Tubular Conveyor / Pipe Conveyor

KDHI pipe conveyors provide enclosed bulk material conveying for projects with environmental requirements.

Applications include bulk ports, coal-fired power plants, metallurgy, cement and building materials, mines, coal and environmental protection. Project references include GCO Senegal, SOMA Turkey and Nayong Power Plant.

Route, material, loading and discharge requirements should be reviewed together when choosing a pipe conveyor arrangement.

  • 01 Enclosed conveying arrangement
  • 02 Multiple bulk material industries
  • 03 Engineering based on route and material

Details

Rolling a flat belt into a closed circular pipe, our pipe conveyor delivers completely enclosed transport—zero spillage, zero dust emission. Capable of spatial curve routing with a maximum incline of 30° (up to 90° for difficult-to-flow materials). The environmental essential for urban steel plants and port terminals.

Product Overview

The Pipe Conveyor (Tubular Belt Conveyor) was developed from the conventional belt conveyor. It shares the same head, tail, drive, and tensioning structures, but differs in the intermediate section—where countless hexagonal idler sets (composed of six idlers) roll the flat belt into a circular tube, completely enclosing the bulk materials to prevent spillage, drifting, rain exposure, and external contamination. Widely used in steel, building materials, papermaking, grain, salt production, chemical, mining, and bulk cargo port industries.

Advantages

  • Enclosed & Clean: Materials are conveyed inside a closed circular tube, causing no pollution to the surroundings and preventing external pollution, achieving clean conveying.
  • Spatial Curve: The conveying route can follow spatial curves, with the minimum radius of curvature in horizontal/vertical planes not exceeding 300 times the pipe diameter.
  • Large Inclination: Up to 30°. For materials with poor fluidity, the inclination can be increased further or even reach 90°, reducing conveying length and saving space and equipment costs.
  • Strong Adaptability: Capable of conveying powders up to 100mm in particle size and odorous materials; aggregates, ores, coal coke, limestone, crushed stone, sintered mix, as well as difficult-to-handle materials like clay, waste slag, fly ash, tailings, bauxite, and dust filter cake.

Typical Application Industries

  • All kinds of Mine, including Coal mine, Underground mine, Open-pit mines, Copper mine, Iron mine,Gold mine,Potash mine,use conveyor to delivery coal or ore;
  • Power plant use conveyor to delivery coal.
  • Cement plants use conveyor to delivery limestone;
  • Bulk Port use conveyor to delivery bulk material to ship;
  • Chemical parks.

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