OPTIMISATION OF LOCATION AND PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS FOR THE CRUSHING AND TRANSFER STATIONS IN THE DEEP OPEN PIT MINES

SEPRM – Volume 2

Yuriy Vilkul, Valeriy Slobodyanyuk, Ivan Мaximov

ABSTRACT. When designing the strip mining methods at the deep open pits at the stage of preliminary studies, it is necessary to determine the optimum number and succession of relocation of crushing and transfer stations while developing the open pit. This cuts the transport costs and reduces the number of dump trucks required. An analytical dependence has been established to determine the optimum number of transfer points with their uniform location along the length and height of the open pit working area. The features of changes in the basic technological parameters of truck operation, depending on the number of crushing and transfer stations, the open pit size and output are studied. The conditions for simultaneous use of several crushing and transfer stations, their optimum number and performance have been determined; the economic benefits of using the flowcharts with multiple transfer points have been estimated. Optimisation of the number of transfer points reduces the required capacity of each crushing and transfer plant of up to 10–20 million tons/year. Reducing the required capacity of transfer points
makes it possible to equip them with primary jaw crushers.

Key words: truck and conveyor transport, haulage level, crushing and transfer station

Vilkul, Y., V. Slobodyanyuk, I. Мaximov
OPTIMISATION OF LOCATION AND PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS FOR THE CRUSHING AND TRANSFER STATIONS IN THE DEEP OPEN PIT MINES
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5594986
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58903/b15171922

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