This tutorial is for bulk handling conveyor belt engineers and technicians. It is useful not only to designers challenged with designing a new conveyor, but also to operators and technicians confronted with belt tension-related problems such as belt slip, belt sag, or excessive radial load. It explains the basic principles involved in calculating conveyor belt tensions.
It introduces key terms, such as effective belt tension, slack side tension, and maximum belt tension. And it serves as an introduction to our advanced tutorial on how to reduce belt tension by switching from a single drive to a dual drive system.