The application of the corrugated sidewall belt conveyor,
Application in silos. Since 1979, corrugated sidewall belt conveyor has been gradually put into use in underground mining engineering and underground construction engineering. Compared with the traditional mine hoisting machinery, it has the advantage of low cost and high efficiency. In the tunnel engineering shaft of the Chicago phase 1 sanitation project, the sidewall belt conveyor lifts its material from the bottom of the shaft to the ground at a speed of 2.3m/s and its conveying capacity is 998t/s, which is the largest conveying capacity of sidewall belt conveyor used in the world.
Application on self-discharging vessels. The sidewall belt conveyor has bee used in self -discharging vessels since1982. As the lifting equipment of the self-discharging system, compared with the lifting equipment such as the chain bucket elevator, the inclined belt conveyor and the pressure belt conveyor, it has the characteristics of small occupation space, high efficiency, low investment and multiple ports unloading. It is widely used in coastal and inland river shipping of many countries in the world and is developing towards high efficiency and large tonnage. In1991, two ocean-going self- discharging built by Japan’s Mitsubishi shipyard for British steel company were put into use. At present, it is the largest self-discharging ship in the world. The vertical sidewall belt conveyor are used as the lifting equipment of the two dumpers. The maximum conveying capacity of this sidewall belt conveyor is up to 6000t/h, which far exceeds the unloading rate of other traditional unloading system in the world.

The development trend of the corrugated sidewall belt conveyor. In principle, all kinds of belt conveyors with various structures can adopt the corrugated sidewall belt conveyor ti formulate a new type belt conveyor. Therefore, in addition to the development direction of large volume, large bandwidth and high lifting height, the future development of the corrugated sidewall belt conveyor should be mainly reflected in the following aspects.
Changes in support. The support mode of conveyor belt plays an important role in the stable operation of conveyor. The unit length and mass of corrugated sidewall belt conveyor is larger than that of the general conveyor belt, which make its support and guidance more flexible. Now there is an idea of a corrugated sidewall belt conveyor and a pocket conveyor using ring hangers , roadways and rails.
Flexible arrangement. A belt conveyor with sidewall can become a moving or shifting conveyor just like a universal belt conveyor. It can be moved or shifted to meet the needs of the mining. The corrugated sidewall belt conveyor is suitable for conveying materials with large inclination angle. It can fully adapt to the limitation of mining and enterprise interior space, which will bring more extensive application fields.
Wide application range
Due to the large inclination angle conveying capacity of the corrugated sidewall belt conveyor, the same conveyor can adapt too the different inclination angle range in different working requirements, which is much better than the general belt conveyor. The ship has been unloaded by changing the inclination angle. This transformation feature will be used in various fields, such as the accumulation of dams and the excavation of subway projects and the excavation of subway projects.