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17 - MSE - Maintenance, Scheduling, Planning
MSE 401KL - Maintenance and Troubleshooting of Conveyors and Chutes
Course Description
This workshop is designed for engineers and technicians from a wide range of bilities and Backgrounds and
will provide an excellent introduction to troubleshooting, maintenance and basic design rules of conveyors
and chutes. It is intended to cover the fundamentals of belt conveying and would be useful for those
with little experience in this area.
Before commencing a detailed course on conveyors it is important to have a solid practical knowledge of the material to be conveyed. A basic knowledge is provided of the bulk materials characteristics and properties.
This will enable you to have a far stronger ability to troubleshoot and design workable conveyor systems.
Numerous tips throughout the course make it practical and topical. You will also engage in problem solving
and case studies to absorb the materials as quickly and effectively as possible.
Course Objectives
Understanding maintenance of conveyors
Troubleshooting conveyor problems
Learning splicing techniques
Discussing safety management
Exploring capacity, sizing and power of equipment
Covering the fundamentals of belt conveyor, chute and feeder design
Who Should Attend?
Maintenance Engineers, Technicians and Staff
Plant Engineers
Operation, Maintenance, Inspection and Repair Managers, Supervisors and Engineers
Mechanical Engineers and Technicians
Design Engineers
Electrical Engineers and Technicians
Consulting Engineers
Course Details/Schedule
Day 1
- Fundamentals of bulk materials handling
- Nature of bulk solids
- Characteristics of generally used bulk materials
- Conveyors and chutes overview Practical Exercise
- Belt conveying
- Layout
- Components of a standard conveyor
- Capacity of belt conveyors and selection of belt width
- Selection of other components (belt, idlers, pulleys and takeups etc.)
- Simple calculation of belt tension
- Selection of drive
- Troubleshooting tips
- Take-ups
- Operation and maintenance of belts
- Tips for cost savings Practical Exercise
- Basic Configuratio
Day 2
- Safety of conveyors
- Conveyor safety standard
- General background on AS 4024.1 (RA and hazard recognition)
- Hazard recognition
- History of accidents
- Key conveyor safety issues
- Demonstration of unsafe conveyors
- AS 1755 conveyors
- Chute doors hazards and controls Case Study Practical Exercise
- Maintenance and troubleshooting of conveyors
- Troubleshooting conveyor problems
- Types of joints
- Splice failures
- Splice inspections
- Splice repairs
- Typical problems
- Root cause process
- Systematic approach for tracking
Day 3
- Chute maintenance and troubleshooting
- Transfer chutes theory
- Laser scanning applications
- Best practice design
- Boosting flow
- Troubleshooting chutes
- Spillage and buildup
- The awkward marriage of conveyor and chutes Exercise
- Feeder maintenance and troubleshooting
- Belt, apron, screw and other feeders
- Optimum draw down
- Troubleshooting typical problems Practical Exercise
Day 4
- Storage and flow
- Flow properties of materials
- Funnel - flow and expanded flow
- Flow rate analysis
- Gravity reclaim
- Bin wall pressures Practical Exercise
- Practical conveyor design
- Review of bulk material characteristics
- Layout
- Component selection
- Lump size limitation
- Capacity
- Minimum pulley diameters
- Burden cross sectional area calculations
- Volumetric capacity
- Velocity calculations
- Idler spacing and load rating
- Belt tension calculations
- Drive arrangements
- Power demand capacity
- Starting and stopping
- Start up current calculations
- Vertical curves
- Gearbox and drive selection
- Safety factors
- Bearing types and selection Conveyor design calculations Exercises
Day 5
- Chute desgin
- Liner selection
- Use of solidworks
- DEM and application to transfer design
- Stress analysis using cosmos Chute Design Exercise
- Feeder design
- Calculation of loads/drive torques and power
- Feeder selection Feeder Design Exercise
- Applications and future trends
- Case studies
- Future trends in conveyors, feeders and chutes
