Development Of Software for Conveyor Design

Abstract

Conveyors are being utilized in many industries for haulage of various bulk materials and is intended to move load in a continuous stream without stops for loading and unloading. Its design depends mainly on the space availability, quantity of material to convey, Lift & Span of the contour, etc. It has to be designed every time a new to meet the customer specifications. Hence, there is a demand for software that would reduce the design lead time & enable to quote for tenders in time. An attempt is made by using database of various standards such as, IS & GOST to develop a software for the concerned purpose. Further, users are able to increase the database, which is a unique provision provided with the software. It takes the minimum required inputs from the user for the design of the conveyor. The software is coded using C++ & its GUI is done using VC++ .Net platform. Also, there is a Sketcher module to give a 2D - sketch in the *.dxf or *.iges format. The result is compared with the manually solved problem. A through Black Box testing is done for the same.