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WEBA CHUTE SYSTEMS BENCHMARK TRANSFER POINTS
Transfer points are finally being recognised as key elements in plants, and Mark Baller, Managing Director of
Weba Chute Systems, says this has seen other players enter the market as they too begin to recognise transfer
points as critical to the operational success of plants.
The Weba Chute System is a custom engineered
transfer point solution designed to address the
numerous issues plants face with material
movement.
“As the market leader with more than 4,000 Weba
Chute Systems successfully operating globally, we
welcome legitimate competition as it keeps companies
motivated and customers are ensured of continual
improvement in both product and service delivery,”
he says. Significantly, the global benchmark for
transfer points is the Weba Chute System.
Weba Chute Systems pioneered the engineered
transfer point and extensive research and
development by the company identified the root
causes of numerous problems related to materials
handling and transfer points. These include lack of
material control resulting in excessive impact and
poor belt loading, disproportionate wear, excessive
dust emissions and spillage.
Today the Weba Chute System is a custom
engineered transfer point solution designed to
address the numerous issues plants face with
material movement. Each chute system is
engineered for the specific application and this is
what accounts for the success that these transfer
points have achieved worldwide.
Experience counts
Baller says that what makes it difficult for new
entrants to get it correct is that there are so many
factors which affect the material during its movement
through the plant. Add to this, he says, each transfer
point will have completely different requirements
depending on what stage of the process flow the
material is at. “Experience cannot be underestimated
when it comes to correctly
engineering a chute system as
each application is completely
different,” he says.
“Weba Chute Systems has an
enormous advantage over the
newbies given that we have over
26 years’ experience and a
reference base that dates back
that far,” Baller says. Each of the
chute system solutions provided
by Weba Chute Systems is a
custom engineered transfer point
designed to specifically deal with
the exact application
requirements.
During the design phase all
aspects such as belt speed, belt width, material size,
shape and throughput are taken
into account. The custom design
allows control of the direction,
flow and velocity of a calculated
volume and type of material in
each individual application and at
the same time drastically reduces
Skill and expertise are the
major differentiators that
allow Weba Chute Systems to
produce transfer point
systems engineered
specifically for a given
application requirement.
Weba Chute Systems pioneered the engineered
transfer point and it was through the company’s
ability to view it in a completely different way
that industry is today able to control the flow of
material with all the benefits that this brings.
dust. Using a ‘supertube’ or cascade scenario 95% of
the material runs on material in a tumbling motion
which further reduces wear.
Control of material from the transfer point is
critical to optimise belt life.
“Weba Chute Systems takes great pride in the fact
that the transfer point is no longer the stepchild of
the process plant and has been given its rightful
position as an integral and important part of the
operation,” Baller says.
Weba Chute Systems
Emai: [email protected]
Tel :+27 011 827 9372
Website: www.webachutes.com
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