Long-Distance Curved Belt Conveyors

• Long-Distance Curved Belt Conveyors

  KDHI designs and manufactures long-distance curved belt conveyors for mines, processing plants and power facilities. Horizontal curves and concave or convex vertical transitions allow a continuous route to follow terrain, pass around obstacles and work within a restricted corridor.

  

Route Design and Curve Geometry

Horizontal curves can route the belt around obstacles or follow an existing corridor. Concave and convex vertical curves accommodate changes in elevation. The curve radius is determined from belt width, speed, tension, loading and the route profile. Idler arrangement and spacing are adjusted through curved sections to support belt tracking.

Belt, Drive and Controls

Long routes may use a steel-cord belt, an engineered take-up and distributed or multi-motor drives, depending on the required capacity and tension. The control system can coordinate equipment along the line and interlock the conveyor with feeding and discharge equipment.

Reference Design Figures

KDHI product literature cites a single-flight reference length of 15.58 km and design figures of up to 7,500 t/h, 1,800 mm belt width and 4,500 N/mm belt strength. These are reference figures for project selection. The applicable combination depends on the route and operating duty.

Project Photography

The gallery shows curved routing at the SOMA power plant pipe conveyor project in Türkiye. It illustrates how a conveyor route can follow complex terrain.

Information for Selection

Provide the route survey or plan and profile, required throughput, material properties, loading and discharge elevations, available corridor width and operating conditions.