Belt Conveyor Modeling and Performance Simulation Based on AMESim

Author

Guangbu, Li ; Ruqiong, Li

Author_Institution

Dept.of Mech. Eng., Shanghai Normal Univ., Shanghai, China

Volume

4

fYear

2009

fDate

21-22 May 2009

Firstpage

304

Lastpage

307

Abstract

This paper introduces new modeling software - AMESim - to a belt conveyor. Based on AMESim, the performance simulation on belt velocity, acceleration, tension and movement of gravity take-up of one belt conveyor in starting process is carried out. The simulation illustrates the belt does not slide on the drive pulley and its safety factor is enough at any cases. The conveyor performance changes greatly with an addition of flywheel to motors. The peak of belt acceleration and velocity deduces respectively by 50% and by 20% with an addition of flywheel inertial to 5 times as large as that of a motor.

Keywords

belts; conveyors; drives; flywheels; pulleys; AMESim modeling software; belt acceleration; belt conveyor modeling; belt conveyor performance simulation; belt safety factor; belt tension; belt velocity; drive pulley; flywheel; motors; Acceleration; Belts; Computational modeling; Flywheels; Gravity; Joining processes; Libraries; Mechanical engineering; Pulleys; Safety; AMESim; conveyor modeling; optimization; simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information and Computing Science, 2009. ICIC '09. Second International Conference on

Conference_Location

Manchester

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3634-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIC.2009.387

Filename

5169187