World's strongest conveyor belt

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THE STRONGEST CONVEYOR BELT
	The conveyor belts with the highest specific breaking strength are the Phoenocord St 7800 steel cord conveyor belts, operating on two long distance downhill conveyors at the Los Pelambres copper mine in Chile. The belts run at 6 m/s. The actual breaking strength of these super belts is more than 15.000 kN. Coordinates: 31°43'2.02"S 70°28'50.93"W
Since it is downhill conveying, the system generates more than 100 million kilowatt-hours per year at a load of 11.000 t/h. The disk breaks have a diameter of 2,5 m. The length of the 3-part system is 12.700 m. Almost the complete belt is operating in tunnels to protect it from the danger of avalanches in the Andes.

The belts were shipped on these huge rolls.

Note: If one looked at the total minimum belt breaking strength of a conveyor belt, then the 3200 mm wide St 6300, used at a German lignite mine, would be the strongest, with >22.000 kN.
The strongest conveyor belt, the St 7800, which is 1800 mm wide, has a total nominal breaking strength of >15.000 kN.

THE STRONGEST CONVEYOR BELT