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Design and Fabrication of Screw Conveyor Report Download

Screw conveyors are simple and versatile machines that use a rotating screw inside a stationary trough to continuously move bulk materials over varying distances and orientations. They are compact, easily installed in confined spaces, and can transport materials horizontally, vertically, or at an angle. Screw conveyors find wide application in factories to efficiently move materials and can be adapted to control flow rates or mix and blend ingredients. Proper design requires understanding the material properties and flow characteristics to size the conveyor appropriately for the application.

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Screw conveyors are simple and versatile machines that use a rotating screw inside a stationary trough to continuously move bulk materials over varying distances and orientations. They are compact, easily installed in confined spaces, and can transport materials horizontally, vertically, or at an angle. Screw conveyors find wide application in factories to efficiently move materials and can be adapted to control flow rates or mix and blend ingredients. Proper design requires understanding the material properties and flow characteristics to size the conveyor appropriately for the application.

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Design and Fabrication of Screw Conveyor Report Download

Abstract

SCREW CONVEYORS are one of the oldest and simplest method of moving bulk material and consist
primarily of a conveyor screw rotating in a stationary trough. Conveyors find application mostly in
productive factories where transportation is fairly of continuous and uniform character, the individual
loads being very high. Screw conveyors are compact, easily adapted to congested locations and can be
mounted horizontally, vertically and inclined. Their supports are simple and easily installed. These
versatile conveyors can be used to control the flow of material in processing operations which depend
upon accurate batching or as a mixer, agitator or stirrer to mix and blending dry or fluid ingredients
provide crystallization or coagulation action or maintain solutions in suspension.

Screw conveyors can be effectively sealed to prevent dust or fumes from escaping or dirt or moisture
from entering. They can be jacketed to serve as a dryer or cooler, or furnished in a wide variety of
materials to resist corrosion, abrasion or heat. Screw conveyors are used as a earth augers to dig past
holes or to bore under highways for installation of culverts. They are also used extensively on threshing
machines hay balers fodder blowers and many other farm machines.

Read more ; Design and fabrication of a screw conveyor

SCOPE

This manual is helpful in designing of screw conveyors using calculations in metric units.
Saving of labour and time.

To increase the output:With the help of conveyors more work can be done with a given floor space,
blocks are avoided.

To utilize existing building for new purposes: Conveying plant enables two or more detached building to
be connected together and used for several operations in proper sequence.

Reducing personal hazardous: The enclosing trough can be made tight enough to contain toxic dust and
vapours.

Material in transit can be heated or cooled by jacketing the trough.

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TYPES OF SCREW CONVEYORS

INCLINED UNITS:

Inclined screw conveyors, in general handle products that can be conveyed in horizontal screw
conveyors. Being compact, say contained and fully enclosed they can be readily applied in congested
areas. Feature insuring sanitation and ease of cleaning are available. For inclines of about 20 degrees or
less, conveyor screws of regular pitch operating in troughs are usually employed. Inclines above 20
degrees ordinarily require the use of short pitch conveyor; screw operating in a tabular or shrouded
trough.

A vertical screw elevator is a unit that conveys material vertically. These units can satisfy many
conveying problems and have the further advantage of being compacted, requiring less space than
other forms of elevating equipment. These units find it difficult to handle materials containing large
lumps and materials that are very dense or extremely abrasive.

DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS

The key to any successful screw design is, firstly through a thorough under standing of the
characteristics of the material to be handled.
Secondly the action of a screw conveyor is important to understand. It is most important to have
thorough knowledge of, and understanding of the way material flows and effects of variation in the
flow.

Capacities are usually given in TPH. Also the apparent density in the material could vary. The conveyor
size and speed must be based on maximum volume and the apparent conveyed density of the material.
Surge loads should be taken in account.

CONCLUSION

This project titled “DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF A SCREW CONVEYOR ” explains the design and
manufacturing of a screw conveyor, basic application of which is to transport cement for a distance of
one meter horizontally.

This project gives detailed information about the various factors that me taken into account before
designing and selecting different components, which form a part of screw conveyor, it also gives the
details of be assembly as per the standard procedure

employed in the industry. Moving ahead from designing stage this project gives a detailed count of the
fabrication of the screw conveyor, its installation and its maintenance for a better performance and a
longer life. Finally the project highlights the major advantages of the screw conveyor and its superiority
over other conveyor designs.

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