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Site / system / phase records
121
Countries represented
33
Primary installation / use evidence
51
Sources / references
112

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Pipe conveyor data distributions

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Histograms of the reported pipe diameters, belt strength ratings and conveyor lengths in our 121-record register. Unknown values are excluded. These are distributions of source-reported values, rather than a census of unique operating conveyors.

Pipe diameters

69 values from 66 records · 55 records without this value

Pipe diameters histogramCounts of reported values. Bin width 100 mm. Exact counts and sources are in the table below.06121824100–<200 mm: 11100200–<300 mm: 1515200300–<400 mm: 2222300400–<500 mm: 1818400500–<600 mm: 1010500600–<700 mm: 33600700Reported valuesPipe diameters (mm)

Nominal, outer and oval sizes retain their source basis. Choose a basis for a comparable subset. Alternative dimensions in one record count separately.

Reported values and sources
Pipe diameters: individual source-linked observations
RecordReported valueBasis and source
Madras Cement 70 m conveyor
India
150 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Coromandel 135 m project
India
200 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Coromandel 270 m project
India
200 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Dalmha Cement (Bharat) 260 m project
India
200 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Dalmha Cement (Bharat) 278 m project
India
200 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Koidu diamond-concentrate conveyor
Sierra Leone
200 mmsource unspecified
Safeguarding product and environment with enclosed conveying
Schwenk Bernburg alternative-fuel conveyor
Germany
200 mmsource unspecified
Pipe Conveyor for alternative Fuels – Operational Gains with minimal Disruption and without any Material Loss
Wotan additional BEUMER clinker conveyor
Germany
200 mmsource unspecified
New Conveyor to increase Production: Portland Cement Manufacturer installs additional Pipe Conveyor
Chanda cement conveyor
India
240 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Coromandel ground-rock transfer / CKIT 08
India
240 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Nirma limestone conveyor
India
240 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Vikram Cement 400 m project
India
240 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Vikram Ispat
India
240 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Finland pulp conveyor 02
Finland
250 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Dalmha Cement (Bharat) 184 m project
India
260 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Hindalco coal conveyors 09-10
India
275 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
CNOOC coke system
China
300 mmsource unspecified · Printed p. 18 / PDF p. 3, Table 1 · The named CNOOC row matches the 2.2 km, 400 t/h coke duty and ST800 rating in the existing engineer reference. The table does not expressly distinguish nominal from outer diameter.
Overland Pipe Conveyor with Low Rolling Resistance Belt, Yijun Zhang
Dalmha Cement (Bharat) 150 m project
India
300 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Dürnrohr port-to-power-plant coal conveyor
Austria
300 mmsource unspecified
Reference projects: Dürnrohr and Wotan pipe conveyors
Kitakyushu Sand Co-op first commercial JPC system
Japan
300 mmsource unspecified
Japan Pipe Belt Conveyor System / The pipe conveyor system
Lagoven Amuay overland conveyor CV-9502
Venezuela
300 mmsource unspecified
Lagoven CRAY project: Amuay overland and wharf pipe-conveyor records
Ledvice phase 1
Czech Republic
300 mmnominal
Pipe conveyors for coal transportation at Ledvice
Linz AG waste-to-energy conveyor
Austria
300 mmnominal
Linz AG pipe conveyor
PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa
Indonesia
300 mmnominal oval
