The partnership of Dos Santos International and Cortex Resources will soon commission Australia’s first DSI Snake Sandwich High-Angle Ship Loader. The unit is on a fast track scheduled for a mid-November (2006) start-up. This first DSI Snake Ship Loader for Australia is part of a growing list of DSI Snakes worldwide. It will certainly set the pace for many more high volume high-angle installations at materials handling docks and yards throughout the world.
Australia’s first Snake Ship Loader will elevate a variety of high value ores from trucks to ship. The data table below summarizes the design parameters while the figure depicts the arrangement. Materials for export are trucked to the dock and dumped onto a special trap loader type feeder. The ore is fed continuously and uniformly onto the mobile snake’s receiving chute. The Snake Ship Loader elevates the bulk over the ship’s deck to the hatch where it is discharged into the ship’s hold. At the Snake’s discharge, a special telescoping chute, with rotating, pivoting spoon, facilitates even and complete filling of the holds.
The mobile Snake is carried on a tripod of twin motorized rubber tires. Each set of twin tires is mounted at a vertical kingpin and can rotate 360 degrees about that vertical axis. Thus, without repositioning, the Snake can set up to travel in any direction. With the tail tires fixed, the front tires can be oriented and traveled for a slewing motion.
2006 has been a very successful year for DSI Snakes so far. The Ship Loader is just one of seven Snake units currently in various stages of production. All of these orders were from repeat customers who were clearly pleased with the performance of their initial DSI Snake installations.
Twin Snake units are now installed at diamond mine facilities in Canada’s Northwest Territories and are ready for start-up.
A single unit is now being installed at a Canadian Steel Mill and it will be ready for start-up in November of this year. This Snake will elevate various alloys for the specialty steel making process.
Three (3) Snake units are currently in manufacture scheduled for November 2006 delivery to a gathering yard near Toronto Canada. From there they will be delivered by ice roads to Northern Ontario, to the facilities of another diamond mining project.
Dos Santos International (DSI) of Winfield, Alabama, USA is the acclaimed world leader in the sandwich belt high angle conveyor technology. Cortex Resources of Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, is a leader in the materials handling market of Australia and Southeast Asia, with special strength in the dock and yard heavy mobile equipment sector. The combined strengths of the DSI/Cortex partnership have produced the revolutionary DSI Snake Ship Loader and successfully tendered the design to Flinders Ports/Toll Group joint venture for operation at the Port of Adelaide on Australia’s southern coast.
DSI Snake Sandwich High-Angle Conveyors prove most economical in the largest of applications. This inspired the DSI Snake slogan, THE GREATER THE LOAD, THE HIGHER THE LIFT, THE BETTER WE LOOK!
Dos Santos International is looking forward, with confidence, to continued success in 2006 and beyond.
DSI Snake Shiploader
Bulking Up Down-Under
The partnership of Dos Santos International and Cortex Resources will soon commission Australia’s first DSI Snake Sandwich High-Angle Ship Loader. The unit is on a fast track scheduled for a mid-November (2006) start-up. This first DSI Snake Ship Loader for Australia is part of a growing list of DSI Snakes worldwide. It will certainly set the pace for many more high volume high-angle installations at materials handling docks and yards throughout the world.
Australia’s first Snake Ship Loader will elevate a variety of high value ores from trucks to ship. The data table below summarizes the design parameters while the figure depicts the arrangement. Materials for export are trucked to the dock and dumped onto a special trap loader type feeder. The ore is fed continuously and uniformly onto the mobile snake’s receiving chute. The Snake Ship Loader elevates the bulk over the ship’s deck to the hatch where it is discharged into the ship’s hold. At the Snake’s discharge, a special telescoping chute, with rotating, pivoting spoon, facilitates even and complete filling of the holds.
The mobile Snake is carried on a tripod of twin motorized rubber tires. Each set of twin tires is mounted at a vertical kingpin and can rotate 360 degrees about that vertical axis. Thus, without repositioning, the Snake can set up to travel in any direction. With the tail tires fixed, the front tires can be oriented and traveled for a slewing motion.
2006 has been a very successful year for DSI Snakes so far. The Ship Loader is just one of seven Snake units currently in various stages of production. All of these orders were from repeat customers who were clearly pleased with the performance of their initial DSI Snake installations.
Twin Snake units are now installed at diamond mine facilities in Canada’s Northwest Territories and are ready for start-up.
A single unit is now being installed at a Canadian Steel Mill and it will be ready for start-up in November of this year. This Snake will elevate various alloys for the specialty steel making process.
Three (3) Snake units are currently in manufacture scheduled for November 2006 delivery to a gathering yard near Toronto Canada. From there they will be delivered by ice roads to Northern Ontario, to the facilities of another diamond mining project.
Dos Santos International (DSI) of Winfield, Alabama, USA is the acclaimed world leader in the sandwich belt high angle conveyor technology. Cortex Resources of Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, is a leader in the materials handling market of Australia and Southeast Asia, with special strength in the dock and yard heavy mobile equipment sector. The combined strengths of the DSI/Cortex partnership have produced the revolutionary DSI Snake Ship Loader and successfully tendered the design to Flinders Ports/Toll Group joint venture for operation at the Port of Adelaide on Australia’s southern coast.
DSI Snake Sandwich High-Angle Conveyors prove most economical in the largest of applications. This inspired the DSI Snake slogan, THE GREATER THE LOAD, THE HIGHER THE LIFT, THE BETTER WE LOOK!
Dos Santos International is looking forward, with confidence, to continued success in 2006 and beyond.
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General Specifications:
DSI Snake Sandwich Conveyor Shiploader for
Cortex Resources at Port Adelaide, Australia
Material- Titanium Ore
-Density- 2.4 t/cu-m (150 PCF)
Conveying Rate- 1000 t/h (1102 STPH)
Conveying Angle- 50 degrees
Belt Width- 1200 mm (47”)
Belt Speed- 2 m/s (394 FPM)
Lift - 21,805 mm (71.5’)
Length- 56,656 mm (185.9’)
Snake Drives
- Top Belt - 55 kW (74 HP)
- Bottom Belt- 55 kW (74 HP)
Attachments
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