International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395 -0056 Volume: 04 Issue: 04 | Apr -2017 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072 © 2017, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 5.181 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 1425 Design and Weight optimization of Fin of Drag Chain Conveyor Mr. Jadhav P.A. 1 , Prof. Kulkarni R.D. 2 , Prof. Ghalke A.B. 3 , Prof. Patel A.Z. 4 1 P. G. Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering,TPCT’s College of Engineering Osmanabad,Maharastra,India. 2 Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, COE Osmanabad, Maharashtra, India. 3 Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, H.O.D, COE Osmanabad, Maharashtra, India. 4 Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, P.G coordinator, COE Osmanabad, Maharashtra, India. ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract – A conveyor system is mostly useful in the application involving the transportation of heavy and bulky materials. Now a days in industries use a drop forged mild steel chain conveyor system. In this conventional chain conveyor system the fins are welded with the chain conveyor links and because of mild steel material weight of the conveyor system is more. The main concept in this paper is to redesign the fins of chain conveyor system for easily intricate and disintricate the assembly and also changing the material with Aluminum Alloy for weight reduction and performance improvement. Design and Analysis is carried out with both materials Mild Steel and Aluminum Alloy 6063. Impact of ribbing the Fin with Aluminum Alloy 6063 material where stresses are found in conventional Mild Steel. Key Words: Chain Conveyor System, Material Handling Equipments, Finite Element Analysis, Weight Optimization. 1. INTRODUCTION In most of the industries used a conveyor system for the purpose of material handling. A conveyor system is a frequent piece of material handling equipment that transfers materials from one location to another location. Conveyor system is the commonly useful in the application involving the transportation of heavy or bulky materials. Generally in industries used different types of conveyor systems like Belt Conveyor, Live Roller Conveyor, Chain Conveyor, Deep Pan Conveyor, Gravity Roller Conveyor and Screw Conveyor etc. Conveyor systems are basically used in various industries including Automobile, Aerospace, Agriculture, Cement industry, Chemical industry, Bottling and Canning, Coalmine, Limestone, Print finishing and Packaging etc. Drag Chain Conveyor system can convey the material in horizontal direction. The main concept of such type of material handling equipment is to transfer the material with high efficiency and less material transport time. The purpose of chain conveyor system is to save the time of material handling. In figure 1 shows a drag chain conveyor fin assembly of mild steel which is presently used in industries.The important parts of chain conveyor systems are chain link and fins. In this paper work is focused on the fins of chain conveyor system. file, highlight all of the contents and import your prepared text file. You are now ready to style your paper. Fig. 1 Fin Assembly