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Vedanta Alumina 480 m project
India
300 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Coromandel 167 m conveyor
India
315 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Finland pulp conveyor 01
Finland
315 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Sweden coal conveyors 05-06
Sweden
315 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Tadipatri clinker conveyor
India
315 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Grindrod Richards Bay expansion pipe conveyor
South Africa
340 mmsource unspecified
Safeguarding product and environment with enclosed conveying
Richards Bay phosphate conveyor 14
South Africa
340 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Richards Bay phosphate conveyor 15
South Africa
340 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Yong Steel
China
350 mm · 3.2 km ST2000 flightsource unspecified · Printed p. 18 / PDF p. 3, Table 1 · The named Yong Steel row reports a 3.2 km, 1000 t/h iron-ore-pellet flight with ST2000. This size is assigned to that reported flight only; the diameter of the second flight in the existing 4 km two-flight group remains unverified. The table does not expressly distinguish nominal from outer diameter.
Overland Pipe Conveyor with Low Rolling Resistance Belt, Yijun Zhang
Dalmha Cement (Bharat) 142 m project
India
360 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Richards Bay mineral-products conveyor
South Africa
360 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Kurmitar iron ore
India
370 mmsource unspecified
Kurmitar iron ore pipe conveyor reference
Itaqui
Brazil
375 mmsource unspecified
Itaqui pipe conveyor reference
Kailin II
China
375 mmsource unspecified · Printed slide 36: Kailin phosphor-gypsum conveyor · Matching 6.2 km phosphor-gypsum duty, 850 t/h and ST2500 rating. Its reported June 2011 installation date conflicts with later engineer years and is retained separately. Source does not distinguish nominal from outer diameter.
Pipebelt Design: Confine pipe-belt installation examples, R. Steven
AES Maritza East 1 TC-3A ash conveyor
Bulgaria
400 mmouter
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Callao concentrate export conveyor
Peru
400 mmnominal
Ports and Terminals, Callao reference
Coromandel 108 m project
India
400 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Ghent power station CCR conveyor
United States
400 mmnominal
CCR collection and transport system for Ghent Power
JSW Dolvi return-strand pipe conveyor
India
400 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyors: recent projects
Ledvice phase 2
Czech Republic
400 mmnominal
Pipe conveyors for coal transportation at Ledvice
Maritsa 2.7 km conveyor (material disputed)
Bulgaria
400 mmsource unspecified · Printed p. 18 / PDF p. 3, Table 1 · The row is spelled Bulgaria Marista and matches the existing Bulgaria / Maritsa 2.7 km, 910 t/h, ST1100 reference. This is an explicitly qualified identity association. The paper says fly ash while the CDI project page says coal; that material discrepancy is retained. The table does not expressly distinguish nominal from outer diameter.
Overland Pipe Conveyor with Low Rolling Resistance Belt, Yijun Zhang
ST Paper / ST Tissue Franklin pipe belt
United States
400 mmsource unspecified · STTISSUE_A, PDF p. 6, sections 2.0–2.1 / Mechanical technical data · Historical specification for the Franklin project. It reports pipe diameter directly, separately from 1600 mm belt width; nominal/outer basis and current fitted geometry are unverified.
Franklin 1300 project: pipe-conveyor plan and technical specification in STTISSUE_A
Sterlite LDC bauxite project
India
400 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Zhenghai
China
400 mmsource unspecified · Printed slide 32: Zhenghai coal terminal · Matching coal terminal, 1.8 km C-C and ST1250 rating. Source does not distinguish nominal from outer diameter.
Pipebelt Design: Confine pipe-belt installation examples, R. Steven
Yubei Section B
China
