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Transport and Handling Equipment in Industry

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 342-0512/02
Abbreviation DMZvP
Course title Transport and Handling Equipment in Industry
Credits 5
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Robert Brázda, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

Lectures:

1st Terminology and basic concepts. Transported materials. Classification and
mechanical and physical properties of the material. Distribution of transport and handling equipment. Calculation of transport performance.
2nd Silos. Construction and closures. Feeders. Landfill solids.
3rd The equation of motion. Traction. Analysis of the tractive forces in pull element.
4th Distribution of conveyors. Belt conveyor. Main parts and accessories. Special belt conveyors.
5th Theory and calculation of the conveyor belt. Bucket elevator.
6th Chain conveyor. Scraper conveyor. Redler. Calculation of chain conveyors.
7th Vibratory conveyor. Auger.
8th Distribution of intermittent traffic. Rail transport. Construction and basic calculation of rail tracks. Rolling stock.
9th Determination of driving the vehicle rolling resistance. Principles of traction calculations.
10th Cranes. The calculation of lifting and running mechanisms.

Contents of training and seminars:

1st Introduction to the workouts. Basic terminology. Methodology for measuring the mechanical properties of bulk materials.
2nd Output of transport equipment. Euler relations. Graphic-numerical method of determining the tensile strength of transport equipment with an endless traction element.
3rd Belt conveyor. Bucket elevator.
4th Chain conveyors.
5th Transport in the pipeline.
6th Rolling mill. Traction calculations.
7th The calculation of lifting and running machinery.

Povinná literatura

Shapiro,H.I., Shapiro,J.P., Shapiro,L.K.: Cranes and Derrics. Third edition. ISBN 0-07-057889-3. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., USA, 2000
Fayed,M.E., Skocir,T.S.:Mechanical Conveyors. ISBN 1-56676-416-5. Technomic Publishing Company, Inc. 1997.
Shapiro,H.I., Shapiro,J.P., Shapiro,L.K.: Cranes and Derrics. Third edition. ISBN 0-07-057889-3. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., USA, 2000
Polák,J., Brázda,R.,Transport and Handling Equipment : VŠB - TUO 2012 (The text was created within the "InterDV" project

Doporučená literatura

Wohlbier,R.H.: Belt Conveying Technology I,II.III. ISBN 0878491147 . 2000.
Yardley, E.D., Stace, L.R.: Belt Conveying of Minerals. ISBN 978-1-84569-230-8. Woodhead Publishing Limited, England. 2008