The corrugated sidewall belt conveyor has the following advantages: Large conveying inclination angle(0-90°), high lifting heigth; Small space area, low project investment; Low energy consumption, simple structure, convenient maintenance; conveyed material is not easy leak, the powder material is not easy to fly, reducing the enviroment pollution; Compared with the same speciation belt conveyor, corrugated sidewall belt conveyor has larger capacity, more stable during the large inclination angle; The strong belt rigidity, not easy to deviation; low noise; Lot of equipment form can be provided; Can conveyed the large size material( achieved 400mm). In addition, corrugated sidewall belt conveyor not only convey material with large inclied angle or vertical, but can rotation with a large rotation range. Therefore, corrugated sidewall belt conveyor is widely used for metallurgy, mining, coal, chemical, food, port, power, construction and other industries. Now, combining the features of mining transportion introducts the appliance of corrugated sidewall belt conveyor.
Shaft lifting
In recent year, shaft lifting system generally using the bucket elevator as the lifting equipment. These equipment has low productivity and high manufacture cost and running cost. Coal shaft lifting equipment cosists of the trough chain conveyor, belt conveyor and corrugated sidewall belt conveyor. The trough chain conveyor transport material to belt conveyor, then the belt conveyor conveys the material to corrugated sidewall belt conveyor to realize the continuous conveying. After crush, the size of material is in the range of 0-400mm, that conveyed by the belt conveyor to corrugated sidewall belt conveyor. At present, the conveying capacity of the corrugated sidewall belt conveyor has been able to lift downhole materials whose height is over 100 meters. The shaft lifting equipment adopts corrugated sidewall belt conveyor, compared with the ordinary shaft lifting equipment, there are following advantages:
Reduce the equipment investment; reduce the running cost; Save the expense of developing the wellhead and bottom; Save wellhead bottomhole loading facilities and equipment; Simplify downhole and surface conveying system to realize continuous conveying and improve production efficiency; Simplify conveying productive arrangement and convenivent to management.
Inclined lifting
Inclined lifting equipment widely using the bucket elevator。If you want to expand the production capacity, you can give priority to the choice of corrugated sidewall belt conveyor. The original sloping ramp foundation can be used to install corrugated sidewall belt conveyor. It also has the advantages of less investment, simple structure, easy management, low operating cost, continuous transportation and improved production efficiency.
Open-pit mining lifting
The tranditional open-pit mining convey equipment has the disadvantage of big noise, seriously pollution and large construction and maintenance cost. There are two or more combined transport systems. The undulated fender belt conveyor can be completely replaced, no matter it is bucket lift or harvester lift, it can be changed into undulated fender belt conveyor with less investment, simple process and easy realization.
Material conveying in mining plant
Mining industry and coal industry generally used conveying equipment is belt conveyor. According to the requrement of production process, the material need lifting to a centain heigth to crush, screen and storage. During this process, the material must be transported to specific location by belt conveyor. Due to the limitation of the ordinary belt conveyor’s conveying inclination angle, a lot of area and space will be occupied. Corrugated sidewall belt conveyor can solve this problem, it can shorten the conveying distance, and reduce the space, compose structure, reduce investment, simplify the production process, and easy to control and manage.
In short, corrugated sidewall belt conveyor has many advantages and widely application. The widespread application of corrugated sidewall belt conveyor in existing mines has improved the problems of obsolete equipment, low efficiency, high failure rate and high energy consumption, especially for the mining industry. 

Cross-Rigid Side Wall Belts Overview

Fluent Conveyors Corrugated Sidewall Belts are built with fabric or tension plies with mono-filament, fiberglass or steel breaker cross rigid plies. Corrugated side walls and cleats are hot vulcanized to the belt creating the strongest cleat and sidewall connections. Fluent also offers replaceable urethane cleat blades allowing them to maintain full carrying capacity for the life of the belt. Sidewall Belts increase splice service factor with our high strength low stretch cross rigid plies and reduce sidewall cracking using a special fiber loaded compound.

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Things to consider when researching this type of belt for your application include abrasiveness, moisture, chemicals, temperature, pulley diameter, incline and decline angles, material sizes, weight of the material, tonnages and belt speed.

Key advantages include flexible configurations, steep inclines, lower capital for high lift systems. Disadvantages are lower capacity, large pulleys required and material carry-back issues.