427 mm · formed pipe in designer accountsource unspecified · Custom-Engineered Belt Solutions and Figure 4 · The designer explicitly reports a 427 mm formed pipe for the 1500 mm ST2500 belt. Nominal/outer basis is unstated. The indexed supplier case gives 400 mm with an unstated basis; that source could not be retrieved directly on review, so it is retained as an alternative claim rather than a second histogram observation.
The Technology Behind One of the World’s Longest Pipe Conveyors, Yijun Zhang
AES Maritza East 1 TC-3A ash conveyor
Bulgaria
430 mmouter
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Indo Gulf / Birla Copper
India
450 mmsource unspecified
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Mundra port pipe conveyor
India
450 mmsource unspecified
Mundra port pipe conveyor pipe conveyor reference
Skyline mine BC-8
United States
452 mmouter
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Vigier 944 m limestone conveyor
Switzerland
458 mmouter
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Yangquan
China
458 mmouter · Paragraph reporting 1600 mm belt width, 458 mm outer pipe diameter and 1000 t/h · Associated with the CDI reference by city, 8.1 km route, coal duty, 1000 t/h capacity and 4 m/s speed. The source explicitly calls 458 mm outer diameter; width is not converted into diameter.
Closed-Trough Conveyor Belts Ensure Energy-Efficient and Low-Dust Coal Transport in China
Puerto Abierto
Chile
460 mmsource unspecified
Puerto Abierto pipe conveyor reference
HKM Duisburg coal handling
Germany
500 mmnominal oval
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Lagoven Amuay wharf conveyor CV-9506
Venezuela
500 mmsource unspecified
Lagoven CRAY project: Amuay overland and wharf pipe-conveyor records
Neptune Terminals
Canada
500 mmsource unspecified · Printed slide 34: Neptune Coal Terminal, Vancouver, Canada; Urea and Potash · Associated with the existing Neptune/Vancouver potash record by terminal, location, material and similar 170 m C-C versus 160 m tail-to-head length. Exact asset-number equivalence is unverified. The supplier does not label nominal/outer basis; its February 2010 installation claim differs from CDI’s 2011 construction year.
Pipebelt Design: Confine pipe-belt installation examples, R. Steven
Salobo
Brazil
500 mmsource unspecified
Salobo pipe conveyor reference
Shandong / Rizhao two-conveyor expansion
China
500 mmnominal
In record time: Shandong / Rizhao pipe conveyors
Vale Miski Mayo pipe conveyor
Peru
525 mmsource unspecified · Printed slide 31: MISKI MAYO, Peru; named application table · Source says pipe diameter without distinguishing nominal from outer; 2100 mm is belt width, not pipe diameter.
TRANSPIPE Conveyor Belts: Application Engineering, February 2024
Moorburg power plant pipe-conveyor group
Germany
530 mm · reclaiming, bunker feed and gypsumouter · Printed page 14: Moorburg; explicit outer diameters · Distinct dimensions counted once: 630 mm for coal stacking; 530 mm for reclaiming, boiler-bunker feed and gypsum stacking. Multiplicities are not inferred.
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Reftinskaya GRES hot-ash conveyor
Russia
570 mmouter
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
SINCOR Jose CR-408 harbour conveyor
Venezuela
588 mmouter
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Qatalum ship-unloader to smelter conveyor
Qatar
590 mmouter
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Pecém / CIPP TC2 and TC3
Brazil
600 mmsource unspecified
Pecém / CIPP TC2 and TC3 pipe conveyor reference
SINCOR Jose CR-408 harbour conveyor
Venezuela
623 mmouter
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Moorburg power plant pipe-conveyor group
Germany
630 mm · coal stackingouter · Printed page 14: Moorburg; explicit outer diameters · Distinct dimensions counted once: 630 mm for coal stacking; 530 mm for reclaiming, boiler-bunker feed and gypsum stacking. Multiplicities are not inferred.
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17

