Efficient setup of the belt conveyor speed through of templates

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Daniel Corrêa da
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Maia, Carlos Eduardo Soares, Ferreira, Letícia Ali Figueiredo, Santos, Ana Carla de Souza Gomes dos, Santos, Genildo Nonato
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Independent Journal of Management & Production
• DOI: 10.14807/ijmp.v11i5.1284
• Texto Completo: http://www.ijmp.jor.br/index.php/ijmp/article/view/1284
• topic: belt conveyor speed; belt conveyor load; belt conveyor energy consumption; graph method for efficient solutions

It is not obvious to adjust the speed of a conveyor belt so that it is possible to optimize the transport for each piece conveyed even with various studies presented in this area. The complex methodologies that are shown and the many adaptations indicated in these studies may contribute to the low adoption of these configurations. A study made, in this work, from videos of advertisements showing belt conveyor in operating on the factory floor which presented only 44% efficiency. In this work, it was shown, through theoretical studies, a mathematical model that presents the relationship between the speed and the transport capacity of conveyor belts. Based on a model, a graphical method (using templates) has been proposed that helps in choosing the conveyor belt speed for most efficient configurations that can be identified and adopted simply and without many adaptations to the system as a whole.