Longer Overland Conveyors with Distributed Power Abstract
new pit to the plant 756m long (2,482 ft) with a 700m (2,300 ft) horizontal radius. This proves a conveyor does not need to be extremely long to benefit from a horizontal turn. 1 Figure 3 Wyodak Coal Tunneling Another industry that would not be able to use belt conveyors without the ability to negotiate horizontal curves is construction tunneling.