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Controlling Belt Conveyor Dust at the Source

The conveyor technology experts at Martin Engineering are responding to the U.S. Mining Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) new dust emissions final rule by offering simple, make-sense solutions for staying compliant. read more

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Conveyor Fires: Causes and Prevention

The global leader in conveyor accessories, Martin Engineering, is dedicated to conveyor safety by educating the bulk handling industry on the hazards of conveyor fires. With the Foundations™ Learning Center, the largest comprehensive free conveyor training archive on the web, Martin experts give d…read more

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How to achieve ideal Moisture Levels for controlling Dust

Increased focus on environmental and health concerns relating to dust emissions in mining and mineral activities, has led to advancements in dust control treatments for compliance with strict standards for airborne contaminants. read more

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BFM® fitting solves Dust and Downtime Issues for Minerals Processor

Calcium carbonate is used extensively in building industry products, from cement to paint pigments to wallboards. It is a fine, abrasive white powder, making calcium carbonate processing notoriously problematic in terms of dust containment. When one of the largest manufacturers of calcium carbonate …read more

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Conveyor Guarding by Location: Danger and Compliance

The global leader in conveyor safety is disputing the idea that putting conveyor equipment out of reach or inconveniently placed away from workers -- known as “Guarding by Location” – is a valid form of safety. After decades of safe equipment design and comprehensive conveyor safety trai…read more

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Conveyor Dust and Spillage: The Importance of Skirtboard Sealing Systems

The global leader in belt conveyor accessories, Martin Engineering, designs products around safety to promote an efficient and clean working environment and part of that is manufacturing properly sealed conveyor chutes for bulk handling. The latest innovations the company has devised are the A…read more

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The Economics of Workplace Safety

Conveyor safety is not a modern trend bred by government regulation; it’s a common-sense idea as old as the first conveyor design. In the modern age, safety is a key factor in worker protection, reduced insurance rates and a lower total cost of operation. There are several hurdles to the installat…read more

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Conveyor Belt Cleaner Tension: A Key to Optimal Performance

Conveyor belt cleaners have evolved over the last 50 years from mostly homemade designs to a wide variety of engineered solutions to suit virtually every application. The expectations have changed over time as the relationship between health, safety and productivity and clean belts have become more …read more

Case Study

Conveyor Transfer Point Upgrade controls Dust at Brazil Port

One of Brazil’s busiest ports is successfully managing dust emissions from its grain terminal conveyor system with an innovative transfer chute design. To prevent impacting the local community and adjacent docks with dust from loading and unloading agricultural commodities, the conveyors at the T-…read more

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Design and Control Philosophy of the 4.7 km NMDC Downhill Conveyor in Kumaraswamy, India

This paper describes the mechanical design and control philosophy of one of the most complex conveyor installations in the world, if not the most complexed. NMDC contracted ELECON/CKIT Conveyor Engineers (collaboration) to design the horizontal curve downhill conveyor. ELECON was awarded the contrac…read more

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Wearing thin – Causes and Solutions for Conveyor Belts that have to be replaced prematurely due to Surface Wear

Conveyor operators all over the world waste millions very year because the belts they are using are wearing out much faster than they should be doing. The biggest single influence on the wear rate of a conveyor belt is its ability to resist the effects of abrasion. Here, conveyor belt specialist Les…read more

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North Incinerator Finds Solution to Excessive Sweep Elbow Wear

At Montgomery County’s North Incinerator plant, there was a problem several years ago. The Dayton, OH, area trash-to-energy plant was experiencing repeated shutdowns due to sweep elbow failure in its dense phase pneumatic conveying system, a component of the lime injection system in operation ther…read more

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North Incinerator Finds Solution to Excessive Sweep Elbow Wear

At Montgomery County's North Incinerator plant, there was a problem several years ago. The Dayton, OH, area trash-to-energy plant was experiencing repeated shutdowns due to sweep elbow failure in its dense phase pneumatic conveying system, a component of the lime injection system in operation there.…read more

