Conveying

New, innovative solutions are being developed to transport more materials faster, along routes and across terrains that would not be possible not long ago. Higher belt speeds and variability in materials make it even more important to get the fundamentals correct, like getting the load centered on the belt quickly and efficiently at each loading and transfer point. Not only does this make the conveying easier but it also reduces spillage, belt wear, dusting and material attrition.

Methods of transferring bulk solids still widely used, are to slam the material into a rock box to kill its momentum and then let it fall onto the receiving belt. The receiving belt is used to accelerate the material up to the belt speed. This does not work for high belt speeds and high tonnage rates and is not a good method even at lower rates.