Conveyor Pan

A conveyor pan for use in mining applications, in particular, for a chain scraper conveyor, comprising:

• a bottom plate;
• and
• a pair of side profiles configured to be fixed to the bottom plate by welding, each of the pair of side profiles comprising at least one profile rail extending along a longitudinal direction (Z) with a substantially T-shaped cross-section and including a profile flange extending in a transverse direction (X) and a profile web extending from the profile flange,
• wherein the profile web includes a recess formed in a distal end of the same, the recess extending from a side surface of the profile web to a bottom surface of the profile web, at least part of the recess extending at an angle (α) of less than 40° with respect to the transverse direction.