Dust Control Handbook for Industrial Minerals Mining and Processing

direction of the receiving conveyor as well as control the placement of the material on thereceiving conveyor (Figure 5.5).Figure 5.5. Depiction of curved loading plate to help steer loaded material in a particular direction.Step 2. Keeping the fed material centered on the conveyor belt. Keeping the fed materialcentered on the conveyor belt is extremely important in controlling material spillage at transferpoints. Material fed more to one side of a belt than another (Figure 5.6) can cause the belt toshift sideways and run off-center. A belt that runs off-center can spill material over the edge ofthe belt outside of the transfer point.Figure 5.6. Spillage as a result of material being improperly fed onto a belt.Step 3. Minimizing the transfer distance which, in turn, minimizes material impact on the beltand air entrainment within the material (see Figure 5.7). The transfer distance is the distance136 Conveying and Transport