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Conveyors and their Components
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the basic operation and maintenance of conveyor systems
- Understand the function of conveyor components
- Understand how the components interact
- Become familiar with the basic engineering design of the key components
Conveyor Troubleshooting
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the causes of typical conveyor problems
- Understand the systematic approach to tracking a conveyor
- Understand the root cause analysis process
Conveyor Inspections
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the fundamentals of inspections
- Identify key areas for inspection and best practice for doing so
- Defect reporting
Conveyor Maintenance – Cleaning and Carry-back Control
Key Learning Objectives:
- Identifying build-up and carry back hazards and damage
- Methods for reducing carry back – belt cleaners and scrapers
- Establishing measurement methods
- Developing a ‘Clean Conveyor’ program
Conveyor Systems Engineering for Safety and Safety Compliance
Key Learning Objectives:
- Introduction to the Conveyor Safety Standard
- Examples of reported conveyor safety incidents
- Key Conveyor safety issues
- Demonstration of safe conveyors
Conveyor Tracking and Training
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the causes of typical conveyor belt tracking problems
- Understand the principles and procedures used to set up a conveyor belt so it runs without tracking off
- Look at devices and procedures that will assist in maintaining consistent belt tracking
- Understand when and where such devices and procedures should be used
Conveyor Reliability Improvement Processes
Key Learning Objectives:
- Examine why problems are still occurring.
- Understand the need to look beyond obvious symptoms to root causes, and to focus on genuine solutions.
- Review reliability assessment techniques and tools.
- Develop an engineering basis for decision-making.
- Examine structured project approaches to reliability.
- Learn reliability-centred maintenance techniques to assess failure modes and deal with their effects on performance.
Transfer Chute Design
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understanding the evolution of transfer chute design
- Understanding the common issues faced by transfer chutes
- Introduction to the transfer design process and major considerations to take on board
- Understanding the importance of trajectory in transfer chute design
Transfer Chute – Identifying Problems and Practical Solutions
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the root cause of common transfer issues
- Troubleshoot problems and identify interim solutions to address issues
- Indentify long term solutions and fixes for common problems
Transfer Chute – Advances in Transfer Design (Granular flow mechanisms)
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understanding advances in granular flow mechanisms
- The importance of scale modelling designs
- Controlling the flow and the importance of the Stall angle
- Comparison of new advanced designs
Transfer Chute - Dust Management and Control
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understanding the mechanisms of dust generation
- Understanding traditional control mechanisms and their pros and cons
- Considerations for managing dust during the design process
Deflector Design and Technology
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understanding the importance of trajectory
- Common deflector issues and their root-cause
- Considerations for managing deflector issues