Press Release
ContiTech
Conveyor Belt Group
ContiTech MegaPipe Sets New Benchmarks in Pipe Belt
Technology
 Large outside diameters of up to 900 mm (36 in) double material flow rates to a maximum
of 9500 m3/h (12,400 yd3/h)
 Transport now possible directly from the primary crusher
 High nominal strengths for steep conveyor angles and high mass flow rates
 Makes it possible to tap into new market segments
Novokuznetzsk, June 2014. High-tensile steel-cord Conti® MegaPipes enable commercial
development of underground and opencast mines. They allow for steeper conveyor angles than
conventional troughed conveyor belts and can transport larger mass flow rates – up to 9500 m3/h
(12,400 yd3/h) – and lump sizes of up to 350 mm (14 in).
The maximum diameter of the Conti® MegaPipe is as large as 900 mm (36 in). By comparison,
conventional pipe systems have a maximum outside diameter of 700 millimeters or 27 inches. The
larger MegaPipe diameter offers two distinct advantages. A larger belt width of up to 3200 mm
(126 in) surpasses the conveying capacity of conventional pipe belts by more than 100 percent.
With this latest development, the ContiTech Conveyor Belt Group also provides an ideal product
solution for transporting coarse-grained material. MegaPipes can handle material with a lump size
that is up to 50 percent greater than what conventional pipe belts can manage. The larger belt
widths do not have an impact on the center distance of the pipe conveyor system. MegaPipes are
available as both textile and steel cord conveyor belts. The flexibility of reinforcements allow
MegaPipes to meet the requirements of the material being transported while ensuring optimum
adaptation to overland conveyors involving both horizontal and vertical curve sections. Use of
these reinforcements ensures optimum adaptation to overland conveyor stretches involving lots of
curves while meeting the requirements of the material being transported.
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Considerable potential for reducing costs
Conti® MegaPipes open up new possibilities and areas of application for pipe conveyors. While
crushed mineral ore, rock or coal have to be reduced in size at considerable expense for
transportation via standard pipe belts, MegaPipes allow for transport immediately after the primary
crusher. Transport after a secondary crusher is, of course, also possible with a MegaPipe. Mining
operations can even discontinue the use of trucks in transporting material for further processing.
If the goods being hauled do not need to be crushed again after the primary crusher to prepare
them for further processing, use of the MegaPipe at this stage can considerably reduce investment
costs. By eliminating the secondary crusher, mining companies eliminate the cost of wear parts
and regular maintenance and repair, together with costly downtime. "Over a time span of 25 years,
being able to do away with a second crushing process saves a sum totaling tens of millions," says
Thomas Neumann, sales manager for Eastern Europe at the ContiTech Conveyor Belt Group. "As
far as I know, no other product to date delivers comparable possibilities."
With their high-strength, dimensionally stable carcasses, Conti® MegaPipes can also be used in
other areas of industry. In these sectors, they allow for the transport of coarse-grained materials at
steeper angles and with higher flow rates of up to approx. 9500 m3/h (12,400 yd3/h).
In its high-tensile steel-cord version, the Conti® MegaPipe creates new opportunities for
underground and opencast mining. "In both of these areas, belts often have to deal with steep
inclines and tight bends due to space restrictions as well as high mass flow rates," points out Dr.
Andrey Minkin, application engineer at the ContiTech Conveyor Belt Group. "To date, conventional
trough conveyors are not up to meeting any of the requirements involved here. MegaPipe conveyor
systems include few or no transfer points, no material contamination along the conveyor line, tight
3D bends allowing for perfect adaptation to the landscape, smaller space requirements thanks to a
compact design, steep conveying angles of up to 35° and separation of conveyed material from the
environment." Conti® MegaPipe technology also makes it possible to dispense with discontinuous
material transport via heavy-duty trucks. This offers a considerable saving in energy consumption
and a significant reduction in CO2 emissions.
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-3In theory, a steel cord Conti® MegaPipe can achieve a center distance, and therefore a total length,
of more than ten kilometers. This distance is the same as conventional long-distance installations.
MegaPipe technology thus offers an interesting solution for achieving large flow rates over
complicated routes and relatively long distances. The steel-cord MegaPipe remains compact and
adapts perfectly to the contour of the route. Thanks to these properties, MegaPipes are particularly
suited to the removal of solid rock, which entails the negotiation of steep pit embankments. This is
no longer a problem for the new technology.
Conti® MegaPipes protect both the environment and personnel from dangerous, contaminated,
dusty, and strong-smelling materials such as chemicals, waste, ash, and rubble. In addition, the
material conveyed is protected from atmospheric influences such as wind, snow, and rain and is
thus shielded from contamination emanating from the surroundings.
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High-tensile steel-cord Conti® MegaPipes can negotiate steep angles and tight bends where space
is tight as well as high mass flow rates underground.
Photo: ContiTech
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Available with a textile or steel-cord belt, Conti® MegaPipes offer all the benefits of pipe
technology. They boast a dimensionally-stable, high-strength carcass and an outside diameter of
up to 900 mm (36 in). Thanks to these properties, wider commercial development of underground
and opencast mines is possible with steeper conveying angles than with standard troughed
conveyors.
Photo: ContiTech
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-5With provisional sales of around €33.3 billion in 2013, Continental is among the leading automotive suppliers
worldwide. As a supplier of brake systems, systems and components for powertrains and chassis,
instrumentation, infotainment solutions, vehicle electronics, tires and technical elastomers, Continental
contributes to enhanced driving safety and global climate protection. Continental is also an expert partner in
networked automobile communication. Continental currently has more than 177,000 employees in 46
countries.
The ContiTech division numbers among the leading suppliers of a host of technical rubber products and is a
specialist for plastics technology. The division develops and produces functional parts, components and
systems for the automotive industry and other important industries. ContiTech currently has a workforce of
approximately 29,500 employees. In 2012, it achieved sales of about €3.7 billion.
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ContiTech AG
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30165 Hanover, Germany
Phone: +49 511 938-1304
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E-mail: mario.toepfer@contitech.de
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Jens Fechner
Head of Market Communications
ContiTech AG
Vahrenwalder Strasse 9
30165 Hanover, Germany
Phone: +49 511 938-14019
Fax: +49 511 938-14025
E-mail: jens.fechner@contitech.de
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