Conveying information
Conveyor belts have been around since production plant. The advent of industry are more than 15 different varieties of
the early days of the industrial revolution. 4.0 and Industrial Internet of things (IIoT) traditional belt such as, bucket, trough
Since then, many different methods of technologies have reinvigorated conveyor and magnetic belts.
conveying material have come into play. belts by allowing them to develop and Here Tajana Milenovic, food and beverage evolve. There are now an ever-growing The variations don’t stop there, because
group vice president at ABB, discusses variety of conveyor systems each with there are more ways to modify belts.
the different varieties of conveyor belts their own strengths and weaknesses. For example, belts can be divided into
multiple cross sections each traveling
and explores their pros and cons.
Conveyor belts have been used to CONVENTIONAL CONVEYOR BELTS at a different speed allowing operations
transport material from point A to point The most conventional conveyor belt managers to appropriately balance
B since 1892. However, until recently used in the food and beverage industry the belt. In other cases, variable speed
they were unreliable and prone to is made up of two key components; motors allow the belt to speed up and
breaking down or wearing out, though a belt and motor. This simple method slow down at different points optimizing
still more effective than continuing to use can transport most solids and is highly energy efficiency and reducing energy
manual labor to transport good around a customizable. In fact, overall, there costs.
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