Bulk Materials Handling Management

A training course covering the fundamental components and application of various equipment in the bulk materials handling field. Participants will understand basis of design, safety, equipment selection, stockpile design, silo design, and reliability improvement.

Health and Safety

• Dust — health risks, generation and mitigation

• Fires and explosions — causes and mitigation

• Guarding to standards and practical aspects

Basics of Bulk Material Flow Testing

• Why testing? Where to test? What to test for?

• How to use the results Conveying

• Conveyor design, maintenance and operation considerations

• Types of conveyors and their use

• Conveyor components — belting, pulleys, idlers, motors and gearboxes, couplings, drives, brakes, cleaners and ploughs, holdbacks, magnets, weighers, samplers, trippers, take-ups

• Lubrication

• Belt tracking — causes and mitigations

• Instruments for conveyors Stockpiling and Bins

• Stockpile and bin design considerations

• Stockpile types and selection

• Stacking and reclaiming machines and methods

• Bin and silo configurations

• Material flow in silos and design methods

• Level measurement methods and instruments Chutes

• Chute design considerations

• Trajectories

• Types of chutes

• Wear liner methods and materials Chutes and Ancillaries Design Impacts

• Belt cleaners, tramp magnets, samplers and sampler types • Skirts and skirt boxes

• Access for maintenance

• Chute modelling — DEM and other methods Conveyor Calculation Methods

• Manual methods

• Computer methods Air Transport

• Pneumatic conveying

• Vacuum conveying

Bulk Materials Handling Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Plant Engineers, Process Engineers, Reliability Engineers, Maintenance Engineers, Project Engineers, Asset Management Engineers