Finite-element method of determining resistance of steel-cord conveyor belts to puncture

Slovakia exports conveyor belts to a variety of countries, its main customer being the Czech Republic, which employs these conveyor belts in surface coal mines in the Most area and in underground mines in the Ostrava area. Most of these are steel-cord conveyor belts. Several thousand kilometres of conveyor belts are also in use in Slovakia itself, where approximately 250 000 m2 of belt is needed each year;1 at an average