Navigating Competing Design Criteria in Transfer Chute Design

Emeritus Professor Alan Roberts, TUNRA Bulk Solids’ founding director and one of Australia’s most prominent scientists in the field of bulk solids handling, often makes a big claim that “Bulk Solids Handling isn’t rocket science… it’s harder”. One of the challenges engineers and designers often face is the so-called competing criteria, which often turn a design task into trade-off exercises. In this article, Dr Priscilla Freire from TUNRA Bulk Solids, discusses some of the competing design criteria that engineers are often faced with when designing bulk material handling systems. 

Navigating competing design criteria in transfer chute design (ABHR July/Aug 2022)