Longest Conveyor in the World
Dated: November 16th, 2011
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According to Wikipedia, the longest conveyor in the world is a 100km behemoth in Western Sahara.
The world's longest conveyor is 100km (62.1 miles)
See it in google mapshere.
Even more interesting is the longest continuous belt conveyor, which is in Bangladesh and India
The longest single belt conveyor runs from Meghalaya in India to Sylhet in Bangladesh. It is about 17 km long and conveys limestone and shale at 960 tons/hr, from the quarry in India to a cement factory in Bangladesh (7 km long in India and 10 km long in Bangladesh).The conveyor is actuated by 3 synchronized drive units for a total power of about 1.8 MW (2 drives at the head end in Bangladesh and 1 drive at the tail end in India).
Dedicated vehicles were designed for the maintenance of the conveyor, which is always at a minimum height of 5 meters above the ground to avoid being flooded during monsoon periods.
It’s impressive that it can do all that with just three drive units! Read more about the world’s longest conveyors at Wikipedia