Belt conveyors have attained a dominant position in transporting bulk materials due to such inherent advantages as their economy and safety of operation, reliability, versatility, and practically unlimited range of capacities. In addition, they are suitable for performing numerous processing functions in connection with their normal purpose of providing a continuous flow of material between operations. Recently, their conformity to environmental requirements has provided a further incentive for selection of belt conveyors over other means of transportation.

Low labor and low energy requirements are fundamental with belt conveyors as compared with other means of transportation. Dramatic increases in operating costs continue to make conveyors an extremely favorable choice for applications that were not considered previously.

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