Analysis of the Transport Capabilities of an Energy-Efficient Resonant Vibratory Conveyor of Classical Construction

Piotr Czubak and Maciej Klemiato ()
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Piotr Czubak: Department of Mechanics and Vibroacoustics, AGH University of Krakow, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
Maciej Klemiato: Department of Automatic Control and Robotics, AGH University of Krakow, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

Energies, 2025, vol. 18, issue 10, 1-14

Abstract: The paper analyzes the transport capabilities of energy-efficient resonant conveyors, with a particular emphasis on their dosing capabilities. They are driven by an additional mass—acting as a resonator—using a relatively small vibrator whose forcing power constitutes about 20% of the force that would be needed to drive a similar conveyor of classical construction and the same transport capacity, resulting in lower energy demand. These conveyors have been present since the 1950s, but their widespread use occurred with the proliferation of cheap and easily controllable frequency inverters. In the paper, using a relatively simple model that allowed for the determination of amplitude–frequency characteristics and the dependence of transport speed on the forcing frequency, the impact of the resonator mass value on the device’s operation was shown. It was demonstrated that the value of this mass should be similar to the mass of the transporting trough, which increases the durability of the drive as well as the durability of the suspension between the trough and the resonator. A larger resonator mass also positively affects the dosing capabilities of the device and its energy efficiency during the dosing process with frequent transport stops.

Keywords: resonant conveyors; dosing conveyors; energy-efficient vibratory transport; bulk material transport; vibratory feeder (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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