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Pneumatic Deflection Elbows cut Wear, Dust, Offload Time for Bulk Project Contractor

Robert Ober & Associates is a specialty design/build firm that serves an international client base for bulk material handling projects that range from USD25,000 retrofit contracts to USD25 million turnkey plant projects. The company began specifying Smart Elbow® deflection elbows from HammerTek…read more

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Five Benefits of Conveyor Skirting

Thomas Greaves, General Manager at DYNA Engineering, Australia, explains the advantages and disadvantages of conveyor belt skirting: how they work, how they are designed and how they increase productivity and safety. read more

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Safe Confined Space Entry for Chutes, Silos and Hoppers

An estimated 7% of the U.S. fatalities recorded by MSHA between 1995 and 2011 occurred in a confined space. To reduce that number, conveyor operators are wise to understand exactly how a confined space is defined, and to consider what they can do to prevent serious injuries.read more

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Martin Engineering: Reduce Conveyor Maintenance Time through better Access

Virtually every vehicle on the road today is designed with a hood that can be easily opened for access to the engine, so mechanics can perform routine service and diagnose / address problems that arise during its lifespan. Conveyor systems should be designed in much the same way, with convenient poi…read more

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Reducing Belt Conveyor Transfer Impact Energy using a Dynamic Idler

A belt conveyor load zone under a primary sizer was experiencing multiple failures to plant. The system transports 5500 tph of Iron Ore, 6 m drop height and a lump size of 500 mm+. To reduce unplanned maintenance and stretch shutdown intervals by increasing the life of the belt, rollers and fra…read more

Case Study

Twin-shaft Batch Mixer used on major Construction Site in Germany

The concrete manufacturer Godel-Beton based in Stuttgart, Germany, has been relying on the tried-and-tested twin-shaft mixing technology from BHS-Sonthofen for decades – and is currently counting on its expertise in the Stuttgart 21 project. read more

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Moisture Measurement & Control yields immediate Results: Consistent Product Quality from Lab to Line

What is worse than wasted effort? Economical losses and decreased productivity. Moisture measurement is a crucial aspect in manufacturing from the initial process to the end-product stage. Product quality and consistency are forefront with MoistTech in the development of the IR3000 sensor to accurat…read more

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Conveyor Transfer Point Design: Material Containment for Safety & Efficiency

Since most Conveyor Injuries occur during Routine Maintenance or Cleaning, the Control of fugitive Materials is one of the most important Factors to reduce Hazards and prevent Injuries. In this article Martin Engineering explains how, in a properly-engineered transfer point, each component is employ…read more

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Martin Engineering: How to achieve cleaner, safer and more productive Conveying with optimized Belt Cleaner Tension

The ability to maintain the proper force required to keep the edge of a belt cleaner blade against the belt is a key factor in the performance of any cleaning system. Blade-to-belt pressure must be controlled to achieve optimal cleaning with a minimal rate of blade wear. A belt cleaner that is prope…read more

Case Study

Martin Engineering: Conveyor Upgrades improve Efficiency, Material Containment and Safety

The Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizer plant in Kansas has adopted innovative belt cleaning, alignment and modular chute technology to resolve tracking, spillage and dust problems on two conveyors transporting petroleum coke (petcoke). Martin Engineering redesigned the system with belt …read more

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Martin Engineering: Cement Plant overcomes remote Conveyor Issues with unique Power Generation Technology

An innovative cement manufacturer in the Midwestern U.S. has implemented a unique power solution developed by Martin Engineering at a remote conveyor location that lacked convenient electrical access. The patent-pending design uses the kinetic energy of the moving belt to generate enough electricity…read more

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Martin Engineering: Conveyor Equipment Manufacturer uses unique Strategy to Control Dust Emissions

Martin Engineering has helped mitigate dust emissions at the underground limestone mine of a cement production plant by implementing an innovative transfer point solution. Using a specially-designed dust control unit (DCU) to spray a surfactant onto both sides of the cargo stream during transfe…read more

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