Kinder has developed K-Sliderbed impact cradles for industries including: fertiliser; mineral concentrates; cement; and wood chipping, where high flow rates and deep drop points push conveyor supports to breaking point leading to product wastage.
Comprising a fabricated bed of parallel, low friction UHMW polyethylene and composite rubber bars up to 400 mm long, the cradle is designed to match any existing conveyor trough angle and load.
It allows the belt to be properly supported at impact loading points, cushioning the load, and providing a continuous flat surface on which the belt can travel so as to contain is load.
Equal stress distribution reduces wear and tear on the belt and leads to less frequent belt replacement - an aspect of operations many don't recognise as wastage.
A belt conveyor which can be around one metre wide would nominally have impact cradles installed about five metres apart. In this configuration the system can readily handle 3 m drop height at such transfer points without collapsing to drop product and cause maintenance-related shut down.
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