Foldable Belt Conveyor Sections for Compact Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conveying equipment, such as belt conveyors, face challenges in efficiently transitioning between transport and operational configurations, particularly in terms of compactness and ease of movement, as they are often bulky and difficult to reconfigure for different environments.
Innovation Solution
The conveyor systems are designed with foldable and slidingly engaged sections that can be supported on upper rails, allowing for accordion-like folding during transport and easy reconfiguration into operational positions, with features like pivotally coupled sections and reel systems for efficient belt management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If conveyor sections are made foldable and slidingly engaged for compact transport, then transportability and compactness are improved, but structural complexity and difficulty of reconfiguration increase
Solution Approach 1:
The conveyor is divided into multiple modular sections that can be folded and reconfigured. Each section contains idler assemblies and belt segments that can be independently positioned, allowing the overall structure to be compacted for transport and expanded for operation through systematic segmentation of the conveyor system.
Solution Approach 2:
The conveyor structure incorporates movable and adjustable components including slidingly engaged sections, pivotally coupled idler assemblies, and repositionable belt segments. These dynamic elements allow the conveyor to transition between compact transport configuration and expanded operational configuration while maintaining structural integrity.
Data Source
AI summary
Conveyors are disclosed having transport and operational configurations. Some embodiments include conveyor sections supportable on an upper support rail. Some embodiments are sized to be transported in a conveyor. Some embodiments include conveyor sections slidingly engaged with one another. Some embodiments include a reel for supporting a conveyor belt. Some embodiments include individually foldable conveyor sections.