BS 4531:1986
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Specification for portable and mobile troughed belt conveyors
Hardcopy , PDF
English
30-05-1986
Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Belting
4 Take-up devices
5 Pulleys (including motorized pulleys)
6 Idlers
7 Power units
8 Skirt plates
9 Luffing gear
10 Lubrication
11 Walkways and access stairways
12 Radial conveyors
13 Belt cleaning
Appendix
A Nominal cross-sectional area of load stream and
nominal belt carrying capacity
Tables
1 Minimum belt edge clearance
2 Minimum pulley face length
3 Minimum pulley diameter in relation to belt
construction
4 Nominal diameters of idler rollers
5 Surcharge angle
6 Values of terms related to surcharge angle 2 and
troughing angle A
Figures
1 Typical portable troughed belt conveyor
2 Typical mobile troughed belt conveyor with fixed
discharge height
3 Typical mobile troughed belt conveyor with
adjustable discharge height
4 Typical crowned pulley profile
5 Load stream areas with two- and three-roll idlers
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