FOUNDATIONS™ Advanced Seminar

FOUNDATIONS™ Advanced Seminar

Advanced Topics in Conveyor Engineering

Well-designed, well-managed conveyor systems provide cleaner, safer, and more productive material handling. These conveyors offer benefits in performance and profitability. Martin Engineering’s FOUNDATIONS™ Advanced Seminar will assist engineers and managers in designing, operating, and justifying these improved belt conveyor system.

Based on the 4th edition of Martin Engineering’s book FOUNDATIONS™: The Practical Resource for Cleaner, Safer, More Productive Dust & Material Control, the Advanced Seminar is a six to eight-hour (single-day) workshop. Presented for a class of between six and fifteen attendees, the course provides time to delve into detail on specific topics of concern. Longer programs are available upon request.

Content Customized to Meet Your Needs
The seminar will be customized to incorporate specific issues of interest to attendees. Registrants can submit in advance specific concerns for discussion in class.

Core Content

Topic           Content
Why You Cannot
Afford to Ignore Your Conveyor Systems		  

A belt conveyor is a complex system whose design and operation is critical for the safe, clean, and productive operation of the entire facility. There are opportunities in most conveyor systems for improving safety and reducing costs.

Improving Safety through Better Conveyor Designs  

A significant percentage of accidents around conveyors related to the clean- up of fugitive materials. Controlling fugitive materials has a direct impact on plant safety.

The Basics of Conveyor Design
  

Using the CEMA manual, Belt Conveyors for Bulk Materials, 6th edition as a guide, parameters such as belt sag, power consumption of accessories, and the basic design of transfers are examined.

Changing the Paradigm for Conveyor Specification & Design
  

The conventional design and the low bid process ignore the realities of today’s operating and maintenance realities. By changing the specification and design approach, conveyors can be cost effectively designed to be much easier to operate and maintain resulting in increased safety and productivity.

Using Material Science in Conveyor Design.
  

Conveyor design is more art than science. Better designs will result from the By understanding of key properties of the cargo.

Fugitive Material Control Techniques for Conveyors

  

An in-depth look at belt cleaning and skirt sealing, which provides an understanding of why it is so important to focus on the critical components that control fugitive materials.

Dust Management Techniques for Conveyors
  

A discussion of the various approaches to control dust from conveyors starting with ways to reduce dust creation.

Performance Measurements
  

How to identify and capture costs associated with conveyors. How to calculate Return on Investment for improved systems. How to measure the performance of equipment and suppliers.

Who Should Attend
The FOUNDATIONS™ Advanced Seminar is aimed at those with significant experience in (or responsibility for) the design or operation of belt conveyors. Job titles might include:

  • Plant Engineer
  • Designer
  • Plant Superintendent
  • Corporate Engineer
  • Plant Manger
  • Maintenance Supervisor
  • Consulting Engineer
  • Operations Manager
  • Maintenance Planner
  • Designer
  • Project Manager
  • Material Handling Consultant

Prerequisites
Course content is designed for engineers and managers with experience in or responsibility for the design, operation, or maintenance of belt conveyors. It is expected that attendees will have attended Martin Engineering’s Level 2 FOUNDATIONS™ Workshop: Operations and Maintenance, either as a seminar or an on-line course.

Instructor
The FOUNDATIONS™ Advanced Seminar will be led by R. Todd Swinderman, PE. Swinderman is Chief Technical Director for Martin Engineering, after earlier serving as President and CEO of the company. Swinderman has served as President of the Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA), and earlier chaired the CEMA committee to develop its Engineering Standard 550: Impact Beds. He was the driving force behind both the recent sixth edition updating of “the CEMA belt book,” Belt Conveyors for Bulk Materials, and the publication of Martin Engineering’s FOUNDATIONS™ Book.

Accreditation
Participants in the FOUNDATIONS™ Advanced Seminar may qualify for CEUs (Continuing Education Units) or PDHs (Professional Development Hours).

Cost     
The cost for the FOUNDATIONS™ Advanced Seminar is to be determined.

All materials in the FOUNDATIONS™ Advanced Seminar course are © Martin Engineering Company.

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