Conference Proceedings
Iron Ore 2015
Conference Proceedings
Iron Ore 2015
Laser Scanning of Conveyor Ore Profiles
Understanding the real utilisation of the available volumetric capacity of a conveyor is key to unlocking latent capacity or debottlenecking' existing plant. Conveyors are typically designed on the basis of conservative density and ore surcharge angle specifications, and consequently there is often latent volumetric capacity available.Laser scanning measurements of conveyor ore profiles has been undertaken on iron ore conveyors to gain an understanding of the actual surcharge angle and the available edge clearances. Iron ore producers seeking to extract maximum production from their assets have used these measurements to debottleneck existing plant and to revise the design criteria for future plant. The benefit is that latent capacity of existing plant can be unlocked and smaller and cheaper conveyors can be designed for future plant, maximising the return on capital. This paper describes the measurements and results.CITATION:Fares, T and Grobler, S, 2015. Laser scanning of conveyor ore profiles, in Proceedings Iron Ore 2015, pp 549-554 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).
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T Fares, S Grobler
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