IVRESS/Conveyor
IVRESS/Conveyor is a time-accurate finite element / multibody dynamics tool for predicting the dynamic response of conveyor belts. IVRESS/Conveyor allows conveyor belt designers to quickly build, analyze, and visualize conveyors in an intuitive object-oriented graphical design environment. IVRESS/Conveyor can be used to model conveyor belt systems used in industries such as mining, food, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, warehousing, recycling, and baggage handling.
IVRESS/Conveyor Features
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Time-accurate explicit time integration finite element / multibody dynamics solver.
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Accurate modeling of belt-pulley frictional contact using an asperity based Coulomb friction model.
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Template/spreadsheet (Excel) user-friendly interface.
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Supports flat and troughed conveyor belts.
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Belts can be modeled using thin beam, thick beam, shell, and/or brick finite elements.
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Supports rotational and linear belt tensioners.
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Objects can be placed on the conveyor.
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Bulk-material granular can modeled using the Discrete Element Method (DEM) and placed on the conveyor.
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Prediction of dynamic response quantities including:
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Pulley forces.
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Pulley angular velocities and torque.
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Span tensions.
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Span transverse vibrations.
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Belt-pulley slip.
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Belt-pulley normal and tangential force distribution.
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Tension arm motion.
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Typical simulation scenarios.
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Conveyor belt startup and shutdown.
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Steady-state operation at any speed or a range of speeds for studying the system natural frequencies.
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Introduction/removal of a disturbance such as heavy material.
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Acceleration/deceleration of the conveyor.
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Bulk material leveling gates.
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