Belt strengths

50 values from 42 records · 79 records without this value

Belt strengths histogramCounts of reported values. Bin width 500 N/mm. Exact counts and sources are in the table below.05101520500–<1000 N/mm: 10105001000–<1500 N/mm: 181810001500–<2000 N/mm: 101015002000–<2500 N/mm: 4420002500–<3000 N/mm: 7725003000–<3500 N/mm: 1130003500Reported valuesBelt strengths (N/mm)

Longitudinal belt rating per unit width, not operating tension. Each distinct reported rating counts once; historical and replacement ratings retain their basis.

Reported values and sources
Belt strengths: individual source-linked observations
RecordReported valueBasis and source
Westoe Colliery to Harton Staithes
United Kingdom
Bridgestone two-ply, 600 kg/cm (source wording) · ≈ 588.4 N/mmhistorical observation · Printed p. 7 / PDF p. 9, section 5.4.3 Conveyor Belting · The operator-authored equipment description explicitly reports belt strength of 600 kg/cm for this Westoe conveyor. Interpreting the legacy force unit as kgf/cm: 600 × 9.80665 N/kgf ÷ 10 mm/cm = 588.399 N/mm, stored as approximately 588.4. Original wording and interpretation are retained; this is neither operating take-up tension nor a current belt inspection.
Pipe conveyor installations in the United Kingdom’s north east coalfield
Changshu three-conveyor system
China
EP630 · 630 N/mmreported reference · Detailed project specification table: Strength row · One entry per distinct reported rating; multiple ratings are not assigned to individual flights without a verified mapping.
Changshu three-conveyor system pipe conveyor reference
Hongyuan
China
ST630 · 630 N/mmreported reference · Pipe Conveyor Design table: Hongyuan; Strength [N/mm] column · One entry per distinct reported rating; multiple ratings are not assigned to individual flights without a verified mapping.
Experience: pipe conveyor references
Linz AG waste-to-energy conveyor
Austria
CONTI PIPE 630/3 G-K2 · 630 N/mmreported reference · Printed page 13: Linz AG waste-to-energy conveyor; belt designation · Rating transcribed from the manufacturer belt designation; S denotes steel cord and G denotes fabric. The published application reference does not establish the belt fitted in 2026.
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Yong Steel
China
ST630 · 630 N/mmreported reference · Detailed project specification table: Strength row · One entry per distinct reported rating; multiple ratings are not assigned to individual flights without a verified mapping.
Yong Steel pipe conveyor reference
Nucor Alabama
United States
EP750 · 750 N/mmreported reference · Pipe Conveyor Design table: Nucor, AL; Strength [N/mm] column · Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.
Experience: pipe conveyor references
CNOOC coke system
China
ST800 · 800 N/mmreported reference · Detailed project specification table: Strength row · Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.
CNOOC coke system pipe conveyor reference
Hongyuan
China
ST800 · 800 N/mmreported reference · Pipe Conveyor Design table: Hongyuan; Strength [N/mm] column · One entry per distinct reported rating; multiple ratings are not assigned to individual flights without a verified mapping.
Experience: pipe conveyor references
Neptune Terminals
Canada
800 (ST / EP disputed) · 800 N/mmreported reference · Pipe Conveyor Design table: Neptune Terminals Vancouver; Strength [N/mm] column · Numeric rating agrees between the overview and detailed reference. Steel-cord versus textile construction remains disputed.
Experience: pipe conveyor references
PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa
Indonesia
CONTI PIPE 800/4 G-K2 · 800 N/mmreported reference · Printed page 13: PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa; belt designation · Rating transcribed from the manufacturer belt designation; S denotes steel cord and G denotes fabric. The published application reference does not establish the belt fitted in 2026.
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Changshu three-conveyor system
China
ST1000 · 1000 N/mmreported reference · Detailed project specification table: Strength row · One entry per distinct reported rating; multiple ratings are not assigned to individual flights without a verified mapping.
Changshu three-conveyor system pipe conveyor reference
HKM Duisburg coal handling
Germany
CONTI PIPE 1000/5 G-K2 · 1000 N/mmreported reference · Printed page 11: HKM Duisburg coal handling; belt designation · Rating transcribed from the manufacturer belt designation; S denotes steel cord and G denotes fabric. The published application reference does not establish the belt fitted in 2026.
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Hongyuan
China
ST1000 · 1000 N/mmreported reference · Pipe Conveyor Design table: Hongyuan; Strength [N/mm] column · One entry per distinct reported rating; multiple ratings are not assigned to individual flights without a verified mapping.
Experience: pipe conveyor references
Moorburg power plant pipe-conveyor group
Germany
CONTI PIPE 1000/4 G-K2 · 1000 N/mmreported reference · Printed page 14: Moorburg; belt designations by duty · Fabric ratings: 1000 for coal and gypsum stacking; 1250 for reclaiming and bunker feed. Each distinct rating is counted once, regardless of repeated conveyors. Host-plant closure remains recorded separately.
