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Dust Control Handbook for Industrial Minerals Mining and Processing

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Figure 5.3. Basic depiction of material transfer from a top conveyor to a bottom conveyor.Achieving effective transfer of material in the same direction <strong>and</strong> at the same speed whenconveyors are, <strong>for</strong> example, perpendicular to one another, is more challenging. Impact beds areoften used to allow ore to fall onto ore rather than directly onto the belt. This is done to controlthe direction <strong>and</strong> speed of the material being transferred <strong>and</strong> to minimize wear on the innersurfaces of the chute <strong>and</strong> skirting (Figure 5.4).Figure 5.4. Depiction of impact bed used to control material direction <strong>and</strong> speed.At times, curved plates are used near the surface of the receiving belt to help steer the materialbeing fed. Plates <strong>and</strong> impact beds can help to encourage the material being fed to flow in theConveying <strong>and</strong> Transport 135

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