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Motor HP Selection for a Screw Conveyor

04/16/2007 3:00 AM

How to calculate the hp of a motor to drive a screw conveyor? What factors affect the selection of driving mechanism.
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Re: Motor HP selection for a Srew conveyor

04/16/2007 5:19 AM

One of them is the rate of change of potential energy of the material being transported, the other is friction.

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Re: Motor HP selection for a Srew conveyor

04/16/2007 5:51 AM

Can you describe the above with an example having numerical values.
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04/16/2007 7:40 AM

The one in the original post is the ideal example.

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04/16/2007 7:46 AM

I cant get you on your earlier reply... "The one in the original post is the ideal example."

Pls elaborate
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