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Impact from dumping to hopper

Ajax Equipment: Go with the Flow with a Multi-screw Feeder

From fine cohesive powders to shredded wastes, bulk solids can exhibit varied and awkward flow behaviours which can make the material challenging to handle. Multi-screw feeders can help secure a reliable and effective feed of these demanding materials from hoppers, silos and bunkers through positive…read more

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White Paper

The Future of Explosion Protection – Trend-setting solutions offer Safety and Cost Savings

A new Norm establishes standardised requirements for all manufacturers of autonomous flameless explosion venting protection systems. Foresightedly, the Rembe Q-Rohr has already been designed in a manner that fulfils all of the requirements of this norm. read more

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Case Study

Belt Conveyor Modernisation – Chute Design for increased Throughput and reduced Dust Generation

Modernisation of conveyors in coal mines and coal-fired power plants helps to ensure that the mine or plant is running to their optimum capacities, maximising throughput and producing quality products with as little impact to the environment as possible. read more

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Technical Article

The Next Generation Low Loss Conveyor Belts

Low loss rubber compounds were introduced over fifteen years ago. Since then the rubber compounds evolved further and what used to be a low loss compound is basically standard quality today. For conveyor belt manufacturers it is therefore increasingly difficult to stay at the vanguard of rubber tech…read more

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Case Study

Misalignment Prohibited – Keeping Conveyor Belts on Track at a Newcastle Coal Terminal

At the NCIG terminal in Australia, belt tracking issues generally occur because of a lack of friction between the belt and the aluminum idlers. Misalignment sometimes went up to 150 millimetres, triggering the safety switches and causing costly conveyor stoppages. read more

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Case Study

Without Downtime – Large Storage Dome constructed over an operating Stockpile

To protect their material and reduce dust creation, Minera San Cristobal covered their stockpile with a 140 metre diameter storage dome. The special construction of the storage dome allowed erection over the operating stockpile without system downtime. read more

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White Paper

No Continuous Flow? New Testing Devices for Evaluating the Flowability of Coarse Materials

With the growing importance of bulk materials like biomass or intermediate recycling products new challenges arise in bulk material storage and conveying. A special testing device now allows to assess the flowability of these difficult, coarse bulk materials. read more

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Technical Article

Options for Long-Distance Large Capacity Conveying – A Comparison of Continuous Overland Conveying Systems

The conventional overland conveyor is limited in ability with respect to gradient and alignment curvature. However, there are two less-traditional conveying systems worthy of evaluation against conventional conveyors for long-distance, large-capacity installations, the Cable Belt and the Ropecon Sys…read more

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Technical Article

Going up - Convey vertical – Overcoming Limits in Vertical Conveying

Besides the traditional shaft conveying systems like skips and hoisting cages are well developed and proven. Nevertheless, there is another possibility by using continuous systems, one of which is presented below. read more

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Case Study

Dry Treatment of Stainless Steel Slag – Magnetisation of Stainless Steel allows efficient Separation

Slag is a normal and necessary “byproduct” of the steel making process and contains debris as well as a certain amount of metals. Recovering this metal content reduces the need for virgin ores and saves part of the production process. read more

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White Paper

Accelerating the Sampling Process – Fully automated Monorail Sample Transport System for Iron Ore Samples

In todays bulk handling with ship transport capacities beyond several hundred thousand tons it is of paramount interest to characterise the composition and constitution of the loaded material. Following, a system to accelerate the sampling process is presented. read more

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Technical Article

Extended Reach – Overland Pipe Conveyor with Low Rolling Resistance Belt

For long overland pipe conveyors the costs from increased power consumption are significant. This article describes a methodology that analyses the low rolling resistance pipe belts and introduces recent applications on overland pipe conveyors. read more

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Technical Article

Lining Materials for Bulk Solids Handling Equipment – Selection of Materials for the Iron & Steel Industry – An Integrated Approach

