3-Day Short Course and Laboratory Tour

TUNRA Bulk Solids will be running a 3-Day Short Course and Laboratory Tour, on-site at, The University of Newcastle from 18th – 20th May. Numbers are capped at 15 delegates to comply with current COVID regulations, so don’t miss out on your chance to register.

The high-level training course will include sessions on:

  • Basic principles of handling plant design
  • Bulk solid flow properties and application to design
  • Mass flow and funnel flow
  • Transfer chute design and modelling with Discrete Element Method (DEM)
  • Dust control for transfer chutes
  • Belt conveying – overview of various types of conveyors, bulk solids and conveyor belt interactions, design procedures and future developments
  • Wall loads and quaking
  • Feeders and dischargers
  • Stockpile design

For further information regarding this course please contact Danielle.Harris@newcastle.edu.au or download the course brochure here