Abstract
AbstractThis paper presents a design, and a design method, sufficient to engineer a passive solution to the problem of discharge bias resulting from tonnage fluctuation with soft loading transfer chutes. This is achieved by considering the momentum change inherent in the bulk material stream through the hood section of a soft loading transfer point. This momentum change is utilised to move the hood in a predefined path to ensure the discharge centroid remains consistent.The majority of soft loading transfer points are between conveyor belts that include a plan view change in the material direction which immediately impacts on the design of the transfer point. This impact is, the designer must optimise the transfer for a narrow bandwidth of throughput to achieve optimal outcomes or else accept the potential for mis tracking on the receiving belt. This is due to variations in throughput tonnage altering the location of the discharged materials centroid from a fixed hood section, resulting in a tendency for the receiving belt to mistrack due to biased loading.
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