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Objectives
To reduce the wear and tear on the conveyor belt due to mechanical
Material dispersion
Solutions
Martin Engineering in Brazil used EDEM to predict the flow behavior of ore
through one of its transfer chutes and to design a new conveying system that
generates a consistent and compact flow of material with reduced impact
between mineral ore and conveyor.
Benefits
The analyses performed by Martin Engineering reduced the impact force of
the mineral ore on the conveyor belt by more than 40%. This effectively
reduced the degradation in the transported material and increased the inservice life of the equipment.
New Design: Perpendicular impact on the belt is New Design: Impact force on the conveyor belt was
eliminated.
reduced by more than 40%.
Aligned and
continuous flow
Project Coordinator
Martin Engineering, Brazil