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Metal Detectors prevent Plant Damage at Plasmor

Plasmor has installed three Bunting metal detectors to locate tramp metal and prevent damage to processing plant at their building block manufacturing site in Heck, East Yorkshire/UK. read more

Case Study

JOEST: Full Screening Power at the Arctic Circle in Norway

Scandinavia’s biggest producer of iron ore is relying on JOEST screening technology. The project comprises of a new, turnkey screening and conveying system to prepare iron ore pellets for shipping. Kiruna, the northernmost city of Sweden, is home to an iron ore mine of the same name, which process…read more

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Direct Heat or Indirect Heat for Rotary Dryers

One of the most important factors in determining the type of rotary dryer that is most appropriate for a certain process is the usage of direct or indirect heat. Rotary dryers are capable of utilizing either direct convection style heat transfer or indirect heat transfer, in which hot sur…read more

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Case Study

Unique Mine and Process: High Efficiency with Bioleaching and adapted Filtration

Finland is currently witnessing several mine site establishments as the traditional industry strengthens its position within the Nordic countries. Talvivaara Mine is a great example of how alternative mining methods can be economical and how determination and cooperation can spur entry into the glob…read more

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Case Study

Keep it all Clean: Efficient and Water-saving Washing of Crushed Material

Prior to the introduction of a new washing plant it was the sand washing process which was the biggest area of concern for Natal Portland Cement. Due to inefficiencies of the old plant, the company had to buy up to 80 per cent of the fine sand used for downstream production. This lead to significant…read more

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White Paper

Advances in Stirred Milling: Improving Profitability of Copper Ore Processing

The vertical stirred media mill is a proven technology that offers considerable savings in media and energy operating costs that will lower the cost of producing copper significantly. Also, the environmental impact of a copper concentrator is significantly decreased. read more

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Case Study

Homogenizing/Blending Plant Applications in South Africa with Special Reference to Gencor's Hlobane and Optimum Plants

This paper describes how an analysis of the functions objectives and decision criteria of homogenising/blending plants by South African metallurgists and engineers have led to a wide range of applications of this technology in South Africa over a relatively short timespan of 15 years with some inter…read more

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Technical Article

Finite Element Structural Analysis of Movable Crusher Supports

Finite element analysis is applied to two different basic structural arrangements. One configuration utilises a plate shell structure to carry the loads similar to the construction used for the marine industry. The other configuration utilises a space frame made up of columns beams and bracing simil…read more

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Case Study

A Mobile In-Pit Crushing System for Overburden at Iscor's Grootegeluk Coal Mine

In this paper the mobile in-pit crushing system for over burden, which was commissioned in July 1981, at lscor's Grootegeluk Coal Mine, is described. Special reference is made to some engineering aspects of the system compo nents, operating practice and an economic appraisal of the system. …read more

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Technical Article

Cost Considerations for In-Pit Crushing/Conveying Systems

This article focuses on continuous materials handling systems used in the hard rock open-pit mining industry. Guidelines for mine planning with continuous systems are outlined. Key parameters affecting capital and operating costs are identified. Commonly encountered trade-offs between operating and …read more

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Case Study

An Important Achievement in a U.S. Cement Plant

The installation of a mobile toothed roller crusher which can handle widely differing large size hard and dry as well as moist and sticky materials and its technical data are described, as well as the reclaiming machines which recover these products from stockpile. An innovative approach led to an e…read more

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In-Pit Crushing and Conveying

The author reviews the factors leading up to the selection of In-Pit Crushing and Conveying technology and discusses the currently available options in equipment selection. read more

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Case Study

A Large Coal Storage and Blending Facility at the Monroe Power Plant

The new coal handling facility for Detroit Edison's Monroe Plant is nearing completion. The capability to blend high and low sulfur coals will enable the plant operators to comply with increasingly stringent sulfur dioxide emission standards. The facility will also permit the company to achieve a hi…read more

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Technical Article

Optimal Design and Operation of Raw Material Stockpile Homogenisers

Layered stockpiles have the primary property of removing low frequency variability in quality although they reduce high frequency as well. Provided they are well designed the change in mean quality from pile to pile can be reduced to that acceptable for powder reactor control. A method for opti…read more

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Technical Article

Drying and Storage of Rice in New South Wales

An award winning storage/drier system for paddy rice, consisting of circular storage bins, is introduced. This system is capable of continuously batch drying paddy and maintaining a high quality and high volume product. read more

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Technical Article

Predrying of Raw Materials - Purpose and Effect

The predrying of hygroscopic and non-hygroscopic plastic raw materials is a process which is often thought of as straight forward and rather simple. In recent years, equipment has emerged which can be fine tuned to the particular humidity and moisture content prevailing. This paper details various o…read more

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Technical Article

Introducing Geostatistics to the China Clay Industry

E.C.C. Ltd. extracts clay matrix from primary kaolin sources in the South West of England, the properties of which are inherently variable. Quality control procedures during the stages of processing ensure that the final products meet market requirements. Bore hole samples are used to assess the geo…read more

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Research Paper

Segregation of Particulate Solids in a Horizontal Drum Mixer

Investigation of the mixing of two sieve fractions of sea sand in a horizontal drum mixer have been carried out. An appearance of the distinct axial segregation has been found and the final equilibrium state did not depend on the initial state of mixture. An absence of the radial segregation has bee…read more

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White Paper

Design and Operation of Coal Storage and Homogenisation Systems

The planning of coal storage plants should always commence with the basic question and decision relating to the desirable method of material reclamation. This paper highlights the various methods available for stockpile stacking and reclamation indicating the basic advantages and disadvantages of ea…read more

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Design and Operation of Coal Storage and Homogenisation Systems

The planning of coal storage plants should always commence with the basic question and decision relating to the desirable method of material reclamation. This paper highlights the various methods available for stockpile stacking and reclamation indicating the basic advantages and disadvantages of ea…read more

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White Paper

Microprocessor Control of Blending and Weighing Systems

Whenever the costs of raw materials escalates, the justification for more sophisticated control is reexamined. Microprocessors can improve cost control by reducing giveaway, improving quality and reducing operational costs. Microcomputer control refinements are almost without limitation, but pr…read more

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White Paper

Stacking, Blending and Reclaiming of Coal

In many parts of the world, partly due to hard weather conditions, development has in many cases led to stockpiling and reclaiming methods in which more conventional boom stackers and bucket wheel reclaimers have been replaced by stacking conveyors and underground feeders and conveyors. read more

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White Paper

Circular Blending System for Coal

PHB Weserhütte (PWH) have built and recently commissioned two circular stockpile systems which are used to stack, homogenize and reclaim raw coal for Gewerkschaft Sophia Jacoba in Hückelhoven, Germany. The total system is the first circular stockpile blending plant of its kind in the world and bec…read more

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Case Study

Fresh Air for Cement Plants – Loosen, Mix and Transport Powdery Goods with Compressed Air

Compressed air is often essential for transport, loosening and/or homogenisation tasks in producing powdery goods. This also applies to cement plants, where large numbers of screw compressors and positive displacement blowers are used in the production process. read more

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Case Study

Large Scale Fuel Storage Silos – Safe and Environmentally Friendly Storage of Coal, Coke or Wood Pellets

There is a growing number of reasons why companies that handle and store large quantities of bulk solids should care about environmental issues. Large scale storage silos offer a cost-efficient way to manage and minimise environmental impacts and can also be used for solid fuels such as coal, pet co…read more

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