Introduction of Motor IP Grade :The Meaning of First Number

Motor IP (INGRESS PROTECTION) grade system is drafted by IEC (INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION ).IP grade is composed of two numbers, the first number represents for anti-invasion grade of external objects and dust, the second the number shows that the sealing degree of anti- invasion of moisture and water, if the number is greater, the degree of protection will be higher.

0: no special protection

1: it can prevent external objects with solid diameter larger than 50 mm entering into the casing. 

2: it can prevent external objects with solid diameter larger than12 mm entering into the casing. 

3: it can prevent external objects with solid diameter larger than 2.5 mm entering into the casing. 

4: it can prevent external objects with solid diameter larger than 1 mm entering into the casing. 

5: protection against dust, it can prevent dust from entering to affect the normal operation of the product, and prevent dust contacting the inner casing or parts.

6: sealing against dust, it can completely prevent dust from entering into the casing and prevent the dust contacting the inner casing or parts.

Maintenance Tips of Conveyor Belt

Maintenance Tips of Conveyor Belt

In the use and storage of conveyor belt, it should kept clean, avoid direct sunlight or exposed to rain and snow, prevent contact with acid, alkaline, oil, organic solvent and other substances, and also located at least one meter away from heating device. The temperature of the storage should maintained at between 18-40 ℃ , the relative humidity should maintained between 50-80℃.In the storage period, conveyor belt should be placed in rolls, but not folding; in the placement, it should turn-over once in every seasons. Different types and standards layers number of conveyor belt should not be connected together while used, the best connection is used the bonded process. Type, structure, standard, number of layers for conveyor belt should be used according to the reasonable choice.

Conveyor belt operating speed generally not more than 2.5 m/s. For large lump size, material with large abrasiveness and fixed unloading device should use low velocity. The relationship between driving pulley diameter and coating layer of conveyor belt, supporting of driving and bend pulley and also requirement for trough angle of idler roller should according to the design specification of conveyor belt, reasonable selection. Direction of feeding should along the operating direction of the conveyor belt, use chute in order to minimize the impact of material fall on receiving belt, reduce material’s free fall distance. The feeding section of conveyor belt should shortened the spacing of idler and use absorber idler as discharge section. The belt should use striker plate with moderately soft, to avoid the rigid striker plate will scrape the belt surface of conveyor belt.

Eight Factors will Affects the Quality of Conveyor Roller

 Conveyor roller is widely used in various types of industries, however, most customers lack of the knowledge for choosing the suitable conveyor roller. Let’s show you what are the factors that affecting the quality of roller.

1. Roller radial runout (the index directly affects the stability of the conveying materials)
2. Flexibility (the index affects the life-span of the roller and belt, as well as the driving power of the machine)
3. Dust resistance performance(the index affects the life-span of roller)
4. Shock resistance performance (the index affects the life-span of roller)
5. Rotational resistance (the index affects the life-span of tape)
6. Axial carrying capacity (the index affects the life-span of roller)
7. Water resistance performance(the index affects the life-span of roller)
8. Axial string momentum (the index affects the life-span of roller directly)

Five Maintenance Tips for Belt Conveyor Roller

Belt conveyor roller is an important part for belt conveyor. It accounts for 35% of a belt conveyor total cost and bears more than 70% of the resistance. So the maintenance of conveyor roller is particularly important. Today PK Machinery will share some maintenance tips with you:

1. Generally speaking, the roller normal service life is more than 20000 h and it doesn’t need maintain. But according to application place and load capacity, we should formulate a maintenance date correspondingly, as well as cleaning, adding grease and maintenance etc. For the rollers which with abnormal sound or rollers don’t rotate, please to replace timely.
2. When replace the bearing, keep the bearing opening outward, spare proper clearance when put the bearings into the roller.
3. The labyrinth seals should adopt original accessories, put the seals into the roller respectively when assembly.

4. During operation, the rollers should be protected from heavy items hitting the tube.
5. In order to ensure the roller sealing performance and using performance, free disassembly roller is prohibited.

Installation and Notes of Belt Conveyor Anti-rain Cover

1) Open cover and fixed cover are manufactured with the galvanized steel plate or the colorized coating steel plate. Generally ,there will be 1 piece of open cover and 7 pieces of fixed covers installed every 8 pieces covers, the 2 kinds covers also can be installed side by side alternately ( it also can be matched according to customer’s requirement). At first, fasten the fixed conveyor with drilling rivets and based on the line which is upward 30mm from the top of Z type steel, fix a mounting hole every 450mm, every piece of cover overlaps 2 wave crests. Open cover overlaps above the fixed covers in order to open conveniently.

2) The Z type steel or the connection angle iron which is the main support frame of the conveyor cover, the length is equal to the length of the installed conveyor cover
The Z type steel or the connection angle iron is welded on the channel steel or the little stiffening angle iron on both sides of the conveyor

3) Install the covers (fixed covers) from one side to another side along the conveyor, during installation, people are not allowed to stand on the covers and no hard beating and hitting is allowed.
4) Mount the fixed covers on the Z type steel with the drilling rivet. The mounting points are not less than 4 on every piece.

5) 1 piece of observation window cover could be installed every 10 pieces for convenient checking and inspecting. It is decided by users.

6) Salient point cover is only used for the salient points of the convex-concave of the conveyor. Deviation switch cover is only used for covering the deviation switch. These 2 kinds covers also can overlap the fixed covers.

4. Note

1) During the installation, please handle the anti-rain cover carefully and avoid scratching.

2) After installing the accessories, please clean the surface and paint the scratched points again.

Installation Drawing of Deviation Switch Cover

 According to the location of deviation switch, please install and center the drilled cover, then put the sealing strip on the cover open point flatly according to the height of the switch box cover , then install the switch box cover with 12－Φ5 rivet.

Installation drawing of deviation switch cover .

Installation of Open Belt Conveyor Cover

View 1: Installation drawing of whole open –close type 

View 2: Installation drawing of half open –close type (double chip open- close type) 

1) installation of handle 
After overlapping the open cover and fixed cover, based on the center line of the cover, the location upward 250mm is the center line used for installing the handle (it can be adjustable according to height of the conveyor support frame). Put the handle straightly and drilling a 4－Φ5 hole, then fasten with the rivets.

2) installation of hinge 
Adjust one side of the cover up higher from the top of the Z type steel (angle iron) 5mm, inward 140mm from the front and back sides of the cover, and upward 27mm is the location of the hinge, then drill holes Φ5 and fasten with the rivet. Others holes are also fastened with the rivets. 

3) installation of the lock catch
After installing the hinge, on the other side of the cover, inward 185mm from front and back sides of the cover, then based on the bottom, upward 36mm and 77mm , drill holes Φ5 and fasten the lock with the rivet, next keeping the lock locking( clamp status), and then putting the lock nose on the Z type steel straightly and drilling hole to fasten.

4) installation of the open cover
Overlap the open cover on the bilateral fixed covers. The overlapped length should be the length of 2 pitches of waves, then put the other side of the hinge appressed on the angle iron and drill hole 4－Φ5 with the rivet fastened.