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Jenike's Physical Modeling capabilities are designed to optimize conveyor transfer chute performance, minimize costly errors, and enhance efficiency in mining and material handling operations.

Overview

Physical Modeling for Transfer Chutes

Designing reliable conveyor transfer chutes is critical for minimizing downtime, optimizing performance, and controlling costs in industries like mining and material handling. Jenike & Johanson’s new Physical Modeling capabilities offer a revolutionary way to simulate and perfect chute designs with precision and confidence. Using meticulously crafted Perspex models at 1/10 scale and proprietary techniques, our team provides unparalleled accuracy in replicating material flows and belt dynamics. This process allows you to visualize and refine your design, identify potential issues, and eliminate costly mistakes before committing to fabrication. With our state-of-the-art test facility and a proven track record of innovation, we’re redefining how industries approach conveyor transfers, saving you time, money, and operational headaches.

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Challenge

The Challenges of Design before Physical Modeling

Conveyor transfer chutes in mining operations play a pivotal role in the handling of materials like iron ore, coal, bauxite, and gold, yet they often pose significant challenges. Poor design can lead to frequent maintenance, costly downtime, material spillage, and inefficient performance. These issues not only disrupt operations but also escalate operating expenses and capital outlays. Traditional methods of chute design are limited in their ability to predict real-world performance, leaving operations vulnerable to unanticipated breakdowns and inefficiencies.

With Jenike & Johanson’s Physical Modeling capabilities, these challenges become preventable. By simulating the performance of transfer chutes in a controlled environment, flaws in the design are identified and resolved before the chute is fabricated and installed. This proactive approach saves valuable time and resources, allowing you to avoid operational headaches and optimize performance with confidence.

Solution

How Physical Modeling Can Help

Jenike & Johanson’s Physical Modeling delivers an advanced and precise approach to solving conveyor transfer chute challenges. Our transparent polyacrylate scale models, meticulously constructed by skilled model makers, replicate the exact geometry and internal surfaces of full-scale chutes, down to wear liner details. Every model is first developed as a 3D computer design, ensuring seamless joins, accurate curves, and reinforced structural integrity, achieved through techniques more akin to fine craftsmanship than traditional fabrication.

Once constructed, our models are rigorously tested at our state-of-the-art facility in in Australia. Custom-designed circuits simulate real-world material flows and belt dynamics, using specialized scaled components such as slider bed conveyors and head pulleys to ensure unparalleled accuracy. By observing material behavior in real-time, and leveraging proprietary materials to emulate the properties of ores like iron or coal, our process identifies potential flaws and provides actionable design improvements before fabrication.

This cutting-edge solution minimizes costly downtime, reduces maintenance needs, and optimizes chute performance, providing mining and material handling operations with the confidence to commit their designs to steel. With Jenike & Johanson, you can rely on innovative modeling to deliver reliability, precision, and peace of mind.