Determination of the loads on the rollers of the tubular belt conveyor
The article presents methods for determining loads on rollers of a six-roll support of a tubular belt conveyor, based on the equilibrium laws of elastic cylindrical plates and shells filled with a freight. In this case, the forces acting on the rollers of the tubular conveyor are the sum of the forces caused by the weight and expansion of the bulk load, the weight and bend of the belt, as well as the inertial forces associated with the curvature and the deflection of the belt under the weight of the bulk load. The dynamic forces acting on the rollers as the belt moves are determined from the equation of the oscillations of a heavy flexible string using the Ritz method. As a result of the research, analytical dependences of the forces acting on the rollers of the six-roller support of the tubular conveyor on the parameters of the conveyor, the belt, the properties of the bulk load and the radius of curvature of the conveyor are obtained, and an assessment of the component these forces is given. The results can be used to determine the parameters of the tubular conveyors rollers and increase the service life of the rollers.