Biography:
Bulks Solids Handling Specialist in mining etc at Emtek Pty Ltd
Adjunct Professor School of Engineering University of Newcastle 2011 to 2023
Ex Director Minerva Engineers
Mechanical Engineer. BE Hons Monash University 1977.
ASBSH Chairman of the Australian Society for Bulk Solids Handling 1995 to 2005
Bechtel Fellow 2000 to 2003
FIEAUST Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia 1994 to present
NPER, RPEV, RPEQ, APEC Engineer
47 years experience with Minenco Pty Ltd, Bechtel, Minerva Engineers, Calibre Minerva, Emtek
Development of the:
* Down Under Belt Conveyor DUBC™, that is very low energy, with the carry side under the return, 300mm plus diameter rollers at very large pitches & the carry sets connect directly to the foundation. Fastway HD Foundation™. So there is minimal steel structure required. The conveyor system can be placed at a rate of 9kM in 20 days.
* The use of fibre optic cable to monitor bearings in the idler rolls. Thermal, vibration or acoustic systems are available. Marketed as BRGsensory™
Projects include, Port Waratah PWCS Stage 3, Comalco CAR, Hamersley Iron Channar Iron Ore, Bougainville waste handling, Western Mining Corp , Alcoa, Falconbridge New Caledonia, Newcrest Cadia, Kestrel, Pasminco Century Zinc, Pt Kaltim Prima Coal, Western Turner Syncline, Marradong, Silvergrass
Know-how and experience:
Bulk materials handling systems.
Long overland conveyors. These include PT Kaltim Prima Coal. 13.1kM 4500 tph single flight conveyor and the 2 x 10kM Channar Iron Ore conveyors.
22kM system at Rio Tinto Western Turner Syncline with longest flight 11.8kM, 7.8kM BHP Area C Deposit E, 10.5kM BHP Marradong, 9kM Rio Tinto Silvergrass
Stockyard equipment, stackers, reclaimers, shiploaders. Projects include the Port Waratah Coal Services (PWCS) Stage 3 expansion to 89Million tonnes per annum
