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Truck unloader with Belt Conveyor in port area

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Convoyeur à bande pour chargement de bateaux

Tecnitude Belt Conveyors: versatility and robustness to improve productivity

Specifications:

Response to a public invitation to tender. 
Unloading of dump trucks onto a Belt Conveyor to feed barge-type boats.

  • Product to be handled: density 1 urea
  • Capacity required: 200 To/h
  • The conveyor must be equipped with a gripping system for a container-carrying machine.
  • To be positioned on the quay, the conveyor must be mobile on wheels and equipped with a stabilization system using crutches.
  • Motorized 360° rotating chute with minimum 2-meter pier height, for optimized filling of boat holds (loading operation)
  • Cylinder system for adjusting the inclination of the mobile part of the Belt according to loading height
  • System with towing hook and retractable jockey wheel
  • Conveyor belt surface treatment suitable for handling corrosive products
  • Gangway allowing operators to move to the rear of the truck to open hatches

The solution

Supply of a Manukit Belt Conveyor, between axis 14m x 1000 type truck unloader with variable positive inflection.

  • For dump truck unloading, the conveyor feed width is 3.5 meters. 
    Throughput: 200 To/h (dual motorization)
  • 32 mm herringbone rubber Belt, oil-repellent, antistatic and flame-retardant to current standards
  • Head chute with internal shielding, 360° swivel and retractable spout. Assembly mounted on motorized ball bearing and horizontal jack.
  • Frame with gripping system for container carrier under spreader, 30-foot opening.
  • Handling frame equipped with pneumatic wheels at the front of the conveyor and a retractable jockey wheel at the rear.
  • Powder-coated surface treatment
  • 3-sided walkway with double staircase and access to all electrical and hydraulic controls
  • Massive structure reinforced with very large cross-section welded sections

Production time: 9 weeks

Delivery site: Port area (France)

Belt Conveyor for unloading trucks in port areas

Conveyor belts and handling lines: solutions for port maintenance operations

With several hundred handling transactions a day, port areas are places where fast, efficient operations are essential. As a service provider, the host port seeks to maximize the efficiency of the site, by renting it out to the various moored vessels. Handling operations, such as the unloading and loading of products (bulk, wholesale, semi-wholesale, etc.) must be as efficient as possible. Industrialists and agents want machines that are not only fast to operate, but also fluid and productive, avoiding breakage of transported loads.

In order to guarantee productivity gains, reduced time and adapted resources, the use of Belt Conveyors is essential.

Tecnitude's Belt Conveyors are designed and adapted to the application and transport of all types of products and materials.

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