Material Handling Conveyors

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Materials Handling Conveyors CIWG Report

The NSW Industrial Maintenance Roundtable (IMRt) held a Common Interest Work Group (CIWG) meeting on Materials Handling Conveyors. This meeting was hosted by Troy Hopley at the Northparkes Mines site on July 9th 2009 at Parkes. The meeting was attended by 29 people from 6 different organisations. The information and ideas included in the document came directly from the discussions that took place at the meeting.

Click link to view meeting 1 report Conveyors CIWG Report

There was also an excellent presentation during the meeting from Graham Warner about his rip detection system.

Click to view Belt Rip Presentation Presentation

Topics Covered Include

• Conveyor Spillage Cleaning,
• Runback protection
• Lubrication management
• Condition monitoring
• Inspection of conveyors
• Training for conveyors
• Splicing and monitoring of belts
• Idlers rolls and pulleys
• Energy efficiency
• Belts, chutes and skirts
• Belt rip detection
• Gearboxes
• Motors and controls
• Scrapers and belt cleaning
• Belt rip protection presentation