DESIGN AND FABRICATION OFSCREW

CONVEYOR

By

KOKALA VENKATESH (12k81A0388)

J BHARADWAJ (12k81A0378)
K RAHUL (12k81A0384)
 INTRODUCTION OF SCREW CONVEYOR
• Screw conveyors are widely used for transporting and/or elevating
particulates at controlled and steady rates.
• They are used in many bulk material applications in industries ranging
from industrial minerals, agriculture (grains), pharmaceuticals,
chemicals, pigments, plastics, cement, sand, salt and food processing.
• They are also used for metering (measuring the flow rate) from
storage bins and adding small controlled amounts of trace materials
such as pigments to granular materials or powders.
COMPONENTS OF SCREW CONVEYOR
Types of Screw Flight
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
 DESIGN CALCULATIONS
• SPEED CALCULATION
MATERIAL DISCHARGE
CALCULATIONS
POWER CALCULATIONS
POWER REQUIRED TO MOVE THE
MATERIAL HORIZONTALLY
POWER REQUIRED TO OPERATE
UNLOAD SCREW
POWER REQUIRED
FOR INCLINED SCREW
 FREE BODY DIAGRAM OF SCREW CONVEYOR

From the diagram we can

see free body diagram of
the screw conveyor,
where the various loads
on the conveyor are
shown.

Mainly four forces are

acting on the screw, they
are
• Torsional force-F.T
• Pulley force-F.P
• Weight of the gear box
mounted on the
shaft—F.W
• Bending force-F.B
 FABRICATION OF SCREW CONVEYOR

• Fabrication Of Flight

Fabrication of conveyor screw is

crucial component, conveyor
screw is the series of flights which
are TIG welded on the pipe of
required dimension

The circular discs with slits as

shown fig. are made into flights
using special rolling machines or
CNC machines
• The rest other components of
the screw conveyor like troughs,
trough ends, covers, shafts,
clamps, supporting feet, hopper
etc. are fabricated (welding,
grinding, lathe) according the
requirement of the material to
be conveyed.

• The spherical bearing are used at

the loading and unloading side of
the shaft. All the parts are
assembled together to make
screw conveyor
 CONCLUSION

The project title “DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF SCREW CONVEYOR” explain the design and

manufacturing of the screw conveyor, basic application of which is to transport bulk material for a

required distance horizontally.

The project gives the detailed information about various factors that we take into account before

designing and selecting different components, which form a part of a screw conveyor, it also gives the

details of assembly as per the standard procedure employed in the industry.

Moving ahead from the designing stage this project gives the detailed account of the fabrication of the

screw conveyor and welding techniques and maintenance for the better performance for the longer life

Finally the project highlights the main advantage of screw conveyor and its superiority over other

conveyor design