Ore material handling
The handling and storage of ore materials (Bulk solids) constitutes a major function in all Mineral Beneficiation plants . The handling of Bulk solids is required between each processing step in a plant, and often as part of a processing step. Surge capacity or storage is also required, both ahead of the plant and within it. As the costs of storage and handling systems in Beneficiation plants are substantial, the storage and handling facilities should be designed and operated with a view to obtaining maximum reliability, efficiency and economy. Bulk solids consist essentially of many particles or granules of different sizes (and possibly different chemical compositions and densities) randomly grouped together to form of a bulk. The nature of such a material – that is, its appearance, its feel, the way it behaves in various circumstances, and so on – is thus dependent upon many factors, but principally upon the size, shape and density of the constituent particles. The nature of bulk s...