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ASGCO® 3-DEM™ Analysis of Existing Bucket Reclaimer and of a New Bidirectional Design Bucket to Verify the New Design Will Achieve the Same Output as the Existing Design. The driving force behind this project was initiated out of a safety issue. The existing bucket design would require 3 to 4 operators to manually flip the buckets which would put the operators in a dangerous position as the buckets are very heavy and could cause an injury during the process of flipping the bucket to change direction. Therefore corrective actions resulting from an incident investigation were to redesign and re-engineer the bucket to enable the bucket wheel to change direction without flipping the buckets. Due to the split design of the new bucket the challenge was to ensure the same tonnage would flow thru the bucket without any restriction. |
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ASGCO® Safe-Guard™ Conveyor Return Idler Cages Solve Safety Issues at this Coal Mining Facility This coal mine facility faced many challenges, as all bulk handling facilities do. Overcoming obstacles in improving the safety of their conveyor system was a top priority. These type of conveyor systems have a tendency to mis-track causing the belt to cut into the hanging metal brackets holding the return roller in place. If and when the bracket gives way the large return roller will be sent tumbling downward creating a dangerous safety hazard. |
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ASGCO® - Tru-Trainer® Belt Tracking Idler Solves Tracking Problem on FGD Scrubbing Conveyor
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ASGCO® Impact Bed Cradle Solves Aging Spillage Problem at Eastern Bituminous Coal Mine The #1 refuse belt on the ground level is spilling badly and impact rollers cannot keep up with the seven load zones where the material is being dumped. A 28’ span needs to be supported and sealed in a manner as to not increase amperage or draw on the existing belt drive. |
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ASGCO Skalper Belt Cleaners Reduce Carry-Back and Dust at Mid-Western Power Plant Excessive buildup of material carry-back and dust from inadequate belt cleaners, resulting in housekeeping and safety issues, combined with OSHA's Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program (NEP) have made things very difficult for this Mid-western coal-fired power plant. The increased labor for housekeeping issues and the possibility of strict fines added increased emphasis for this power plant to improve its belt cleaner systems.
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Improving Conveyor Belt Tracking and Reducing Airborne Dust on a Redesign of a PRB Coal-Fired Power Plant Conveyor Transfer System This transfer point was a major problem area for the PRB coal yard. While in reclaiming operation, the chute would build- up and plug when running wet coal or during freezing conditions. Chute heaters, vibrators and internal baffles were added, but the problem still remained. Due to the angle of discharge onto the 60” receiving conveyor, off center loading caused serious belt mis-tracking and constant spillage. |
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ASGCO - Fourthane Provides Solution for Repairs of Conveyor Belt Covers and Mechanical Fasteners ASGCO Fourthane®. A new synthetic rubber with high tear and impact resistance, is formulated to be applied on conveyor systems that operate under high impact and abrasion conditions, resulting in less downtime. |
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Iron Shipping Terminal Protects Workers with ASGCO Conveyor Guarding & Safety Equipment To protect workers from all areas of conveyor systems that create a safety hazard, yet allow for easy removal of conveyor guarding, and replacement, when maintenance on the conveyor system is required. By using various standard sizes of the ASGCO Safe-Guard Modular Conveyor Flat Guards, we were able to protect the hazardous areas and still allow them access as needed by easily removing and replacing the lightweight powder coated panels. |
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ASGCO Wash Box System Prevents Carry-back and Keeps Dust to a Minimum at a PRB Coal Fired Power Plant
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ASGCO Return Roll Changers Provide Safety for Conveyor Maintenance Crews At this copper mining operation, the return idlers that track the belt on the conveyor system were very hard to access. The only way to change the idlers on this 36” wide conveyor belt, was to clear out all of the material on the ground and rent a 135’ man lift to access the conveyor belt tracking return idlers. |
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Ready Mix Plant Improves Production by Solving Conveyor Tracking Problem A ready-mix plant had difficulty properly tracking the vital conveyor belt that feeds the mixer. The problem was essentially that the conveyor belt was difficult to keep in alignment, which caused serious belt edge damage, and in turn de-lamination and spillage in the conveyor load zone. |
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Copper Mine Solves High Wear Areas with Armorite™ Conveyor Wear Liners A copper mine was experiencing high wear in their "pant-leg" chute liners. A combination of abrasive material and high tonnages was the major factor why the mine was only about to get 4-5 weeks from 1” thick AR500 plates. |
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3-DEM Solves a Major Transfer Chute Problem at Northeast PRB Coal Fired Power Plant This transfer point was a major problem area for the PRB coal company. While in reclaiming operation, the chute would build up and plug when running wet coal or during freezing conditions. Chute heaters, vibrators and internal baffles were added but the problem still remained. Due to the angle of discharge onto the 60” receiving conveyor, off center loading caused serious belt miss-tracking and constant spillage. |
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Large Aggregate Plant Eliminates Carry-back Using a Combination of ASGC)'s Skalper IV Primary Belt Cleaner and Razor-Back with Spray Bar Secondary Belt Cleaner ASGCO has successfully reduced the carry back to levels that far exceed the expectations of the customer. The customer has now installed several other ASGCO cleaners to attack carry back |
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3-DEM Solves Another Major Transfer Chute Problem at a Northeast Biomass Power Plant While discussing the challenges with key employees, and doing a thorough analysis of the plant, we discovered some of the problems that were occurring, including; issues with conveyor belts not getting cleaned properly as well as tensioning systems on the primary belt cleaners locking up (or taking a set) and causing major material carry-back problems within the plant. |
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ASGCO Improves Operating Efficiency of PRB Coal-Fired Power Plants Conveying System
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Implementing a Six-step Plan for Proper Load Zone Operation Today's aggregate industry is filled with challenges. Foremost, to produce enough aggregate for cement, asphalt and other products for homes, businesses, schools, hospitals, and infrastructures. Also, operators must address environmental responsibility concerns that dictate the use of best practices to protect both natural resources and future generations of citizens. |
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ASGCO Tru-Trainers Dramatically Reduce Conveyor Downtime Generating Major Operating Savings Problems of continuous misalignment on a short reversing feeder conveyor belt was causing severe damage to the belts. These were replaced monthly at a cost of $741 USD/each belt, however, down time is $73,059 USD per hour and the replacement of this belt needs a time of 4 hours. That is the equivalent to $292,237 USD of downtime related to the conveyor. |
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Eliminate Slippage and Excess Wear with Arrowhead Ceramic Lagging Reduce wear on pulleys and provide effective coefficient of friction between the drive pulley and the conveyor belt within the copper ore transfer – from mine to leaching area. |
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