Vacuum conveyors won’t solve every safety hazard, but they do eliminate a great number of hazards inherent during manual transfer of powders and bulk solids, such as work-related musculoskeletal ...

Conveyors are among the most dynamic and potentially dangerous areas of equipment at a coal power plant. Even though their safety and performance are critical to the operation’s success, the impact of ...

Conveyors are one of the earliest forms of automation and possibly one of the best productivity enhancing tools available in the recycling industry today. These machines have dramatically increased ...

A worker was killed instantly when a conveyor belt grabbed him and pushed him into a conveyor support. Multiple safety lapses, many related to a failure to view the conveyor as machine with potential ...

Bulk handling operations face ongoing challenges from dust and carryback at belt conveyor discharge points. Efficient ...

Conveyor systems are essential infrastructure across Australian mine sites, responsible for transporting high-volume bulk ...

I rounded out 2010 with a series of columns on the hazards of conveyors (“Analyzing Conveyor Designs for Safety,” Machine Design, Sept. 23, 2010, tinyurl.com ...