Liam Andrews, Luke Stone and Brian Moore demonstrate how the discrete element method (DEM) can be utilised in the prediction, measurement and mitigation of silo quaking based on research and recent advancements
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DriveRadar simplifies industrial gear maintenance
Plant operators are constantly being challenged to minimise costly system downtime by being able to accurately predict the future performance of their operating equipment. This is now made possible with
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Geared for individual purpose: Gen X.e
The Generation X.e is not only perfectly suited to heavy industry – these industrial gear units are adapted precisely to the operating and environmental conditions of their particular applications.
This
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Optimising a wet screening operation using computational modelling tools
During a plant optimisation analysis, a client identified a wet screening process as one of the points that required further work. This case study focuses on material flow from the scrubber onto the screen
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Troubleshooting belt conveyors with DEM analysis
Shaun Reid, Consulting Engineer with TUNRA Bulk Solids, shares how TUNRA has applied DEM models to troubleshoot belt conveying operations.
Belt conveyors offer an efficient solution for high throughput,
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Reaping the benefits with SEW Eurodrive and Kilic Engineering
With the Australian grain industry experiencing record harvests, the performance of grain handling equipment has become increasingly important – it can make all the difference to an operation’s productivity
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FleXeDrive: saving time and setting new standards
In a world that seems to be constantly speeding up, heavy industries like mining are subject to rapid fluctuations in commodity prices. When that happens, they need to quickly ramp up production to meet
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How a ‘plug and play’ solution provides high-scale condition monitoring at minimal cost for miners
Condition monitoring has become an essential service to the modern mine – not just as a means to prevent catastrophic machine failure, but to improve maintenance and the uptime of equipment. With increased
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A case study of stacker chute analysis using DEM and scale modelling
Transfer chutes may be a small or low-cost part of a system, but they can easily become a costly bottleneck and maintenance nightmare. In this case study, experts from TUNRA Bulk Solids model a stacker chute in a stacker reclaimer using Discrete Element Modelling (DEM) and scale modelling.
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Integrity of large steel ropes
Aspec Engineering explains steel wire ropes – how to care for them and their limits of degradation.
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