Salobo Pipe Conveyor

Salobo Project Design included belt design, power analysis, belt tension analysis, and dynamic analysis.

Year of Construction: 2012
Location: Salobo – Para, Brasil
Length (Tail to Head): 1.8 km
Power: 4,470 kW
Capacity: 4600 tph
Strength: ST-3150 N/mm
Speed: 4.9 m/s
Material: Copper Concentrate
Interesting Features:
  • The Salobo conveyor is designed to carry 4,600 tph copper concentrate to 184 m lift over 1.8 km
  • 1950 mm wide, 500 mm diameter ST-3150 pipe belt.
  • 400m of conveyor has a 21 degrees slope

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