What Key Roles Does The Bent Plate Play in The Sugarcane Pressing Conveying Chain?

As a core component of the sugar cane mill conveyor chain, the Bent Plate is well-suited to the complex working conditions of sugar cane pressing. It plays a crucial role in key links such as material conveying, chain operation, and structural protection, with specific functions as follows:

1.  Precise limiting and material guiding to reduce material loss and equipment failures: Sugar cane raw materials and pressed bagasse are prone to falling or shifting during conveying due to equipment vibration, conveying inclination, or turning. The Bent Plate forms a lateral barrier that fits the running track of the conveyor chain. Its curved structure conforms to the shape of sugar cane and bagasse, preventing materials from slipping off the chain edges to avoid loss, and also preventing scattered bagasse from jamming into the meshing area between the chain and sprocket. This guiding function is particularly prominent in complex sections of the conveying line in the pressing workshop, such as turning and climbing, ensuring a smooth conveying process.

2.  Strengthening chain load-bearing capacity to adapt to heavy-load impact conditions: Bundled sugar cane during conveying and falling exerts continuous impact on the conveyor chain, and long-term heavy-load conveying is likely to cause chain deformation. Through its special bending angle, the Bent Plate increases the contact area with chain links and load-bearing components, dispersing concentrated forces over a larger area and reducing pressure at a single point. At the same time, it forms a stable force-bearing combination with chain links, enabling the chain to withstand the heavy pressure and impact of bundled sugar cane, avoiding chain link breakage or deformation due to local overload, and adapting to the heavy-load conveying needs of sugar cane pressing.

3.  Improving steering flexibility to adapt to complex workshop layouts: The pressing workshop is densely equipped with equipment, and the conveying line often needs to turn and detour to connect equipment such as presses, shredders, and bagasse recovery devices. Compared with straight plates, the curved design of the Bent Plate allows the chain to better fit the trajectory of the transmission wheel during steering, reducing frictional resistance between the chain and guide rails or sprockets. This feature enables the conveyor chain to flexibly turn in narrow spaces, completing the connecting conveying between equipment without major modifications to the workshop layout, and reducing the difficulty of installation and layout.

4.  Reinforcing chain link connections to extend the overall service life of the chain:During long-term operation of the conveyor chain, the connections between chain links are prone to loosening due to vibration and wear, affecting overall stability. The Bent Plate can form a secondary fixation with adjacent chain links through components such as bolts, enhancing the connection firmness between chain links and preventing loosening or falling off. In addition, some Bent Plates are made of wear-resistant alloy materials, which can resist corrosion from sugar cane juice and friction from materials. They not only are not easily damaged themselves but also can protect vulnerable parts such as chain link connections, extending the service life of the entire conveyor chain.

5.  Adapting to customized needs to match different conveying scenarios: Sugar cane pressing plants of different scales vary in conveying capacity and equipment models. The thickness, bending angle, and hole position of the Bent Plate can be flexibly customized. For example, large-scale plants can choose thickened Bent Plates to adapt to high-intensity continuous conveying, while small-scale plants can select regular specifications to reduce costs. At the same time, the customized Bent Plate can adapt to different types of conveyors such as chain plate type and rake tooth type, and can also be matched with accessories such as pushers and baffles to meet the personalized needs of different scenarios such as sugar cane conveying and bagasse transfer.