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DESIGN OF SCREW CONVEYOR | SIZE OF SCREW CONVEYOR | SCREW CONVEYOR CAPACITY

CALCULATION | SCREW CONVEYOR DESIGN CALCULATION
August 10, 2011
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Design of Screw Conveyor:

The size of screw conveyor depends on two factors

1. The capacity of the conveyor
2. The lump size of the material to be conveyed (Maximum dimensions of the particle)
Usually there are three ranges of lump sizes which are considered for selection of screw size. These are:

· A mixture of lumps and fines in which not more than 10% are lumps ranging from maximum size to one half of the
maximum, and 90% are lumps smaller than one half of the maximum size.
· A mixture of lump and fines in which not more than 25% are lumps ranging from the maximum size to one half of the
maximum, and 75% are lumps smaller than one half of the maximum size.
· A mixture of lump only in which 95% or more are lumps ranging from maximum size to one half of the maximum size
and 5% or less are lumps less than one tenth of the maximum size.

The allowable size of a lump in a screw conveyor is a function of the radial clearance between the outside diameter of the
central pipe and the radius of the inside of the screw trough, as well as the proportion of the lumps in the mixture.

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The lump size of the material affects the selection of screw diameter which should be at least 12 times larger than the lump
size of a sized material and four times larger than the largest lumps of an un-sized material.

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Example, if screw diameter is 250mm means radial clearance is 105mm, & Maximum lump size is 60mm of 10% lumps.
Capacity of Screw Conveyor:

The capacity of a screw conveyor depends on the screw diameter, screw pitch, speed of the screw and the loading efficiency
of the cross sectional area of the screw. The capacity of a screw conveyor with a continuous screw:
Q = V. ρ
Q = 60. (π/4).D2.S.n.ψ.ρ.C
Where,
Q = capacity of a screw conveyor
V = Volumetric capacity in m3/Hr
ρ = Bulk density of the material, kg/m3
D = Nominal diameter of Screw in m
S = Screw pitch in m
N = RPM of screw
Ψ = Loading efficiency of the screw
C = Factor to take into account the inclination of the conveyor
Screw Pitch:
Commonly the screw pitch is taken equal to the diameter of the screw D. However it may range 0.75 – 1.0 times the diameter
of the screw.

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Screw Diameter:

Nominal Trough Trough width C Thickness Tubular Outside Coupling

Size D height of Tough shaft (d1 * diameter diameter
from Thickness) of solid of shaft
center shaft
of screw
shaft to
upper
edge of
the
trough

Heavy Medium Light Duty

Duty Duty

100 63 120 – 2 1.6 33.7*2.5 30 25

125 75 145 – 2 1.6 33.7*2.5 30 25

160 90 180 5 3.15 1.6 42.4*2.5 35 40

200 112 220 5 3.15 2 48.3*3.5 40 40

250 140 270 5 3.15 2 60.3*4 50 50

315 180 335 5 3.15 – 76.1*5 60 50

400 224 420 5 3.15 – 76.1*5 60 75

500 280 530 5 3.15 – 88.9*5 70 75

RPM of Screw:
The usual range of RPM of screw is 10 to 165. It depends on the diameter of screw and the type of material (Max RPM of screw
conveyor is 165)
Loading efficiency:
The value of loading efficiency should be taken large for materials which are free flowing and non abrasive, while for materials

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which are not free flowing and or abrasive in nature, the value should be taken low:
Ψ = 0.12 to 0.15 for abrasive material
= 0.25 to 0.3 for mildly abrasive material
= 0.4 to 0.45 for non abrasive free flowing materials
Inclination Factor:
The inclination factor C is determined by the angle of screw conveyor with the horizontal.

0° 5° 10° 15° 20°

Angle of screw with the horizontal

Value of factor C 1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.65

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