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Mining & Quarrying

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Sustainable Wear Protection from REMA TIP TOP ensures longer Service Life in Australian Gold Mine

The operator of a large gold mine in Australia was faced with replacing the previous linings in a cyclone and in the elbow pipe of a feed circuit due to surface wear. "With PERFORMANCEline products by REMA TIP TOP, the service life of the new linings was extended by up to 20 %, significantly increas…read more

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High Size Reduction Ratios: Cage Mill Working Principles and Performance Factors

Cage Mills are internally fed impactors that can crush, grind or pulverize many different materials to specified degrees of fineness. They are characterized by a high ratio of size reduction after a single pass through the cages and easy maintenance. read more

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Heavy Duty Brakes: Improving Reliability and Life Span of Braking Designs

From marine and mining to metal working and paper processing, heavy duty braking system are required to perform with precise controlled force. Quality is of the upmost importance in these products as the cost of a short service life can often be extremely high. read more

bulk solids handling Journal

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Technical Article

A descriptive Explanation of the Belt Tracking Properties of Pulleys by using the geometric Properties of the flat Pattern of their Surface

he direction of a conveyor belt is changed, at pulleys, according to the wrap angle between the pulley and the belt. Compared with idler rollers which just support a conveyor belt, pulleys, due to the wrapping belt, provide different opportunities concerning belt tracking. Due to relatively high bel…read more

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Powerful and Mobile: Giant mobile Dust Control Design delivers extended Coverage

The new trailer-mounted dust control system by Dust Control Technology features a throw range of 100 meters and the ability to deliver 140,000 square feet (15,500 square meters) of coverage area. read more

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Creating Value from Overburden: Valuable Rock Grade obtained from Contaminated Feed Material

he new dry process clay adhesions from screen waste produced in quarries and gravel pits. Operators report that they are able to convert more than 90 % of contaminated feed material into salable rock grade using the ‘Combimix’ system. read more

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Stochastic Models for Gravity Flow: Numerical Considerations

aterial flow analysis is commonly required in mining methods were the rock has to move from its initial position to the extraction point, commonly known as gravity flow. This happens in mining methods such as sublevel caving, panel caving, block caving. During this process the ore is diluted with wa…read more

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Technical Article

Feeding of Biomass: Design Experience with Wood Chips

Part of the international struggle to reduce the carbon footprint in energy consumption is the utilisation of biomass instead of fossil fuels such as coal or oil. Although the basic approach is quite promising, as there is a huge amount of usable biomass, there are some problems to be solved with re…read more

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Unproper Belt Scale Results? 10 Reasons, why your perfect Belt Scale might under-perform

Belt weighing is common practice in lots of bulk solid handling operations. Although it’s a long established technology, there are still bits and pieces regarding installation and maintenance which might lead to erroneous results. Following you can find the reasons why. read more

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Parameters affecting Power Consumption in Pneumatic Conveying of Fine Particles

Pneumatic conveying of certain bulk materials is widely used in industries due to certain advantages over other modes of conveying. As compared to dilute phase, dense phase conveying is a preferred method of conveying due to its low power consumption, low erosive wear and low attrition of particles.…read more

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Technical Article

Tackling the Wall – The Skip Way System, a new Approach to Steep-Angle Conveying in Quarries and smaller Open-Pit Mines

Quarries and open-pit mines for ores, minerals or building materials are often characterized by steep terraced slopes formed by blasting and material removal. A new, energy-balanced steep-angle conveying concept is aimed to optimize operating costs and energy efficiency. read more

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Technical Article

How to Handle the Fire’s Feed – Effective Utilization of Alternative Fuels

During the most recent decades the utilization of (otherwise) waste materials and biomass as alternative fuels in the cement industry and power plants showed great growth figures. This article shows, how these materials can be handled. read more

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Technical Article

The Dual Carry Conveyor (DCC) – What we have learned from 13 Years of Operation of the Namakwa Sands Conveyor

