems caused by the lack of experience of maintenance personnel, the...

Design aspects of multiple driven belt conveyors

Worldwide belt conveyors are used to transport a great variety of bulk solid materials. The desire to carry higher tonnages over longer distances and more diverse routes, while keeping exploitation costs as low as possible, has fuelled many technological advances. An interesting development in the recent past is the distribution of drive power...

LAYOUT CONSIDERATIONS FOR MULTIPLE DRIVEN BELT CONVEYOR SYSTEMS