Talk:Conveyor belt

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There is a difference between conveyor belt and belt conveyor. A conveyor belt is made of a tensile member (steel or fabric) and rubber or PVC covers. Several variations including special protection systems are there.

Agree - we need to change the title!--Graham Proud 11:59, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Worth viewing: www.conveyorbeltguide.com A belt conveyor is the entire system consisting of the conveyor belt, idlers, pulleys, motors, gearboxes etc.

In Sahara it is the longest conveyor belt system, consisting of several belt conveyors. However, the longest single belt conveyor is crossing the Indian/Bangladeshi border.

Good resources for conveyors include these: www.cisco-eagle.com (a commercial site with a ton of data and articles). Also, http://www.cisco-eagle.com/systems/conveyors/conveyor-articles/index.htm for articles and other conveyor stuff. Also, http://inventoryops.com/pics_conveyor.htm has some basic package conveyor breakdowns.

The longest single flight conveyor in the world is a Cable Belt rope driven conveyor installed at Worsley Aluminium in Western Australia. It is 30km long and is one of two conveyor belts making up a 50km system.

The longest single flight conveyor in India is at NALCO Sonnepat, it is 14miles long.

The Cable Belt conveyor was invented in Scotland by Mr Thompson for primarily high lift duty such as drift conveyors in coal mines. Various records are held in terms of length overland (Western Australia), tightest radii curve (Canada), longest underground system (UK), steepest angle of incline (Israel), longest downhill regenerative (Venezuala)Keefysher 22:29, 3 January 2007 (UTC)