Eimquip offer the complete range of services for design, fabrication and installation of conveyor transfer chutes. Our services include:

• Analysis of the material being conveyed and subsequent selection of the concept, be it rock box, ledge, slide or easy flow.
• Design optimisation using 3D parametric design software and Discreet Element Modeling (DEM)
• Detail drawings
• Fabrication
• Site measurement including 3D laser scanning for complex installations
• Installation Management

Because this is all done ”in house” and fabrication is in Perth a rapid turnaround is possible because there are typically minimal delays between the finalization of concept, to detail drawings and fabrication.

What is D.E.M.?

Eimquip Services has invested in two software technologies which enable rapid optimization of transfer chute designs. Solidworks 3D design software, this when interfaced with the virtual simulation packages.

DEM is a family of numerical modeling techniques and equations specifically designed to solve problems in engineering and applied science that exhibit gross discontinuous mechanical behavior such as bulk material flow. DEM specifically models the dynamic motion and mechanical interactions of each body or particle throughout a simulation and provides a detailed description of the positions, velocities and forces acting on each body and/or particle at discreet points in time during the analysis.

By studying this predicted behavior of these particles through various chute geometry - velocities, build up, pressures and the impact points - we are able to make changes to the geometry to achieve the design objectives.

DEM is therefore a tool which designers can use to improve the chances of getting the best possible design in a transfer chute.

To achieve consistently successful chute designs a designer still has to have good knowledge of chute design first principles, a good understanding of the variable conditions that the chute is to operate under and a good understanding of material properties, maintenance procedures and installation techniques.