Materials Handling Science in the Design & Selection of Equipment
Bulk Materials Handling Workshop
When: 20 July 2022, 1:30pm-3:30pm
Where:
Resources Centre of Excellence
65 Crichtons Rd, Paget QLD 4740
To register, email Priscilla Grassi Freire at Priscilla.Freire@newcastle.edu.au or Danielle Harris at danielle.harris@newcastle.edu.au .
LO1 – Introduction to flow Properties Testing for Design of Materials Handling Systems (Shaun Reid, TUNRA Bulk Solids - 30 minutes)
- Introduction to TUNRA Bulk Solids
- Sampling and moisture considerations
- Overview of flow properties testing and their application to design
- Reflections on calibration procedures for Discrete Element Modelling
LO2 - Introduction to balance machine types (Matt Coleman, FLSmidth - 30 minutes)
- Introduction to FLSmidth
- Discuss current capital projects that FLSmidth are involved in.
- Basic machine types in Australia and the selection process.
LO3 – Transfer Chute Design Principles (Shaun Reid, TUNRA Bulk Solids - 30 minutes)
- Verify and discuss the “10 Commandments of Transfer Chute Design.”
- Reiterate the design principles and their intrinsic connection to chute design.
LO4 – Machine Operating Parameters > NCIG Terminal Ship loading Chute Case Study (Matt Coleman, FLSmidth - 30 minutes)
- Importance of agreed machine operating parameters
- Consequence of operating outside of parameters
- Fault discovery/detection
- Risk mitigation techniques
- Revised solution to meet the client’s requirements