Northparkes Lift2 UG Project
The Northparkes Mine underground Lift 2 conveyor system included mechanical design of three (3) conveyors CV010, CV011 and CV012 conveying primary crushed copper ore from the new Lift 2 block cave underground crusher station located 900 meters underground to the existing underground skip hoist system over 2.8km distance with an overall conveyor lift of 470 meters.
Conveyor CV-010
Year of Construction: 2004
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Length : 1.005 km
Power: 2,238 kW
Capacity: 1,050 tph design / 900 tph nominal
Strength: ST-2250 N/mm
Velocity : 3.0 m/s
Material: Crushed Copper Ore
Conveyor CV-011
Year of Construction: 2004
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Length : 0.25 km
Power: 30 kW
Capacity: 1,050 tph design / 900 tph nominal
Strength: 6PN-150 N/mm
Velocity : 1.5 m/s
Material: Crushed Copper Ore
Conveyor CV-012
Year of Construction: 2004
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Length : 1.73 km
Power: 1,275 kW
Capacity: 1,050 tph design / 900 tph nominal
Strength: ST-3200 N/mm
Velocity : 3.0 m/s
Material: Crushed Copper Ore
Interesting Features:
- Suspended conveyor modules hung from the drift tunnel roof/back.
- Conveyor CV010 incorporated a horizontal curve at the head end to compensate for poor geological conditions found during construction.
- Conveyor lift of 470 meters.
- Flywheels on each conveyor to extend and match drift stop times.
- Conveyor CV-010 has 900 meter Convex Curve and a 2,100 meter Horizontal Curve.