Catenary troughing idler

A conveying system comprising:

• a frame;
• a conveyor belt;
• and
• a plurality of catenary idlers supported upon the frame, the conveyor belt being supported upon the plurality of catenary idlers, each of the plurality of catenary idlers comprising:
• a braided wire cable having an outer surface;
• an impact absorption layer having a first spiral wrap wrapped around and contacting the braided wire cable and a second spiral wrap wrapped around and contacting the first spiral wrap;
• a bearing layer having a spiral wrap wrapped around and contacting the second spiral wrap of the bearing layer, an outer surface of the spiral wrap of the bearing layer forming a plurality of bearing surfaces disposed along a length of the braided wire cable;
• and
• a plurality of rollers each including an inner bore extending along a length of the roller, the plurality of rollers disposed over the plurality of bearing surfaces, the plurality of rollers being supported upon the plurality of bearing surfaces, the plurality of bearing surfaces providing contact surfaces for the inner bores of the plurality of rollers with the plurality of rollers being rotatable with respect to the plurality of bearing surfaces.