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
ST Paper / ST Tissue Franklin pipe belt
United States
EP1000/5 · 1000 N/mmobserved replacement · Page 3, Belt Specifications: replacement (2021), Forech 1600 EP 1000/5 4+3 SAR/LRR · Replacement belt identified in the 2022 inspection. The 1600 figure is belt width in mm; 1000 is the belt rating in N/mm.
ST Paper Pipe Belt Site Visit, February 2, 2022
Skyline mine BC-8
United States
ST1000 · 1000 N/mmhistorical design · Project Details: original BC-8 technical details, belt St1000 8+6; 1600 mm is belt width · Historical original design rating; not the 2017 offer or a claim about the current replacement belt.
Replacing the Conveyor Belt of a Long Distance Pipe Conveyor at the Skyline Mine
Vale Miski Mayo pipe conveyor
Peru
EP1000/5 · 1000 N/mmreported reference · Printed slide 31: MISKI MAYO, Peru; named application table · Named supplier application rating; reference date is February 2024, while supply/installation date and current belt are not established.
TRANSPIPE Conveyor Belts: Application Engineering, February 2024
Vigier 944 m limestone conveyor
Switzerland
CONTI PIPE 1000 G-K2 · 1000 N/mmobserved replacement · Printed page 15: Vigier 944 m limestone conveyor; belt designation · The brochure explicitly describes the belt replaced in 2006. Its 1000 rating is retained from the fabric designation; the source does not state a ply count. It is not a current inspection.
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Maritsa 2.7 km conveyor (material disputed)
Bulgaria
ST1100 · 1100 N/mmreported reference · Detailed project specification table: Strength row · Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.
Maritsa coal conveyor pipe conveyor reference
Hongyuan
China
ST1250 · 1250 N/mmreported reference · Pipe Conveyor Design table: Hongyuan; Strength [N/mm] column · One entry per distinct reported rating; multiple ratings are not assigned to individual flights without a verified mapping.
Experience: pipe conveyor references
Kurmitar iron ore
India
ST1250 · 1250 N/mmreported reference · Detailed project specification table: Strength row · Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.
Kurmitar iron ore pipe conveyor reference
Mahagenco Bhatadi
India
ST1250 · 1250 N/mmreported reference · Detailed project specification table: Strength row · Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.
Mahagenco Bhatadi pipe conveyor reference
Moorburg power plant pipe-conveyor group
Germany
CONTI PIPE 1250/4 G-K2 · 1250 N/mmreported reference · Printed page 14: Moorburg; belt designations by duty · Fabric ratings: 1000 for coal and gypsum stacking; 1250 for reclaiming and bunker feed. Each distinct rating is counted once, regardless of repeated conveyors. Host-plant closure remains recorded separately.
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Wangting
China
ST1250 · 1250 N/mmreported reference · Pipe Conveyor Design table: Wangting; Strength [N/mm] column · Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.
Experience: pipe conveyor references
Zhenghai
China
ST1250 · 1250 N/mmreported reference · Detailed project specification table: Strength row · Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.
Zhenghai pipe conveyor reference
Itaqui
Brazil
ST1400 · 1400 N/mmreported reference · Detailed project specification table: Strength row · Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.
Itaqui pipe conveyor reference
MBE pipe conveyor, unspecified site
India
ST1400 · 1400 N/mmreported reference · Pipe Conveyor Design table: MBE Pipe Conveyor; Strength [N/mm] column · Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.
Experience: pipe conveyor references
SINCOR Jose CR-408 harbour conveyor
Venezuela
CONTI PIPE 1400 S-K2, 7:6, OIL GM · 1400 N/mmreported reference · Printed page 10: SINCOR Jose CR-408 harbour conveyor; belt designation · Rating transcribed from the manufacturer belt designation; S denotes steel cord and G denotes fabric. The published application reference does not establish the belt fitted in 2026.
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
AES Maritza East 1 TC-3A ash conveyor
Bulgaria
CONTI PIPE 1500 S-K2, 7:6, ContiExtra · 1500 N/mmreported reference · Printed page 12: AES Maritza East 1 TC-3A ash conveyor; belt designation · Rating transcribed from the manufacturer belt designation; S denotes steel cord and G denotes fabric. The published application reference does not establish the belt fitted in 2026.
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Puerto Abierto
Chile
ST1500 · 1500 N/mmreported reference · Detailed project specification table: Strength row · Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.
Puerto Abierto pipe conveyor reference
Changshu three-conveyor system
China
ST1600 · 1600 N/mmreported reference · Detailed project specification table: Strength row · One entry per distinct reported rating; multiple ratings are not assigned to individual flights without a verified mapping.
Changshu three-conveyor system pipe conveyor reference
Dibba / Fujairah
United Arab Emirates
ST1600 · 1600 N/mmreported reference · Detailed project specification table: Strength row · Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.
