bulk solids handling Journal Technical Article Roll-On/Roll-Off by Krupp Fördertechnik During the past few years, there has been an increasing request by clients for the delivery of fully-assembled and tes ed ship un loaders. read more
bulk solids handling Journal Case Study Control and Management of Bristol Port Company's New Bulk Handling Terminal Concol Systems Limited, Chesterfield, U.K., are proud to have provided the comprehensive automation and manage ment information system for the new bulk handling facility at Royal Portbury Dock, Bristol, U.K., as subcontractors to the Balfour Beatty/Birtley Joint Venture. read more
bulk solids handling Journal White Paper Ensuring Access to the Coal – Hauling up the hours at Indonesian Mine A coal mine in East Kalimantan (Indonesia) runs a fleet of eight Volvo excavators and 65 articulated haulers for the remove of overburden and some special tasks like fuel and water delivery. To keep this equipment productive, the Indonesian Volvo rep. has a special team onsite, which is supported by…read more
bulk solids handling Journal Technical Article The Development of Bucket Wheel Excavators During the Last Fifty Years This article reviews the important development steps in the manufacture of bucket wheel excavators during the past 50 years. New developments and technical improvements in the areas of crawler drives, slewing gear, the bucket wheel, and the conveyor belt of the wheel boom are presented in detail. A …read more
White Paper 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
White Paper 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
Case Study MYSAK at Powtech 2023: A modern Belt Dryer using Waste Heat In 2022, MYSAK completed the construction of a modern sugar beet pulp dryer at the Krasnystaw Sugar Factory, which uses only waste heat for drying purposes that was previously not fully utilised and was simply lost. An additional advantage is that the drying takes place at low temperatures and in cl…read more
bulk solids handling Journal 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
bulk solids handling Journal 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
bulk solids handling Journal Case Study Port Kembla - A State of the Art Coal Port The new Port Kembla coal loader, dedicated on November 22, 1982, was developed to satisfy the following criteria: superior environmental protection, capacity, one hour train tum-around time, environmentally acceptable unloading of 200,000 trucks a year, high reliability, ease of maintenance and clea…read more
bulk solids handling Journal Technical Article The Next Generation Low Loss Conveyor Belts Low loss rubber compounds were introduced over fifteen years ago. Since then the rubber compounds evolved further and what used to be a low loss compound is basically standard quality today. For conveyor belt manufacturers it is therefore increasingly difficult to stay at the vanguard of rubber tech…read more
bulk solids handling Journal Technical Article Belt Weighing Test Facility at Warren Spring Laboratory The economic and other advantages of belt weighers are reviewed and a history of research into belt weighing at Warren Spring Laboratory (WSL) is given. The paper then describes the aims and objectives of the present Belt Weighing Co-operative Project, which includes industrial sponsorship, and its …read more
bulk solids handling Journal Case Study The Siwertell Coal Unloader at Kingsnorth The Siwertell ship unloader is a continuous bulk unloader, that has been used extensively to unload cement, grain and feedstocks, and minerals. More recently, it has been used for unloading coal, and two Siwertells have been purchased by the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) in Great Bri…read more
bulk solids handling Journal White Paper Checking a Belts Intactness – Surface Scanner Makes Conveyor Belt Damage Visible Belt conveyors are the lifeline of many bulk materials handling operations. Therefore, their continuous availability is of paramount importance. To help operators keep their systems running, Contitech offers a variety of inspection systems that present the conveyor belts actual state. 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 Technical Article Determination of Sample Size for Estimation of the Mean Grade Particular guidelines for the accurate assessment of the requisite sample size for the mean grade of a quantity or volume of mineralized bulk material are presented, and an illustrative numerical example is given. read more
bulk solids handling Journal White Paper Slurry, Paste and Cake: Transport by hydraulic driven Piston Pumps The traditional way to transport liquids and semi liquid material generally uses a lot of water. But nowadays, where water has become a limited resource, this is no longer acceptable. However, the amount of water needed can be easily reduced – by selecting the right kind of pumping system. read more
bulk solids handling Journal White Paper New Developments in Continuous Mining and Materials Handling Bulk mining and handling technologies have been affected in two ways by the soaring cost of oil and oil products in recent years. Firstly, the substitution of oil by coal, oil sands and oil shale demands the development of high-capacity mining and handling equipment and secondly, the rising fue…read more
bulk solids handling Journal White Paper The Current Status of Hydraulic Backfill Techniques in South Africa The gold mining operation in South Africa produces a mix ture of gold-bearing ore and broken waste rock which, after a primary separation of the barren waste is hauled to the surface. The end products of the mining operation are gold and two types of waste material, a broken rock and a silt sized ro…read more
bulk solids handling Journal Technical Article Advances in Explosion Protection Technology – Improvements and new Options offered by advanced Protection Solutions Explosion protection techniques have been undergoing several refinements as a result of the implementation of legislative requirements and innovative product development. The extended use of explosion protection standards and demands from industry resulted in additional products with improved perfor…read more
bulk solids handling Journal Research Paper Why Idlers fail: Quantifying the Effects of Idler Bearing Misalignment on Bearing Life Idlers are an essential component of every belt conveyor. They are a rather cheap massproduct which anybody uses, but (almost) nobody takes into account – unless they fail. Following you'll find some explanation about the reasons of their failure. read more