Hinged belt conveyor Superbelt® HD series

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Due to the growing environmental concerns for greenhouse gas emissions and the economic advantages of metal recycling, there has been a significant increase in the use of metal scrap, both in EAF/smelter and in integrated plants. In both cases, the scrap handling process poses extreme requirements due to the need to handle huge quantities of material, sometimes in large, heavy and/or sharp chunks. Magaldi designed a heavy-duty scrap conveyor able to connect the scrap yard to the EAF/smelter, ensuring safe material handling and offering high flexibility in furnace feeding. The Superbelt® HD conveyor features partially overlapping steel pans securely bolted on a patented steel double-wire mesh system. The belt damage-tolerant design is based on a multi-link concept: the mesh provides redundancy, little to no maintenance, and trouble-free continuous operation. Even in case the mesh gets severely damaged, the conveyor will keep running without sudden failures until the scheduled maintenance. The belt conveyor support structure features a shock-absorbing frame that absorbs the impact of falling material. Specially designed carrying idlers are set along the belt width and can be closely spaced in the load zone. Mesh and belt pans can be made in manganese steel to ensure the highest resistance to both corrosion and deformation.