Agenda

CONFERENCE DAY ONE
Wednesday 24th February 2010

DAY ONE | DAY TWO

9.00 Welcoming and opening remarks from Chair

OPERATIONAL CASE STUDIES

9.10 Case Study: Materials Handling on the Bauxite Project Western Australia
Gary James, Director, MINERVA Engineers

9.50 Case Study: NCIG Coal Export Terminal Project in Newcastle
> Design of the terminal
> Update on the construction and commissioning
> Plans for future expansion
David Baigent, Engineering Manager - NCIG Project, Aurecon Hatch

10.30 Morning tea

"Production of coal and iron ore would increase by about a third in the next two years as ports and other infrastructure were upgraded"
Sydney Morning Herald, 9/11/2009

BULK HANDLING SYSTEMS

11.00 Optimisation of Crushing and Conveying Systems
Ivy Lourel, Senior Applications Engineer, Sinclair Knight Merz

11.40 Line-shaft Drives for Bulk Handling Systems

This paper will present a review of past present and future applications of line-shaft drives in bulk handling systems. The application of line-shaft drives will be illustrated for systems incorporating:

• Truck-dumping
• Train-loading
• Stacking
• Reclaiming
• Ship-loading

John Spreadborough, National Technical Executive Materials Handling, Parsons Brinckerhoff

12.20 Lunch for speakers & delegates

1.20 Case Study: Primary and Secondary Crushing Facilities
> ROM dump hopper
> Apron Feeder
> Crushing Station
Paul Hough, Principal Structural Engineer, Laing O'Rourke
Gareth Blakey, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Laing O'Rourke

2.00 Validated Computer Simulation Modelling for Design of Handling Operations

• Bench-scale calibration of simulation parameters
• Large-scale validation of computer simulations
• Comparisons with existing design methods
• Dealing with wet and sticky bulk materials
• Simulation and testing of different conveyor transfer designs

Peter Wypych, University of Wollongong, General Manger, Bulk Materials Engineering Australia

2.40 Afternoon tea

3.10 Applications of Analytical Decision Making for Optimising Supply Chains and Mitigating Variability

• Understanding and measuring variation in grade, process times and planning processes
• Methods for making decisions in infrastructure planning and at an operational level. How to take variation into account to make more robust decisions
• Examples from the coal, sugar and iron ore industries will be presented, with emphasis on the Hunter Valley Coal Chain

Dr Andreas Ernst, Group Leader, Modelling, Optimisation and Simulation Group, CSIRO
Dr Geoff Robinson, Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO

3.50 Material Transportation in Mining - Trends in Equipment Development and Selection
Andrew Hauff, Senior Engineer, HATCH

4.30 Networking drinks

CONFERENCE DAY TWO: Inclusive Workshop
Thursday 25th February 2010

DAY ONE | DAY TWO

9.00 Opening remarks from Chairperson

'Coal, the nations top export, is being loaded on to ships through Newcastle at the fastest pace in a year amid reports of surging demand from Asian buyers'
Sydney Morning Herald 9/11/2009

9.10 Bulk Materials Handling in India: Challenges and Technology Needs
The paper will discuss the present challenges and will highlight the research and technology needs in this sector as well as the opportunities of business ventures in this area.
Invited: Dr. Khanindra Pathak, Professor Department of Mining Engineering, IIT Kharagpur

PORT EXTENSIONS & UPGRADES

9.50 Current Practices and Trends in Coal Export Terminal Development
Ross Parslow, General Manager, Aurecon Hatch

10.30 Morning tea

11.10 Innovation and the DBCT 7X Coal Terminal Expansion
John Leech, Engineering Manager, DBCT Expansion, Aurecon Hatch

11.50 The surge bin control problem

• The control of surge bin level is probably the most difficult control problem in materials handling. The problem is often solved by fitting large and expensive bins. However the size and cost of a surge bin can be considerably reduced by the use of clever control strategies
• Dynamic system simulation studies of good control strategies can determine the minimum size of bin and the minimum cost of the project before the bin is designed and ordered

Paul Wilson, Engineering Manager, Calibre Controls

12.30 Lunch for speakers & delegates

CONVEYOR SYSTEMS AND DESIGN

1.30 Conveyor Transfers - Art or Science?

• Innovations in "complete" transfer design
• Importance of flow properties
• Conveyor trajectories - which model is right?
• Designing for abrasive and impact wear
• Conveyor transfer research - latest developments

Peter Wypych, University of Wollongong, General Manger, Bulk Materials Engineering Australia

2.10 CASE STUDY : Engineered Solutions for Transfer Chute Problems
Combined practical design with advanced analysis modelling techniques to reduce conveyor transfer chute problems. BMT WBM Engineering discusses two case studies where traditional engineering design is combined with advanced analysis to improve the flow of bulk material through transfer chutes and onto conveyors.

> Worsley Alumina required the design of a new stacker for the Calibre project upgrade. The optimization of the stacker chute design was achieved by combining practical engineering and empirical design methods with advanced analysis techniques
> The live wall mechanism in Gulf Rubbers "Flexiflo" was analysed using FE modelling and validated with experimental lab tests. The results provided valuable scientific data to support the development of a new customized transfer chute lining products

Yong Kim , Advanced Analysis Manager, BMT WBM

2.50 Afternoon tea

3.20 New Generation Conveyor Skirting

For decade's rubber has been skirting the transfer points of conveyors worldwide. (SBR) Styrene-Butadiene Rubber's high wear resistance, combined with low cost, has made it a logical choice to date. Today a strain of the high performance plastic polyurethane is now the most economical way of skirting rubber conveyor belts. This paper analyses the Co-efficient of friction, wear resistance and tensile strength comparing SBR rubber, Natural Rubber, and Polyurethane.

Charles Pratt, Engineer, Kinder & Co

4.00 Case Study: Cutting Edge Energy Efficient Conveyor Solutions
Scott Southby, Sales Manager - Drive Systems,  ABB Group 

4.40 Close of conference

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