Australia’s first DSI Sandwich Belt high angle conveyor shiploader elevates 1,000 tons per hour of a variety of materials, from high value ores to grains and woodchips, from trucks to ship. Conventional conveyors would not have fit the limited dock space, so a smaller footprint was required. Recognized for the ability and advantage to elevate at much higher angles, the DSI Sandwich Belt conveyor was engineered to elevate materials at a 50° angle.
One of the more incredible features of the DSI Mobile Sandwich Shiploader is how it is driven. Like a dream come true for the kid in all of us, this system is driven by remote control. The operator straps the remote control to their body and proceeds to drive the shiploader slowly and carefully to the dock, while standing or walking along the dock. The shiploader is carried on a tripod of rubber tire assemblies. Each is mounted on a vertical axis and can be rotated. The rear tire assembly consists of four rubber tires that steer and drive the shiploader. The two forward tire assemblies each consist of two non-driven tires.
Thus, without repositioning the Mobile Sandwich Belt ship loader, with the forward tires set parallel to the longitudinal axis, it can travel forward and back and be steered to either direction. With the tail tires fixed, the front tires can be oriented and traveled for a slewing motion. With the forward tires set perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, it can be travelled side to side while oriented in its loading position over the ship.
Each set of twin tires is mounted at a vertical kingpin and can rotate 360 degrees about that vertical axis.
Materials for export are trucked to the dock and dumped onto a special mobile feeder. The bulk is fed continuously and uniformly onto the mobile Sandwich Belt’s receiving chute.
Materials for export are trucked to the dock and dumped onto a special mobile feeder. The bulk is fed continuously and uniformly onto the mobile Snake’s receiving chute.
The Sandwich Belt ship loader elevates the bulk over the ship’s deck to the hatch where it is discharged into the ship’s hold. At the Sandwich Belt conveyor’s discharge, a special telescoping chute, with rotating pivot spoon, facilitates even and complete filling of the holds.
The Port of Adelaide is the main port in South Australia. It works with a range of outbound mining cargoes including: limestone, metals and scrap metal, iron-ore, iron and steel, mineral sands, mineral concentrates, cement and cement clinker. It also transfers materials such as grains and woodchips.