Core applications and industries that use this belt type include but are not limited to metal manufacturing, cement plants, mining, recycling, tunneling, coal fire plants, waste to energy and more.

Side Wall Belt Profiles & Technical Details

Belt Profile Industry Configurations

    1) Sidewalls that are mounted flush on the side of the base belt without cleats (smooth top). Typically used on horizontal conveyor configurations or minimal angles (no curve up or nose overs). 

    2) The sidewalls mounted flush the the sides but with cleats between the sidewalls. This allows for moving materials at steep straight inclines (no curve up or nose overs). 

    3) The most common and widely adapted configuration is having the sidewalls slightly recessed from the belt edge to allow for inclines (with curve ups and nose overs). 

**Please note there should be a minimum for recess of the side (10% of the overall base belt width plus the side wall height)

Belt Width

The conveyor belt width should typically be 4 times great than the side wall height to remove the risk of "top-heavy" loading. 

Face Width or Effective Belt Width

The effective width, or the lateral distance between the sidewalls, is recommended to be at least two times the largest lump size to prevent possible product bridging or entrapment.

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Cleat Spacing

The center to center dimension of the pusher or cleat is recommended to be minimum of 2x the largest piece of material. This will remove the ability to have material bridge or get stuck. Its important to make sure the cleats match the inside wall of the corrugated area of the belt. This will help remove the risk of material getting stuck between the cleat and the side wall. 

Cleat Height

It's important to keep your cleat height at a minimum of a 1/2" lower than the side wall height to remove the risk for jamming or interference around external chutes on the frame of the conveyor. 

This also removes the risk of a cleat continually hitting the return idlers and eventually damaging the cleats on belts 24” wide or less.

Make sure the cleat height is a minimum height of 75% of the largest material height. For instance if the max height of your material is 4" the minimum cleat is 3". If the incline angle of the conveyor is at or exceeding 75 degrees, the cleats must have a minimum height of 150% of the largest item height in your material stream 

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FLUENT CONVEYOR DESIGN GUIDELINES

Fluent Conveyors Corrugated Side Wall conveyor belts are designed with cutting edge software to be ahead of the curve. Giving you an edge above the rest. Fluent Conveyors uses premium 3D CAD software and has our belts manufactured to industry leading tolerances and standards to guarantee premium quality conveyor belts. After completion of a design, the engineering team releases to quality assurance, allowing secondary engineers to validate critical dimensions, calculations and manufacturability. After initial and secondary engineering approvals, belts are released to the manufacturing facility by the lead manufacturing engineer. Our experts only approve the highest caliber work to ensure you’re working with nothing but the best.

FLUENT ROLLER CHAIN BELT MANUFACTURING GUIDELINES

Fluent Conveyor Belts are built in innovative facilities to equip you with the best product possible. With all the industry leading equipment and processes, Fluent Conveyors production team has over 100 years of combined experience paired with a facility of more than 85,000 square feet. The core facility has a paint booth, 40,000 square feet of dedicated assembly, 6 – welding stations, CNC fabrication equipment, 10 – overhead cranes and more. Parts are cut/machined on CNC Routed machines ensuring you’re working with smart, flawless machinery.

CONVEYOR TESTING OVERVIEW

All conveyor belts are delivered to you ready for hard work. Assembled and released to a detailed quality assurance checklist to make sure your machinery can hit the ground running. This includes key validations such as sub-assembly QC, visual inspection and dimension verification. Making sure your new conveyor belt is set up for long term success.

SHIPPING OVERVIEW

We ship the smartest way possible, to make your job easy. Fluent Conveyors Product shipments are carefully planned in CAD software to be loaded in an organized, space saving, and safe manner ensuring that all products arrive on-site the same as when they left our facility. Loose items are boxed and marked, assembled parts and components tightened to endure the rigors of freight and shipping. We’re here to make sure every step of the process is seamless.

As well as producing bespoke conveyor systems, we also supply custom replacement belts and parts to ensure no client sees their assembly line stay offline for an extended period of time. From replacement motors to sprockets, everything is covered if a client comes across a failing element of their conveyor system.

Sadly, it’s inevitable your clients will face some type of issue with their conveyor system at some point. Even with Fluent Conveyors’ best equipment in place, conveyors are going to suffer from wear and tear due to their demanding nature. However, being able to offer a solution at any time will be appreciated by your clients.

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