The Virtual Prototype Design Research Of Belt Conveyor Based On The Magnetic Levitation Technique

With the rapid development of global economy, the port's throughput is ceaselessly rising, and the port's energy consumption also increased quickly, especially in the bulk cargo port. The energy consumption problem is always considered to the focus of public attention. In the bulk cargo port, the main type mechanics of energy consumption is belt conveyor. In order to keep step with national policy, do the energy saving reform appears to be particularly important. For solving the high energy consumption problem of belt conveyor in bulk cargo port, this paper take a lead in the belt conveyor to change the original structure of the belt conveyor and introduce the magnetic levitation technique into the ordinary belt conveyor. And I change the direct contact type of supporting roller into a non physical contact suspension conveying way, by using virtual prototype technology development of new energy saving belt conveyor.This innovation in this paper is that the maglev technology is firstly introduced into the belt conveyor, the direct contact type of the belt and supporting roller is changed into a non-contact type suspension transportation, this paper will try to use virtual prototype technology to develop a new type of energy saving belt conveyor. First, using the three-dimensional software (Pro/Engineer) to establish the3D model of the magnetic belt conveyor and importing it into ANSYS; Second, using the electromagnetism and structure analysis module to do the research in the magnetic field and mechanics for the magnetic levitation system of magnetic conveyor, and then importing the3D assemble drawings into ADAMS to establish the virtual prototype flexible model of the magnetic belt conveyor for the analysis of dynamic simulation. We can simulate the operating effect of the magnetic conveyor under a time-varying load effect working condition. According to the service life of the conveyor belt, the starting factor and the site conditions, we synthetically validate the safety and reliability of the magnetic belt conveyor, and gradually to optimize and improve the structure. The analysis of the virtual prototype can be used to predict more various data under practically running conditions for further research, and provide a basis for the structure dynamic analysis of structural strength and the whole structure design. It also can be used to provide feasible theoretical thought and implementation method for designing stable, efficient, energy-efficient new magnetic belt conveyors. It is of certain reference significance for the research on the new type of magnetic levitation belt conveyor design.