Bulk Material Handling by Conveyor Belt 7

Description

An aluminum smelting plant in Texas needs to install a 12-mile overland conveyor to its new coal mine. To keep up with production, a mine in Indonesia must upgrade its conveyor and increase speed by 30 percent. A copper mine in Arizona is faced with the challenge of installing a large-scale stacking system to transport ore at a higher rate, with lower maintenance and increased reliability. These are just some of the compelling, real-life stories told in this Seventh Edition of the popular series based on the SME symposiums. Two dozen leading engineers and researchers from seven countries share their insights into successful, cutting-edge bulk material handling solutions and ways to improve conveyor performance. Anyone responsible for designing or managing operations requiring the transport of large amounts of bulk material will find this book useful, as well as thought provoking. Generously illustrated with charts, graphs, and photos, the book focuses on design considerations for long overland conveyors and solving real problems using numerical analysis and simulation. Almost one-third of the text is devoted to case studies of successful operations around the world. Content:• Front Matter • Preface • Table of Contents •Part I. Design Considerations for Long Overland Conveyors 1. Evolutionary Belt Conveyor Design - Optimizing Costs 2. Dynamics of Long Belt Conveyors with Distributed Drives 3. Applied Rubber Belt Cover Loss Prediction from Indentation 4. Belt Conveyor Idler Roll Behaviors •Part II. Solving Real Problems Using Numerical Analysis and Simulation 5. Simulation for Equipment Sizing, Longwall to Stockpile 6. Simulation as a Tool to Determine Stockyard Handling Capacity 7. Interfacing Belt Feeders and Hoppers to Achieve Reliable Operation 8. Discrete Element Modeling of Sag Energy Losses in a Conveyor Belt System •Part III. Case Studies of Large Belt Conveyance Projects 9. Increasing Kaltim Prima Coal Overland Conveyor Speed to 8.5 mps 10. Limestone Transportation by 17-km Cross-Border Long Belt Conveyor for Lafarge Surma Cement Limited 11. Cadman Downhill Overland Conveyor, Blending into the Washington State Forest Area 12. Thirty-Year-Old Transfer Point Challenge 13. Large-Scale Stacking System at the Freeport-McMoRan Safford Mine Index