① Continue to develop towards large-scale. Large scale includes several aspects such as large conveying capacity, large single machine length, and large conveying inclination angle. The length of the hydraulic conveying device has reached over 440 kilometers. The single unit length of the belt conveyor is nearly 15 kilometers, and there has been a "belt conveyor" composed of several units connecting the two places of A and B. Many countries are exploring more comprehensive conveyor structures for long-distance, high-capacity continuous transportation of materials.
② Expand the scope of conveyor use. Develop conveyors that can work in environments with corrosive, radioactive, and flammable substances under high and low temperature conditions, as well as transport materials that are hot, explosive, prone to clumping, and sticky.
③ Ensure that the construction of the conveyor meets the requirements of the material handling system automation control for a single machine. The automatic parcel sorting trolley conveyor used by the post office should be able to meet the requirements of sorting operations.
④ Reducing energy consumption to save energy has become an important aspect of internal research in the field of transportation technology. The energy consumption for transporting 1 ton of material for 1 kilometer has been taken as one of the important indicators for conveyor selection.
⑤ Reduce the dust, noise, and exhaust emissions generated by various conveyors during operation.
