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    This document summarizes a new bauxite mining project in Western Australia that will connect to existing infrastructure via a 10.5km overland conveyor. Key details include: 1) The project will mine 18.5 million tonnes of bauxite per year, with material that is 80% passing through a 20mm screen. 2) The overland conveyor will have a capacity of 3,500 tonnes per hour, be 1400mm wide, and include bridges, tunnels, and dust collection systems along its 10.5km route. 3) Material will be processed through primary crushing and screening facilities before being deposited into a 20,000-tonne live capacity stockpile and

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    This document summarizes a new bauxite mining project in Western Australia that will connect to existing infrastructure via a 10.5km overland conveyor. Key details include: 1) The project will mine 18.5 million tonnes of bauxite per year, with material that is 80% passing through a 20mm screen. 2) The overland conveyor will have a capacity of 3,500 tonnes per hour, be 1400mm wide, and include bridges, tunnels, and dust collection systems along its 10.5km route. 3) Material will be processed through primary crushing and screening facilities before being deposited into a 20,000-tonne live capacity stockpile and

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    This document summarizes a new bauxite mining project in Western Australia that will connect to existing infrastructure via a 10.5km overland conveyor. Key details include: 1) The project will mine 18.5 million tonnes of bauxite per year, with material that is 80% passing through a 20mm screen. 2) The overland conveyor will have a capacity of 3,500 tonnes per hour, be 1400mm wide, and include bridges, tunnels, and dust collection systems along its 10.5km route. 3) Material will be processed through primary crushing and screening facilities before being deposited into a 20,000-tonne live capacity stockpile and

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    Bulk Materials Handling 2010

    Materials Handling
    Bauxite Project WA.

    Gary James.
    Director. Minerva Engineers P/L
    Bauxite Project WA

    • A new mine is connected to the existing


    infrastructure by a 10.5kM overland
    conveyor.
    • 18.5 Million tonnes per annum
    • Product 80% passing 20mm
    Flow Sheet

    The flow sheet included:


    • A 450t run of mine hopper with dual dump
    access for Cat 785C 150t trucks,
    • Two stages of primary sizing,
    • Overland conveyor,
    • Various plant belts and a travelling shuttle,
    Flow Sheet ctd
    • Impact crushing and screening with shuttle
    and 2 x 1000t bins,
    • A 20,000t live capacity conical stockpile
    • A 400t feed bin onto the existing overland
    bauxite conveyor via a belt feeder.
    • Dust collection and suppression.
    ROM and Primary Sizing
    ROM and Primary Sizing
    ROM and Primary Sizing
    ROM and Primary Sizing
    ROM and Primary Sizing Dust Collection
    Overland Conveyor
    The details of the overland conveyor are:
    • 2 x 2640kW x 1000rpm motors.
    • VVVF drives.
    • The down hills loaded case can be regenerative.
    • Tail low speed brake.
    • Gravity take-up with winch for maintenance de-
    tensioning.
    Overland Conveyor ctd
    • Belt speed 4.5m/s.
    • Belt width 1400mm.
    • Capacity 3500tph.
    • Maximum lump 175mm longest dimension.
    • 6000m horizontal curve.
    • Large bridge over a brook.
    • Tunnel under highway.
    • Belt washing.
    • Dust collection and suppression.
    Overland Conveyor Route
    Many restrictions. These included ownership
    boundaries, bauxite zones, restricted
    environmental zones, buffer zones for
    neighbours etc. QUANTM was used to
    analyze the route options based on conveyor
    geometry and a set of economic parameters.
    A horizontal curve was used to get past the
    restricted zones.
    Overland Conveyor “The Big Dipper”

    110 m
    • Uphills case requires almost double
    the normal power
    • Down hills goes regenerative

    10500 m
    Overland Conveyor Brook Crossing
    • Located on horizontal curve
    • Has vertical concave curve
    Overland Conveyor Typical Terrain

    Brook Crossing
    Overland Conveyor Discharge
    Overland Conveyor Discharge
    Overland Conveyor Discharge
    Overland Conveyor Drives
    • The drive system is base mounted and
    connected by extended couplings to
    allow for large alignment errors. The
    drives have very large flywheels which
    when combined with the tail brakes
    control the dynamic tensions.

    Drives 43tonne each

    Drive thru slot for skid loader


    Overland Conveyor Drives
    Overland Conveyor Drives
    Overland Conveyor Energy and Noise
    The rubber was tested and the loss properties used
    to predict the demand power. Also large diameter
    dynamically balanced machined rollers were used to
    reduce the rolling friction.
    Overland Conveyor Noise Contours
    • Close neighbours and the history of the existing OBC
    • Noise was reduced by limiting the belt speed, 1000rpm
    low speed base mounted helical drives, low noise idlers,
    and a special support module.

    OLC
    Ne w

    Ex
    is
    ting
    OB
    C
    Overland Conveyor Clean up

    • The head end area is all elevated to allow


    equipment access for clean up.
    Overland Conveyor Test Module
    Module tested for vibration/natural frequencies.

    The module has large pitch


    idler sets that are mounted
    directly on the support legs. Module will have bored
    The foundations are bored pier foundations
    piers, so that the idler set is
    connected by the shortest
    path to the ground.
    Overland Conveyor Test Module
    Overland Conveyor Module Vibration Simulation

    Model simulation and test module results were compared.

    Mode 1
    Secondary Crushing
    Secondary Crushing
    Stockpile
    Stockpile With Big Outlet
    • 20,000 t live.
    • 26m offset outlet to reduce height of the rat hole.
    Stockpile
    Two apron feeders
    back to back, each
    under a double
    hopper
    Stockpile
    OBC Bin
    OBC Bin
    The End

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