Conveyors worked example

Conveyor Energy Cost with conveyor connected motor load of 24 kW: a worked example

Push conveyor connected motor load up to 24 kW and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. an operations or facilities manager needs to estimate conveyor electricity cost for a shift, month, or annualized run plan

The inputs for this scenario

  • Conveyor connected motor load: 24 kW (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 9.5)
  • Conveyor operating runtime: 4,160 hr (unchanged)
  • Blended electricity rate: 0.12 $ / kWh (unchanged)
  • Units moved by conveyor: 1,850,000 units (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Conveyor energy cost = connected motor load × runtime × energy rate) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 11,482 $ / period for conveyor energy cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 99,840 kWh for conveyor energy used.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 0.01 $ / unit for energy cost per unit moved.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 2.76 $ / hr for conveyor hourly energy cost.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where conveyor connected motor load sits at 9.5 kW and the headline result is 4,545 $ / period, this scenario comes in 153% above the baseline at 11,482 $ / period.
  • It computes total conveyor electricity cost over a period (load times runtime times rate) plus kWh consumed, hourly cost, and cost per unit moved. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Conveyor energy cost: 11,482 $ / period (headline result)
  • Conveyor energy used: 99,840 kWh
  • Energy cost per unit moved: 0.01 $ / unit
  • Conveyor hourly energy cost: 2.76 $ / hr

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Conveyor Energy Cost calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.