Modeling the horizontal movement of bulk material in the system “conveyor – rotary mixer”

Abstract

In this work, we consider methods for analytical construction of the profile of rotor blades mixer, as well as mathematical modeling of their work on moving and mixing bulk material on a conveyor to increase process efficiency mixing raw materials and optimizing its operating costs. In addition to increasing the effectiveness of the mixing process and lower operating costs, the goal of implementation the proposed methods is the consciousness of production with the least possible errors that would meet modern technical requirements and be adapted to consumer tasks. In this regard, the aim of this work was to determine rational parameters and geometric characteristics of the profile of the rotor mixer blades contributing to improving the quality of mixing the metallurgical charge transported on a conveyor belt. To achieve the goal by modeling, which is a key method of the fourth concept industrial revolution, using the developed mathematical model analyzed the movement of a particle of material along a conveyor belt with its subsequent interaction with the blades of the working body of the rotary mixer.