The first example of a sandwich belt high angle conveyor delivering raw products for cement manufacture was in an underground gypsum mine; the vertical system continuously elevated gypsum. The underground crusher reduced the size of the material to under 150 mm, and dropped it onto a reciprocating plate feeder to load the sandwich belt conveyor. At the surface, the conveyor discharged onto a plant conveyor that delivered the rock either to an outside storage pile, or directly to the plant. This completely vertical system replaced a horizontal feed conveyor and bucket elevator, considerably simplifying material transport and eliminating a high-maintenance transfer point.
Rebecca Bowden
Assistant Editor
Rebecca recently started working for Palladian Publications in September and is looking forward to discovering all there is to know about the cement industry through her role as Assistant Editor on World Cement.
She graduated from the University of Oxford in 2015 with an MSt in Classical Archaeology, although she spent too much of her time doing sport, from rowing to cheerleading.
She is now living in Woking and enjoys reading, writing, travel and pretending she has the ability to cook.
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