Conveyor Pulleys with Advancement in End Disc Design, Keyless Connection & Direct Drive Arrangement

Today, in most of material handling industries, the conveying capacity and need of material increasing rapidly. Belt conveyors are essential equipment for transferring the material from one place to targeted place and conveyor pulleys are the heart of conveyor system. Due to this need of reliable conveyor pulleys increasing day by day. Different type of conveyor pulleys are used along the conveyor based on their function. Here the agenda is on modification of present conveyor pulley design by eliminating the most common causes of catastrophic fatigue failure which are used for high tension application in mining industry. The focus during the research is on advancement of end disc design, elimination keyed connection in between shaft and hub. Another advancement is to use of direct drive system for drive pulleys. This is achieved by continuous advancement and well planned standardized process to cater the need of mining application. These modified conveyor pulleys are best suitable for high capacity, high tension long distance conveyors used in mining industry.