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The South African Institute of Materials Handling (SAIMH) is a Non-Profit organisation set up with an objective to encourage the transfer of knowledge associated within the fields of Bulk Materials Handling (conveyors, stacker, reclaimers, tipplers, train loading systems, etc.) through a combination of seminars and networking sessions.

The SAIMH is made up of professional engineers, each practising their trade in a variety of organisations who volunteer their time to execute the SAIMH’s objective. The main aim is thus to promote the advancement of the art, science, theory and practice of the Bulk Materials Handling principles and techniques.

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Set three feet above the belt, it works like a series of shelves, catching and distributing the limestone with reduced force onto an impact cradle

The V-Plow prevents material entrapment between the belt and tail pulley from becoming a repeating phenomenon

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Course fee: R12 600 inc VAT

CHUTE DESIGN AND MODELLING Chutes are crucial components in most bulk material handling systems but their importance is often underestimated. The correct design of chutes is essential in order to avoid costly process interruptions due to blockages or mechanical failure.

Course objectives This three day course, presented by leading Australian and South African practitioners in chute design, will provide detailed methodologies for the calculation of bulk materials trajectories, velocities and pressures that develop with material impact and flow within bulk transfer chute arrangements. An understanding of internal angles of friction and how chute angles are determined and how they are applied to the chute design

will be presented. Understand how to interpret a “comprehensive bulk solids report� and apply the various results to the equipment design.

The explanation and use of the chute angle adhesion tester, and its application in design, will be discussed. This course has been accredited

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This course is endorsed by the Conveyor Manufacturers Association (CMA) and the South African Institute of Materials Handling (SAIMH).

Attendance will entitle the delegate to register with the CMA to write an assignment and an examination, at an additional cost to be advised by the CMA. A CMA Certificate of competency is issued to delegates who pass both the assignment and the examination.

Course lecturers: Dr Kenneth Williams is the General Manager for Research at TUNRA Bulk Solids. He coordinates a wide spectrum of research projects and has been a part of the TBS team for over 10 years. Additionally, he is also the TBS Africa co-ordinator, working closely with the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg on developing services and solutions for the African mining, minerals processing and power industries. His main areas of expertise include the application of stress based analysis for the design of bulk material handling systems, the prediction and design of pneumatic conveying, fluidisation and air slide systems for dense and dilute phase flow, the prediction of wear in bulk material handling systems with focus on wear mechanisms as well as the investigation of DEM-CFD applications and their applicability and limitations for design.

Dr Dusan Ilic is a Senior Consulting Engineer with TUNRA Bulk Solids and has operated as a materials handling consultant for over 10 years. In this period he has encountered a vast number of different bulk solid materials across a range of applications and industries. His main areas of expertise involve auditing, concept design, optimisation, numerical modelling and analysis of transfer systems (belt conveying). Other fields of proficiency include bulk solid flow property testing & characterisation, plant layout and 3D concept design, modelling of stockpiles and vessel live capacity.

Current research interests include characterisation, handling and transportation of difficult ores and concentrates, development of transfer system design criteria including wear liner selection, and the control and management of dust.

Ed Birtch holds a HND in Mechanical Engineering from the UK. He has over forty years of experience in bulk materials handling. He has worked extensively on small and multibillion rand mining projects as a designer, project engineer and project manager and has held other managerial positions in the bulk materials handling field. Ed is a consultant with TBSA, responsible, together with Dr August Lamos, for the development of the TBSA Laboratory, and for the engineering design on bulk solids flow design projects.

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Course fee: R12 600 inc VAT

Course content: • • • • • • •

Flow properties Basic continuum modelling Introduction to DEM and calibration techniques Practical application of continuum and DEM modelling Expanded applications of continuum modelling Dust control analysis techniques Transfer chute design focusing on dust control, wear minimisation and flow optimisation

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Review of trajectories from conveyors and chutes with practical applications Review of the continuum calculation method with practical applications An introduction to the implementation of DEM in the work environment Operation and maintenance of chutes - chute liners and their applications

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This course is aimed at Managers, Engineers, Technologists and other personnel in the resources industries who would benefit from a better understanding of bulk transfer chute design. Book early to ensure a seat on this extremely popular course.

