Rope Conveyors
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Rope Conveyor is essentially a subtype of gondola lift, from which containers for goods rather than passenger cars are suspended. Rope conveyors are typically found around large mining concerns, and can be of considerable length.
The COMILOG Cableway, which ran from Moanda in Gabon to Mbindain the Republic of the Congo, was over 75 km in length. The Norsjö aerial tramway inSweden had a length of 96 kilometers.In Ethiopia the Italians built the Asmara-Massawa Cableway in 1936, which was 75 km long.
Conveyors can be powered by a wide variety of forms of energy, electric, engines, or gravity. The Rope Conveyors easily helps in cooling down of the warm material while carrying it for the assembly
Applications
- Single conveyor lengths up to 30,000 m and more
- Capacities of up to 25,000 t/h
- Easy traverse of streets, rail tracks, rivers and other obstacles
- Tower spacing up to 2,000 m