Dibba / Fujairah pipe conveyor reference
Indo Gulf / Birla Copper
India
ST1600 · 1600 N/mmreported reference · Detailed project specification table: Strength row · Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.
Indo Gulf / Birla Copper pipe conveyor reference
Kailin I parallel conveyors
China
ST1600 · 1600 N/mmreported reference · Detailed project specification table: Strength row · Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.
Kailin I parallel conveyors pipe conveyor reference
Lagoven Amuay overland conveyor CV-9502
Venezuela
Bridgestone ST1600 · 1600 N/mmhistorical observation · Meeting transcript dated 24 March 1994, Discussion Points / Background; Document_261004_174957, PDF p. 30 · The dated meeting identifies ST1600 steel-cord belting, 1100 mm width and 300 mm pipe on the installed 900 hp conveyor. The earlier design sheet indicates ST1000. The field observation is selected for the histogram; the design discrepancy remains unresolved and current belt strength is unknown.
Lagoven CRAY project: Amuay overland and wharf pipe-conveyor records
Nucor Louisiana
United States
1600 (ST / EP disputed) · 1600 N/mmreported reference · Pipe Conveyor Design table: Nucor, LA; Strength [N/mm] column · Numeric rating agrees between the overview and detailed reference. Steel-cord versus textile construction remains disputed.
Experience: pipe conveyor references
Pecém / CIPP TC2 and TC3
Brazil
ST1600 · 1600 N/mmreported reference · Detailed project specification table: Strength row · Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.
Pecém / CIPP TC2 and TC3 pipe conveyor reference
Qatalum ship-unloader to smelter conveyor
Qatar
CONTI PIPE 1600/5 G-K2 · 1600 N/mmreported reference · Printed page 12: Qatalum ship-unloader to smelter conveyor; belt designation · Rating transcribed from the manufacturer belt designation; S denotes steel cord and G denotes fabric. The published application reference does not establish the belt fitted in 2026.
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Chinalco Fangcheng
China
ST2000 · 2000 N/mmreported reference · Detailed project specification table: Strength row · Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.
Chinalco Fangcheng pipe conveyor reference
Hongyuan
China
ST2000 · 2000 N/mmreported reference · Pipe Conveyor Design table: Hongyuan; Strength [N/mm] column · One entry per distinct reported rating; multiple ratings are not assigned to individual flights without a verified mapping.
Experience: pipe conveyor references
Yong Steel
China
ST2000 · 2000 N/mmreported reference · Detailed project specification table: Strength row · One entry per distinct reported rating; multiple ratings are not assigned to individual flights without a verified mapping.
Yong Steel pipe conveyor reference
Hidden Valley pit-to-plant conveyor
Papua New Guinea
TRANSPIPE ST2250 · 2250 N/mmhistorical design · Sempertrans TDS dated 18 May 2018, Basic information / Belt rating; CDI P723-CAL-ME-01(B), p. 1, 1 August 2018 · The manufacturer offered-value sheet explicitly gives 2250 N/mm, corroborated by the named changeout calculation. Recorded as a historical engineering specification; installation of that offered replacement and the current belt are not independently established. The 5.5 km / 4.5 km route-length discrepancy remains unresolved.
Hidden Valley pipe-conveyor belt specification and changeout calculations, 2018
Kailin II
China
ST2500 · 2500 N/mmreported reference · Detailed project specification table: Strength row · Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.
Kailin II pipe conveyor reference
Mundra port pipe conveyor
India
ST2500 · 2500 N/mmreported reference · Detailed project specification table: Strength row · Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.
Mundra port pipe conveyor pipe conveyor reference
Nayong
China
ST2500 · 2500 N/mmreported reference · Detailed project specification table: Strength row · Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.
Nayong pipe conveyor reference
Reftinskaya GRES hot-ash conveyor
Russia
CONTI PIPE 2500 S-K2, 8:7, Vulcan T150 · 2500 N/mmreported reference · Printed page 10: Reftinskaya GRES hot-ash conveyor; belt designation · Rating transcribed from the manufacturer belt designation; S denotes steel cord and G denotes fabric. The published application reference does not establish the belt fitted in 2026.
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Rizhao original three-conveyor system
China
ST2500 · 2500 N/mmreported reference · Detailed project specification table: Strength row · Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.
Rizhao original three-conveyor system pipe conveyor reference
Yangquan
China
ST2500 · 2500 N/mmreported reference · Detailed project specification table: Strength row · Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.
Yangquan pipe conveyor reference
Yubei Section B
China
ST2500 · 2500 N/mmreported reference · Detailed project specification table: Strength row · Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.
Yubei Section B pipe conveyor reference
Salobo
Brazil
ST3150 · 3150 N/mmreported reference · Detailed project specification table: Strength row · Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.
Salobo pipe conveyor reference

