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
White Paper 3D Level Sensors can solve the toughest Food Storage Challenges For almost a decade, 3DLevelScanners have been providing highly accurate level and volume measurement in challenging materials contained in bins, tanks, and silos. Measuring and mapping the material surface, these sensor sends pulses in a 70° beam angle, taking multiple level measurements and accou…read more
bulk solids handling Journal Technical Article How to divide a Pneumatic Conveying Stream – Splitter for continuous Distribution of Bulk Solid Material during Pneumatic Conveyance Worldwide, a high number of so-called splitters as elements of pneumatic conveying lines are in operation, in order to continuously distribute the conveyed bulk material to several receiving stations. The present article provides an overview over the possible applications and typical configurations …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
bulk solids handling Journal White Paper New Challenges for Material Blending and Homogenising – Bed Blending Efficiency, adding Value with Stockyard Systems The drive of end-users towards efficient raw-material sourcing leads to a growing number of often worldwide spread sources with varying material characteristics. Yet, new boilers, kilns or blast furnaces require a feed material quality of even increased consistency to achieve high process efficiency…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
bulk solids handling Journal White Paper Straightforward and Flexible – Mobile Stockyard Equipment for Stockpiling, Reclaiming & Truck Unloading Mobile stockyard equipment can offer a cost efficient alternative to traditional systems, especially when developing new greenfield sites. With no civil requirements/limited planning permission, the equipment is perfect for the initial "start-up phase" of a project. read more
Case Study motan-colortronic: New Piping optimises Material Flow at German Plastics Processor The constant growth of a company is a pleasing affair. In production areas, however, it needs a certain amount of creativity to meet the growing requirements. Many extensions necessitate conversions and additions that would not be implemented with a complete new building.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
bulk solids handling Journal Case Study How to Handle Recyclables – UK’s First Terex-Fuchs MHL250E Long-Reach Materials Handler The recycling of used building materials needs a thorough sorting of the delivered materials. Terex-Fuchs’ new long reach material handler is a compact machine with a great operating range, ideally suited for the handling of recyclables. read more
bulk solids handling Journal Case Study Transforming Waste to Value! Municipal Recovery Facility safes Resources and Dump Space Municipal waste contains a high percentage of materials, whose recycling can be profitable due to the substitute of (limited) resources as well as saving valuable dump space. In Perth, Western Australia, a highly advanced facility has just gone operative. read more
bulk solids handling Journal Technical Article Alternative Carrying Media and Agglomeration Processes for Transportation of Coal Such terms as Colloil, COM (Coal in Oil Mixtures) and Methacoal have become a common feature in the literature. More recent deliberations, examinations, and publications also in respect of contemporary projects have been tending towards alternative carrying media such as oil and methanol to an ever …read more
Case Study MWRRG announced open Tenders to design and build new Waste Processing Facilities in Melbourne, Australia Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group (MWRRG) has on March 10, 2020 called for Expressions of Interest for solutions to provide an alternative to landfill for 16 councils in Melbourne’s south east. This will be the biggest tender ever undertaken in Melbourne for new infrastructure to pro…read more
bulk solids handling Journal Technical Article High Angle Conveying: The Vital (missing) Link to IPCC Systems – 2017 Installations and recent studies have demonstrated the technical and economical advantages of high angle conveying for optimization of any IPCC system, yet that industry continues to struggle with the use of conventional solutions to achieve the high angle function. read more
bulk solids handling Journal 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
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 Case Study Creating Value from Overburden: Valuable Rock Grade obtained from Contaminated Feed Material he new dry process clay adhesions from screen waste produced in quarries and gravel pits. Operators report that they are able to convert more than 90 % of contaminated feed material into salable rock grade using the ‘Combimix’ system. 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 White Paper If Crusher-Availability counts: Failure to adequately maintain Crushers comes at a high Price Functioning crushers are of paramount interest for the production of many mines and quarries. The following article runs through maintenance tasks a user might take to prolong the service life of his crusher. 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 Static Electricity Hazards – Dust Cloud Ignition caused by Static Electricity After emptying a powder from a plastic drum into a metal hopper, a spark occurred when the operator removed the drum, igniting the dust distributed in the air. The following paper presents an explanation about the “why” and “how not” of this accident. 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 Technical Article Feeding of Biomass: Design Experience with Wood Chips Part of the international struggle to reduce the carbon footprint in energy consumption is the utilisation of biomass instead of fossil fuels such as coal or oil. Although the basic approach is quite promising, as there is a huge amount of usable biomass, there are some problems to be solved with re…read more
Case Study GKD: Sewage Treatment Plant enjoys greater Planning Reliability for its Belt Press Sonneberg Waterworks, Germany, operate four sewage treatment plants for around 50,000 residents. The Sonneberg-Heubisch sewage treatment plant has been using a Type 1003 filter belt with integrated wear indicator from GKD Gebr. Kufferrath AG (GKD) to dewater sewage sludge since January 2016. Beside …read more