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  • $1.13m to engineer more energy efficient bulk material transportation systems

    • $1.13m to engineer more energy efficient bulk material transportation systems

    Every ton of bulk material (iron ore, coal, copper) exported from Australia, is at some stage transported by belt conveyors. 

     

    A $1.13 million ARC Mid-Career Industry Fellowship has been awarded to Professor Craig Wheeler to improve efficiencies in bulk material transportation. The funding will support research that aims to deliver a step change improvement to conveying technology and halve the energy used to handle and transport Australia’s most valuable export commodities.

     

    The new technology, know as the Rail-Running Conveyor, merges the benefits of both belt conveying technology and rail to produce a continuous low rolling resistance bulk material transportation system. Advanced models and novel experimental equipment will be developed to model this new innovative system to ensure safe, efficient and reliable design.

     

    Industry partner: FLSmidth Pty Ltd

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