The handling, storage and transportation of raw materials and intermediate products in the preliminary stages of iron and steel production are a cumbersome task, due to their vast amount and abrasiveness. Liners may help to reduce these negative effects. read more

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Research Paper

Contact Forces in Hexagonal Idler Housing of Pipe Conveyor – A Mathematic-Statistical Evaluation

The development of pipe conveyors is not yet finished. Parts with the lowest lifetime, i.e. the moving conveyor belt and the idlers are tested before the conveyor is being put into operation. The design of the supporting construction is adjusted toby practical experience and tests on various experim…read more

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White Paper

A Sound Solution – Eliminate Material Side Wall Build-up and Bridging

A typical problem met in silos or hoppers: The material won’t move and leave the silo. You’ll need a supporting technology. A simple, yet elegant method is the use of acoustic cleaners, which overcome the binding forces within the stored material through the energy of acoustic waves. read more

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White Paper

Keep the Dust! Power Supplier’s Dust Management improves Safety, reduces Maintenance

Coal fired power plants always face the problem of dust. Not only on top of the stack, but also in the process of conveying the solid fuel to the boiler. With regard to conveyor belt transfer points, there is a practical solution available on the market. read more

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Case Study

Pipe Conveyor for alternative Fuels – Operational Gains with minimal Disruption and without any Material Loss

At its cement plant in Bernburg Germany Schwenk Zement KG installed an elevated pipe conveyor system to transport alternative fuels to the feeding system of the main burner. A pipe conveyor was selected because of its high reliability and zero product loss. read more

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Research Paper

Pipe Conveyor Test Rigs: Design, Application and Test Results - Part C

This paper is a third part of a publication series devoted to an overview and design analysis of the existent pipe conveyor test rigs with respect to the obtained contact forces. The first two Parts A and B discuss static test rigs configuration, Part C is devoted to dynamic measurements. Particular…read more

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Case Study

Twist and Run – Europe’s longest Belt Conveyor for French Cement Factory

Reducing the number of transfer points in long distance conveying results in lower energy requirements as well as in improved product quality due to lower particle attrition. Due to their patented technology a French supplier was able to install Europe’s longest belt conveyor with both flights run…read more

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Case Study

“Clean” Recycling – Concrete & Asphalt Recycler utilizes Atomized Dust Suppression

Reducing the need to landfill huge amounts of reusable debris from road repair includes the processing of these materials during which a greaat amount of dust is produced. A California company solved its dust problems with an special water mist generator. read more

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Research Paper

Pipe Conveyor Test Rigs: Design, Application and Test Results - Part B

This paper is part of a publication series devoted to an overview of the existent pipe conveyor test rig designs with respect to the obtained contact forces. There are three parts: Parts A and B are devoted to the static test rig configurations, and Part C – is devoted to dynamic measurements. The…read more

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Technical Article

Eyes on Air Cannon Nozzles – Maximizing Air Cannon Performance through Nozzle Research

Well known for some 40 years, air cannons are a decisive element for the handling of fine-grained and coarse bulk materials. Due to a further improved design process the nozzles can now easily be tailored to suit specific accumulation problems. read more

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Research Paper

Application of FEM Analysis for Development of a Pipe Conveyor Test Stand

A test stand was designed to study the behaviour of the belt material and to determine the forces exerted at the idler housings of a pipe conveyor. To predict the forces working within the belt during the pipe-forming process and the reaction of the belt material a model was prepared using Finite El…read more

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Case Study

Dump the Ore! Fast Unloading of Iron Ore transported by Rail

Unit trains are in common use when it comes to in-land transport of bulk solids over great distances. To keep the pace of transport, fast unloading is of paramount interest. How to afford fast unloading is described hereafter. read more

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Research Paper

Determination of the Bulk Flexure Resistance via coupled FEM-DEM Simulation

The bulk material on a belt conveyor deforms itself due to the run through idler stations. The deformation results in energy losses which are summarised in the bulk solid flexure resistance. The right understanding of the interaction between bulk material and idler stations is important for the pred…read more

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