CDI Engineering Experience
Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (CDI) has a global presence with conveyor design engineering experience in the mining and materials processing industry, with a long history of assisting mine owners, construction, and manufacturing organizations through the application of advanced belt conveyor, transfer chute and ore communition engineering methods.
CDI also has extensive experience in designing “outside-the-box” solutions and developing cutting edge “first-of-kind” innovations for material handling systems
Our engineering experience includes many World Record achievements and notable projects listed below. See our Conveyor Design Experience , Chute Design Experience , Controls Design Experience , Forensic Failure Analysis Experience , or Feasibility Study Experience pages for more.
World Records
| 2017 | Yubei | World’s Longest pipe conveyor belt (15.0 km, 1,000 tph, single flight) |
| 2015 | Impumelelo | World’s Longest trough belt (26.8 km horizontal curve, 1,920 tph, single flight) |
| 2008 | Los Pelambres | World’s Largest downhill conveyor system. The 12.7 km route consists of three downhill flights with a total drop of 1.3 Km and a capacity of 9,900 tph. One conveyor includes a multiple position movable head and two conveyors have drive capacities of 10,000 kW. The total regenerative capacity is 25,000 kW. |
| 2007 | Curragh | World’s Longest trough belt (20 km horizontal curve, 2,500 tph, single flight) up to 2015 |
| 1998 | Zisco | World’s Longest single flight horizontal curve conveyor (15.6 km) up to 2007 |
| 1989 | Palabora | World’s Strongest belt splice strength rating (ST-3300N/mm) up to 1996 |
| 1989 | Channar | World’s Lowest rolling resistance per ton per mile conveyor – 20.5 km overland with longest horizontal curve arc at 5 km |
Notable Projects
| 2013 | Dahej | 6,000 tph elevated triangular truss conveyor and trolley. High belt speed of 7.5 m/s. |
| 2012 | Salobo | Design audit of 500 mm diameter 4,600 tph copper concentrate pipe conveyor with World’s Strongest ST-3150 pipe conveyor belt. |
| 2012 | Itaqui | Design of 4.3 km 1,000 tph coal pipe conveyor with World’s First super low rolling resistance pipe belt. |
| 2010 | Essroc | Forensic rehabilitation of conveyor belt, take-up system and motor controls. |
| 2010 | Aqaba | Full system control design and commissioning with fully automated stacking and reclaiming equipment. |
| 2004 | Dangote | World’s First overland conveyor with elevated triangular truss and self-powered trolley, without walkway. |
| 1989 | Waihi Gold | World’s First look-ahead preemptive start/stop control |
