Storage, Feeding, Transfer and Belt Conveying Course
The TBS online short course will conclude today, 13 delegates from industry including two international delegates from Sweden and Brazil have participated in an intensive 5-day program with sessions on:
- Bulk solid flow properties and application to design
- Loads on bin walls – symmetric, eccentric discharge – shock loads and silo quaking
- Stockpile design incorporating draw-down, live capacity, base loads and locations of reclaim hoppers, feeders and tunnels
- Loads on buried structures in bins and stockpiles
- Chute design for feeding and transfer
- Belt conveying – overview of various types of conveyors – bulk solids and conveyor belt interactions – review of basic design procedures and future developments