The Dual Carry Conveyor (DCC) at Namakwa Sands was designed, constructed and commissioned by Tekpro Projects in 2002, complete with its unique ‘Pretzel’ top and bottom strand swop over system. As well as simultaneously carrying material in both directions, the DCC has also been extended over the…read more

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Technical Article

Pipe Conveying the next Stage: A new Technology for Steep Incline High Capacity Open Pit Conveying

A new conveyor design is set to help reduce conventional heavy-duty truck traffic and the resulting high operating costs in open pit mines. This article (ed. note: publ. 2016) presents the design and the initial findings of the feasibility study on the Chevron-Megapipe conveyor for a 350 m-deep open…read more

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Latest Developments in Dust Control Technology

This paper (publ. 2016) initially summarises the various existing options available for dust control and some of their features, advantages and disadvantages. It then describes some of the new technologies that are being researched, developed and employed to minimise dust emissions by addressing the…read more

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Sufficient Stock at Lower Cost: Reducing the Cost of Carrying Safety Stocks

Following, please find how accurate level measurement can improve inventory reporting and reduce safety stocks of bulk solids, helping companies meet financial targets, reduce costs and increase sales. read more

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Technical Article

Bulk Materials Storage Design: Considerations for the Design of Materials Handling Storage Plants

Bulk material storage is either used for buffering between different handling/processing steps (e.g. ahead of the washing plant in mines) or as an “equalizer” in batch-wise working processes. Associated problems and counter measures are described hereafter. read more

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Controlling Material Flow in Pits: Complete Plant equipped with Belt Scales

Belt conveyors are the standard for the transport of materials in pits and quarries. To control the material flow and the inventory of these materials, belt scales turn out to be the optimum choice, as they are easy to retrofit in existing plants. read more

bulk solids handling Journal

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If Crusher-Availability counts: Failure to adequately maintain Crushers comes at a high Price

Functioning crushers are of paramount interest for the production of many mines and quarries. The following article runs through maintenance tasks a user might take to prolong the service life of his crusher. read more

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Titans in Texas: Coal for South Texas’ and Northern Mexico’s Power Stations

Coal deposits with thin seams and many interlayers can be mined economically by surface miners, which can cut the exact depth of the coal layer and deliver the coal ready for belt conveyance without further crushing. read more

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How to achieve a clean Conveyor Path: Innovative Belt Cleaning Technology eliminates Carryback at Cement Plant

After installing an innovative primary cleaner designed for punishing applications a Detroit cement producer could stop excessive carryback and equipment fouling. With a significant reduction in carryback, spillage, and labor for cleanup, the plant was able to improve workplace safety, lower the c…read more

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Online Moisture Measurement: Non-Contact NIR Moisture Sensors in Powder and Bulk Solids

Moisture content varies widely in raw materials, and at different points in production processes, so non-contact moisture measurement is essential for final product quality. Near-Infrared technology offers a perfect solution to this Task. read more

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Why Idlers fail: Quantifying the Effects of Idler Bearing Misalignment on Bearing Life

Idlers are an essential component of every belt conveyor. They are a rather cheap massproduct which anybody uses, but (almost) nobody takes into account – unless they fail. Following you'll find some explanation about the reasons of their failure. read more

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Technical Article

Overcoming a Mines Embankment: IPCC-system with new Belt Conveying Concept for steep Opencast Minewalls

In order to allow for a continuous high capacity conveying system out of steep walled open pit mines Thyssenkrupp together with Contitech and Siemens developed the Chevron Megapipe conveyor with an up to 900 mm outer diameter. The pipe belt features highest tensile strength as well as a ribbed carry…read more

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Limestone in a Silo: OK – but out? Resolving Material Accumulation in Cement Plant Limestone Silo

Cement production involves a good deal of bulk material handling. As the base materials, and especially their handling behaviour, are prone to humidity, special action must be taken to keep these materials moving in the course of the production process. read more

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