Mobile Bridges

The mobile conveyor bridges in the German Lignite mines transport the material from the excavators directly crossing the open pit onto the dump site. Special operational conditions there allow capacities up to 29.000 m³/h from three Bucket Chain Excavators, a span length (distance between the supports) of 270 m and a dumping height of 74 m. The 13400 t Conveyor Bridge travels on rails. One support stands on the excavation site, the other one on the dumping side. The extraction of the lignite takes place between the supports.Another application of Tenova conveyor bridges are Dumping the Heap Leach Systems. These conveyor bridges are also fully mobile and transfer the material from reclaimers, overland conveyors or connecting conveyors to the downstream conveyors, Mobile Transfer Conveyors or Stackers (Spreaders) as seen in Gaby/Chile or Toquepala/Peru.

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