Port Hedland Port Authority - Mobile Feed Hopper Train - Port Hedland, AUS
In 2010 SCE Group designed and built a Mobile feed hopper train for the UTAH Point Berth Project for the Port Hedland Port Authority in Western Australia.
Overview
- 280m Travel
- Each Mobile Hopper 2750 tph
- D4 Salt Chain
- 1700mm Wide Apron Feeder Pans
- 1500mm Belt Conveyor
The mobile hoppers are rail mounted, coupled in trains of three and capable of traveling 280m. Each hopper receives ore from a WA900-3 (10m3 Bucket) and delivers it to a 1500mm belt conveyor via an apron feeder located directly under the hopper. Two trains of three mobile hoppers (six in total) with control/mcc room were required for the project.
Each feeder features D4 Salt chain with 1700mm wide pans. An installed power of 75kW gives the feeder a design capacity of 2750tph.
All design and fabrication work was carried out at SCE in Matamata. To beat a tight deadline, SCE chartered a ship from New Zealand to deliver the nearly 700 tonnes directly to Port Hedland as virtually complete assemblies, eliminating dismantling and reassembly time.