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Figure 1. Typical conveyor take-up winch system with VFD, clutch and cylinder

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Figure 2. Typical take-up winch fitted with low speed adjustable slip clutch

Case study – theoretical only - overland conveyor Conveyor length [m]

3 972.0

Conveyor lift [m]

-2.14

Design output [t/h]

900

Design speed [m/s]

2.3

Belt width [mm]

1 200

Belt type

Steel cord

Belt class [N/mm]

1 000

Top idler spacing [m]

1.2

Return idler spacing [m]

2.6

Idler roll dia. [mm]

127 (top and return)

Trough angle [deg.]

45

Take-up type

Electric winch

Take-up location

Head end

Drive location

Head end

No. of drives x number of dr. pulleys

2x2

Total installed power [kW]

2 x 250

Product conveyed

Bauxite (Aluminium ore)

Table 1. Conveyor parameters Normal sheave position

Retracted sheave position Hydraulic retraction cylinder

Tension load cell

Cylinder travel

Power pack c/w motor & accumulator Figure 3. Typical hydraulic low tension protection cylinder system

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Figure 4. Winch active DOL – constant speed winch operation, overload protection (slip clutch) installed – set at 137kN. Graphs of belt tension [N] (upper) and belt velocity [m/s] (lower) at tail (green), head (blue), after drive pulley T2 (red), take-up (pink)

Figure 5. Winch active DOL – constant speed winch operation, overload protection (slip clutch) installed – set at 137kN. Graphs of take-up trolley movement [m] (upper) and take-up trolley velocity [m/s] (lower)

Figure 6. Winch active DOL – constant speed winch operation, take-up trolley speed 0.6m/s, low tension protection (hydraulic cylinder) installed. Graphs of belt tension [N] (upper) and belt velocity [m/s] (lower) at tail (green), head (blue), after drive pulley T2 (red), take-up (pink)

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Figure 7. Winch active DOL – constant speed winch operation, take-up trolley speed 0.6m/s, low tension protection (hydraulic cylinder) installed. Graphs of take-up trolley movement [m] (upper) and take-up trolley velocity [m/s] (lower)

Figure 8. Winch active DOL – constant speed winch operation, overload protection (slip clutch) installed – set at 137kN (total pull at the trolley). Graphs of belt tension [N] (upper) and belt velocity [m/s] (lower) at tail (green), head (blue), after drive pulley T2 (red), take-up (pink)

Figure 9. Winch active DOL constant speed winch operation, overload protection (slip clutch) installed – set at 137kN (total pull at the trolley). Graphs of take-up trolley movement [m] (upper) and take-up trolley velocity [m/s](lower)

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Figure 10. Full load conveyor stop. Graphs of belt tension [N] (upper) and belt velocity [m/s] (lower) at tail (green), head ( blue), after drive (red), take-up (pink)

Figure 11. Full load conveyor stop. Graphs of take-up trolley travel [m] (upper) and take-up trolley velocity [m/s] (lower) along the conveyor

Figure 12. Full load conveyor start-up. Graphs of belt tension [N] (upper) and belt velocity [m/s] (lower) at tail (green), head ( blue), after drive (red), take-up (pink)

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Figure 13. Full load conveyor start up. Graphs of take-up trolley travel [m] (upper) and take-up trolley velocity [m/s] (lower) along the conveyor

Figure 14. Full load conveyor aborted start-up. Graphs of belt tension [N] (upper) and belt velocity [m/s] (lower) at tail (green), head ( blue), after drive (red), take-up (pink)

Figure 15. Full load conveyor aborted start-up. Graphs of take-up trolley travel [m] (upper) and take up trolley velocity [m/s] (lower) along the conveyor

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