I want to move material from a bolow table container to a hopper car or a power plant or other destination. Need ready built conveyors or parts to build. I want it to be powered electrically. Material would move from power plant thru table and return by conveyor to original below table container, creating an endless loop.
Man buddystrains, after several years you stop being a lurker, and yet everyone ignores your first post. Possibly because a lot of info is missing.
1) Are you modeling a mine/distributor to power plant and return traffic flow? Load the rail car (hopper or gondola) with coal (I'm guessing coal, although it could be biomass - ETA - I see frac sand in the title as well as coal...well, same idea) at the mine, and unload it at the plant?2) How are you getting the coal/biomass out of the rail car? Working Rotary dump? Working hopper floor doors?3) What distances are involved? Have you seen any examples on the Web/YouTube you like that could form a basis of discussion?
Hello All,
I found a powered conveyor unloader set from Faller (#B-196) on eBay. This is a motorized unit that is approximately 8-inches long and the belt is approximately 1/2-inch wide. They also produce just the conveyor and motor (B-195). I have not been able to power this unit because the motor is European power 50hz. I have found a 60hz replacement motor at Hobbylinc that I just haven't gotten around to purchasing.
The Bruder toy company makes a non-scale conveyor that I have seen powered (Conveyor Belt 02031). Powering this unit would be a simple conversion using readily available D/C motors and gears from places like Micro-Mark or Hobbylinc.
Tyco also produced hand cranked conveyor belts in the 1970's. These were designed to load plastic beads or cubes; representing various types of loads. You can find them on eBay. Again you would need to modify these for motorized use. The one I have is 8-inches long by 3/4-inch wide. Be aware that because these are "vintage" items many have cracked drive gears on the hand crank mechanism and the rubber belts might be degraded.
I have seen where one modeler used a Lionel conveyor belt and cut it down to replace the degraded Tyco belt.
Then you could also go the fully fabricated way. I just did a search and found a You Tube video that shows a completely scratch built conveyor.
Hope this helps.
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