FAILURE ANALYSIS AND PROSPECTS OF MODIFICATION IN INDUSTRIAL BELT CONVEYOR SYSTEM- A REVIEW

Belt conveyor is the transportation of material from one location to another. Now a day’s belt conveyor system not only used in mining industries but also applied in cement industries, power plant, food industries, production industries etc. Compared with actual situation of the thermal power plant, this paper presents the review of typical failure in the belt conveyor and maintenance of coal handling system in thermal power plant. Analyze the technical characteristics of coal handling system and operating characteristics of relevant machinery and equipment and describes the maintenance method of prevention and elimination failure to ensure the operation of belt conveyor. The focus is on methodologies as design modification, drum and pulley failures, belt design and its failure. Then the safe operation of coal handling system and the proper method of the equipment maintenance are summed up. Analysis the cause of failure, proposed some effective methods to solve the problems.