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8. - 15. Oct. 2025

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Impact from dumping to hopper

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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Technical Article

An Investigation into the Performance Failure of Conveyor Belt Ploughs

This article deals with and investigates the performance failure of a common conveyor belt plough. The type of plough referred to is widely used in the bulk materials handling industry, especially in the fields of coal and mineral ore mining. The investigation also uncovers and analyzes the plo…read more

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Providing Accuracy and Durability: Weighing Solutions for Every Industry

Established in 1946 as a repair shop for scales, mainly from the prevalent dairy industries, Rice Lake extended its portfolio with weighing equipment, like belt scales. Today they offer all kinds of scales all over the world. read more

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Case Study

New Conveyor to increase Production: Portland Cement Manufacturer installs additional Pipe Conveyor

When a Portland cement manufacturer in Üxheim, Germany, decided to buy additional clinker to increase his production he needed to install reception and transfer equipment to get the delivered material into his storage and production premises. For the conveying part he opted for a pipe conveyor due …read more

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White Paper

Tuning your Conveyor Accessories: Dealing with the Impacts of High-Speed Conveyors

Increasing the throughput of a belt conveyor system can either be achieved by a wider conveyor belt or a higher belt velocity. The first solution is most often impossible to realise, whereas the second often induces problems through higher stress on belts and transfer points. Here you can find solut…read more

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White Paper

Overland Conveyor System at Thunder Bay Terminals

The overland conveyor system at Thunder Bay Terminals transports lignite from the transshipping terminal, under a river and parkland area, before it surfaces to cross the wet low-lands to the thermal power generating station, a distance of 2 km. This paper describes the design concepts and equipment…read more

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Case Study

Engineered Coal Chutes: Transshipment Terminal extends Conveyor Belt Life

A high-volume coal transshipment terminal at the western edge of Lake Superior has eliminated material backups and reduced maintenance – while extending conveyor belt life – with customengineered transfer chutes. read more

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Technical Article

Tubular Pipe Conveyor Design Using a Standard Fabric Belt

The installation and operation of tubular pipe conveyors is increasing where environmental conditions and complex profiles justify their application. However, this type of equipment is usually of a proprietary design and there can arise on occasions, for varied reasons, some difficulty …read more

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Technical Article

Continuous Conveying in Open Pit Mines

Various open pit mining systems with hard rock and unconsolidated overburden are analyzed and the main differences between discontinuous, semi-continuous and fully continuous mining and transportation methods are outlined. It is demonstrated that future open pit mining systems will tend to use …read more

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Technical Article

Continuous Surface Mine Materials Handling Systems

This paper presents a review of three ongoing research projects dealing with continuous materials handling systems in open-pit mines in the USA. The systems include mine-run-rock conveyors high-angle conveyors and movable in-pit crushers. These material handling systems are being evaluated and appli…read more

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Research Paper

A New Conveyor Belt Wear Test Stand

One of the main reasons for conveyor belt wear is the stress caused by the impact of lumpy material. In order to simulate loading-point stress conditions a new conveyor belt wear test stand has been developed and built by the Department of Conveying Technology at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany…read more

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Technical Article

Dimensioning and Application of Belt Conveyors with Intermediate Belt Drive (T-T System)

For the continuous handling of bulk materials, free of transfer points belt conveyors with belt-to-belt intermediate drives are of advantage. Apart from controlling belt tensions in long and steep, ascending and descending conveyors, safe belt tracking horizontal curves with the smallest radii can b…read more

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Technical Article

Dimensioning and Application of Belt Conveyors with Intermediate Belt Drive (T-T System)

For the continuous handling of bulk materials, free of transfer points belt conveyors with belt-to-belt intermediate drives are of advantage. Apart from controlling belt tensions in long and steep, ascending and descending conveyors, safe belt tracking horizontal curves with the smallest radii can b…read more

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Technical Article

Stressing of Rubber Conveyor Belts and Its Mathematical Treatment

Mathematical investigations of belt stresses permit important conclusions which may lead to the improvement of conveyor belting and system design. Manufacturers and users alike are interested in studying and ascertaining as exactly as possible the stressings to which conveyor belts are subjecte…read more

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Technical Article

On the Investment for Conveyor Belting

This paper shows some of the actual problems in the efficiency and economics of conveyor belts. The buyer of a belt invests in quality and maintenance with the goal of high availability. However, there are no universal calculating methods (to calculate belt tension, for example) by which investment …read more

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Technical Article

Transport with large Conveyors in Surface Mines

An attempt is made to differentiate between the criteria usually required for the design of conveyor systems under ordinary operating conditions and those with which open-pit planners will be increasingly concerned in the future. Based on the well-known relationship between lifting power requir…read more

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Research Paper

Flow of Bulk Solids Through Transfer Chutes of Variable Geometry and Profile

The conditions for accelerated or 'fast' flow of bulk solids through transfer chutes of variable geometry and profile are discussed. A simplified chute design theory based on a lumped parameter dynamic model is presented. This model may be applied to chutes of arbitrary geometric profile but the emp…read more

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White Paper

Belt Conveyors of the Future

Belt conveyors are nowadays widely used as one of the most economical methods of continuous conveying of bulk materials over medium and long distances. Since the economy of the handling operation is dependent on many boundary conditions, including, for example the terrain configuration, it has been …read more

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White Paper

Bulk Solids Handling for Heavy Industry

The advantages of the Cable Belt conveying system as compared with conventional belts is highlighted, indicating that a belt conveying system where the belt itself is not required to transit the driving force is more efficient as this allows each component of the design to fulfil its particular func…read more

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White Paper

Continuous Belt Weighers

This paper gives a general introduction to the subject of continuous belt weighing and non-contact weighing and highlights a series of special purpose devices including the new concept of the Nuweigher continuous weigher suitable for incorporation into completely automated processing schemes. read more

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White Paper

Belt Conveyor Audits – Saving Time and Money with a simple System Analysis

Bringing in a third party who can assess the belt conveyor system and provide operations with the feedback needed to keep the plant running could be the difference between having a record-breaking year and a back-breaking year. read more

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Case Study

Transfer Point Upgrades – raising Throughput, reducing Dust and Spillage

The terminal operator Kinder Morgan has announced completion load-out hopper and four belt conveyors carrying 1500 tonnes per hour of mineral ore concentrate, complete with five transfer points that comply with the company's "zero spill" principle. read more

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Technical Article

Skip-Conveying in Opencast Mines – An Approach to optimise Cost and Energy Efficiency in Hard Rock Mines

A special mining method developed by thyssenkrupp allows ore and overburden in hard rock mines to be transported more efficiently and with significantly lower environmental impact. It involves an integrated conveying and processing system to avoid heavy truck transportation in inverted cone-shaped o…read more

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Technical Article

Fossil Fuel Supply for India's Coal-fired Power Plants – Equipment for Unloading at Ports and Transportation to the Plant

In the current situation of the power sector in India, source of coal and therefore the selection of various handling systems play a very important role. The selection of the best available solution depends on a number of factors, including the quantity to be handled, size, type of the fuel, and the…read more

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Technical Article

Rotary Dump or Bottom Dump Wagons? A Review of Concepts for Higher Capacity Coal and Iron Ore Unit Trains

Bottom dump wagons and unloading of gondola cars with rotary car dumpers are the two main alternatives for unloading bulk materials from trains. In view of the trend toward higher capacities and reduced capital cost, a closer look at both solutions can help to save a lot of money. read more

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