Research on the Principle of a New Flexible Screw Conveyor and Its Power Consumption

Ye Tian; Panpan Yuan; Fei Yang; Jihai Gu; Mengmeng Chen; Junyue Tang; Yilin Su; Tianxiang Ding; Kailiang Zhang; Qiang Cheng

doi:10.3390/app8071038

Applied Sciences (Jun 2018)

Research on the Principle of a New Flexible Screw Conveyor and Its Power Consumption

Ye Tian,
Panpan Yuan,
Fei Yang,
Jihai Gu,
Mengmeng Chen,
Junyue Tang,
Yilin Su,
Tianxiang Ding,
Kailiang Zhang,
Qiang Cheng

Affiliations

Ye Tian: School of Light Industry, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin 150028, China
Panpan Yuan: School of Light Industry, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin 150028, China
Fei Yang: Aerospace Mechanism and Control Center, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150003, China
Jihai Gu: School of Light Industry, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin 150028, China
Mengmeng Chen: School of Light Industry, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin 150028, China
Junyue Tang: Aerospace Mechanism and Control Center, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150003, China
Yilin Su: Aerospace Mechanism and Control Center, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150003, China
Tianxiang Ding: Aerospace Mechanism and Control Center, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150003, China
Kailiang Zhang: Aerospace Mechanism and Control Center, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150003, China
Qiang Cheng: School of Light Industry, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin 150028, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/app8071038
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 7
p. 1038

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A new screw conveyor with flexible discrete spiral blades is proposed to solve the problem of particle material gathering between the screw and the tube wall in the traditional screw conveyor. With a theoretical analysis, the power consumption model of the screw conveyor with flexible discrete spiral blades is built. Then, its practicability is verified by simulation and experimental testing. The simulation results show that the increase of the spiral angle will raise the transportation speed of the particles. The diameter of the flexible blades raises with the increase of the power consumption of the screw conveyor. The experimental testing verified the analysis and simulation results.

Published in Applied Sciences

ISSN: 2076-3417 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); Science: Biology (General); Science: Physics; Science: Chemistry
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci

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