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Research ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titleBeyond Accidents: A Back-Analysis on Conveyor Belt Injury for a Better Design for Maintenance OperationsAlberto Martinetti, Leo A.M. van Dongen, Raffaele RomanoThe conveyor belt represents one of the most commonly used methods of transporting bulk materials today. As highlighted multiple times in research, the moving parts are a critical issue causing accidents and injuries and several of these are strictly related to the opportunity to enter in working zones during maintenance activities, considered high-risk activity due to the nature of the … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 1 · 29 Dec 2016 · 8,455 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractOptimum Design and Cost Characteristic of Small ConveyorSuwat Nanetoe, Nitipong SoponpongpipatAlthough there are many works dealing with the economic analysis of a long conveyor, the information about a short conveyor is insufficient. This study, thus, deals with the short conveyor by studying the effect of belt width, belt length, convey capacity, and conveyor inclination angle on the cost characteristic of short conveyor. The study was done by calculating the conveyor … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 1 · 4 Jan 2013 · 7,027 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractHistogram of Intensity Feature Extraction for Automatic Plastic Bottle Recycling System Using Machine VisionSuzaimah Ramli, Mohd Marzuki Mustafa, Aini Hussain, Dzuraidah Abdul WahabCurrently, many recycling activities adopt manual sorting for plastic recycling that relies on plant personnel who visually identify and pick plastic bottles as they travel along the conveyor belt. These bottles are then sorted into the respective containers. Manual sorting may not be a suitable option for recycling facilities of high throughput. It has also been noted that the high … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 6 · 31 Dec 2008 · 7,083 accessesView PDF Cite