bulk solids handling Journal White Paper 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
bulk solids handling Journal Technical Article In-Pit Crushing and Conveying Bench Operations – Assessing the Truckless Mining Option In-Pit Crushing and Conveying systems are attracting global interest for their significant sustainability benefits and potential to reduce operating costs. The selection of the most appropriate materials handling system for a given operation must consider economic, social, environmental and technica…read more
bulk solids handling Journal 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
bulk solids handling Journal White Paper Controlling one’s Gold Assets – A Belt Scale System worth its Weight in Gold Gold is one of the most important metals in the world - not only for jewelry or gold assets, but also for many industrial applications. For its production in Russia, a company looked for a robust and calibratable scale to control their gold (ore) flow. read more
bulk solids handling Journal 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
bulk solids handling Journal 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
Case Study BHS-Sonthofen delivers six twin-shaft Batch Mixers to Pakistan The Chinese-Pakistani consortium CEC-POWERCHINA and the Pakistan Frontier Works Office is building the Diamer-Basha Dam near the Chinese border in northern Pakistan. The construction project will require 18.6 million cubic meters of mainly roller-compacted concrete over the next few years. BHS-Sonth…read more
bulk solids handling Journal White Paper Improve your Size Reduction: Expect More from your Horizontal Shaft Impactor Horizontal Shaft Impactors (HSI) were first implemented in the midst of the last century. Since then they have taken over the size reduction process in many industries. Here’s why, and how. read more
bulk solids handling Journal 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
Case Study Tecwill uses Mixer from BHS-Sonthofen for major Infrastructure Project Mixing concrete for more than 1100 windmills of Europe’s biggest wind farm is no small task. Which is why Tecwill Oy, a Finnish expert for concrete batching plants, puts his trust in a twin-shaft batch mixer from BHS-Sonthofen. The mixer produces four cubic meters of fiber concrete per batch and a…read more
bulk solids handling Journal Case Study It’s all about the Mix – Mixing and Granulation of Sinter Material in the Steel Industry With regard to abrasiveness sinter raw materials in the iron and steel industry are among the most demanding when it comes to mixing processes, especially, as these have to performed continuosly on a 24/7 basis. read more
bulk solids handling Journal 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
Case Study Smart Elbow® Deflection Elbow Installation Brought in $30,000 Under Projected Budget At Miller Brewing Company's Fort Worth, TX, facility, staff engineer Roy Marin was faced with an interesting problem two years ago — a problem that was solved by using the patented HammerTek Smart Elbow® deflection elbow. The Smart Elbow flow device provides change of direction in pneumatic and s…read more
bulk solids handling Journal Case Study Big is never big enough – Designing industrial Raw Material Milling Plants made faster Milling Plants in the Cement Industry (as well as in related industries) are very demanding. Plants have to operate around the clock, and drive capacities of up to 12,000 KW and grinding capacities of up to 1000 t/h are being discussed. Due to the trend towards ever increasing plant capacities the d…read more
bulk solids handling Journal Research Paper Breakage of Powders in Lean-Phase Pneumatic Conveying: The Influence of Material Type Lean-phase pneumatic conveying is utilised across a wide range of industrial processes. This conveying method offers a number of advantages such as process hygiene and routing flexibility, however, due to high impact velocities in the pipeline, particle attrition remains a considerable issue. This w…read more
Case Study Calizamar uses Crushing Technology from BHS-Sonthofen to produce Sand The Dominican building materials manufacturer Calizamar, S.A. relies on crushing technology from BHS-Sonthofen. The company has commissioned the BHS rotor impact mill of type RPM 1513 to produce high-quality crushed sand. With this machine, there are now three crushing plants from BHS-Sonthofen in o…read more
bulk solids handling Journal Case Study Less Spillage – less Costs! Conveyor Upgrade tackles Dust and Spillage at Coeur Rochester Mine After almost 30 years of utilization, a North-American Silver- and Gold-Mine took action together with specialists of Martin Engineering to update its conveyor system with improvements regarding safety, spillage reduction, endurance and efficiency. read more
Case Study 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
bulk solids handling Journal 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
bulk solids handling Journal 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
Case Study CDE commissions its largest C&D Waste Plant in Canada for Calgary Aggregate Recycling Recently commissioned at CAR’s recycling facility in south east Calgary, the new 250 tons per hour (tph) washing solution, designed and engineered by CDE, will take centre stage on Thursday 7th September 2023 as industry representatives gather to learn more about CDE’s innovative recycling proce…read more
bulk solids handling Journal 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
Case Study 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
bulk solids handling Journal Case Study Next Level Mining – New overall Control System helps Swedish Mine to meet tomorrow’s Demands Garpenberg’s lead, silver and zinc has been mined since the 13th century. ABB’s Next Level Mining approach to automate and integrate its processes offers something more important than a rich past: It is aimed to enable a profitable future. read more