Conveyor lengths

88 values from 76 records · 14 records without this value

Conveyor lengths histogramCounts of reported values. Bin width 1 km. Exact counts and sources are in the table below.0122436480–<1 km: 474701–<2 km: 13132–<3 km: 6623–<4 km: 774–<5 km: 7745–<6 km: 336–<7 km: 1167–<8 km: 228–<9 km: 1189–<10 km: 0010–<11 km: 001011–<12 km: 0012–<13 km: 001213–<14 km: 0014–<15 km: 001415–<16 km: 1116Reported valuesConveyor lengths (km)

The default excludes system totals and lengths with an unconfirmed basis. Reported flight lengths count separately; grouped duty types are counted once without expanding unconfirmed multiplicities. Map traces and delivered belt lengths are excluded.

Reported values and sources
Conveyor lengths: individual source-linked observations
RecordReported valueBasis and source
Kitakyushu Sand Co-op first commercial JPC system
Japan
0.02 kmindividual conveyors
Japan Pipe Belt Conveyor System / The pipe conveyor system
Kitakyushu Sand Co-op first commercial JPC system
Japan
0.028 kmindividual conveyors
Japan Pipe Belt Conveyor System / The pipe conveyor system
Madras Cement 70 m conveyor
India
0.07 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Coromandel ground-rock transfer / CKIT 08
India
0.095 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Coromandel 108 m project
India
0.108 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Coromandel 135 m project
India
0.135 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Dalmha Cement (Bharat) 142 m project
India
0.142 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Chanda cement conveyor
India
0.147 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Dalmha Cement (Bharat) 150 m project
India
0.15 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Neptune Terminals
Canada
0.16 kmtail to head
Neptune Terminals pipe conveyor reference
Coromandel 167 m conveyor
India
0.167 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Vikram Ispat
India
0.18 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Dalmha Cement (Bharat) 184 m project
India
0.184 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Denizli two-conveyor alternative-fuel system
Turkey
0.19 kmindividual conveyors
Cement Manufacturer relies on BEUMER Pipe Conveyors for clean, safe and fast Fuel Feed
Hindalco coal conveyors 09-10
India
0.2 kmindividual conveyors
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Hindalco coal conveyors 09-10
India
0.2 kmindividual conveyors
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Sweden coal conveyors 05-06
Sweden
0.2 kmindividual conveyors
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Sweden coal conveyors 05-06
Sweden
0.2 kmindividual conveyors
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Denizli two-conveyor alternative-fuel system
Turkey
0.206 kmindividual conveyors
Cement Manufacturer relies on BEUMER Pipe Conveyors for clean, safe and fast Fuel Feed
Wotan additional BEUMER clinker conveyor
Germany
0.213 kmsingle conveyor
New Conveyor to increase Production: Portland Cement Manufacturer installs additional Pipe Conveyor
Moorburg power plant pipe-conveyor group
Germany
0.215 km · coal reclaimingindividual length types · Printed page 14: Moorburg; stacking, reclaiming, boiler-bunker and gypsum paragraphs · One value for each reported duty type. Two bunker conveyors are explicitly described as 365 m each, but the total group count remains unconfirmed; repeated values are not expanded and these lengths are not summed as a verified system total.
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Schwenk Bernburg alternative-fuel conveyor
Germany
0.23 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe Conveyor for alternative Fuels – Operational Gains with minimal Disruption and without any Material Loss
Dalmha Cement (Bharat) 260 m project
India
0.26 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Moorburg power plant pipe-conveyor group
Germany
0.26 km · coal stackingindividual length types · Printed page 14: Moorburg; stacking, reclaiming, boiler-bunker and gypsum paragraphs · One value for each reported duty type. Two bunker conveyors are explicitly described as 365 m each, but the total group count remains unconfirmed; repeated values are not expanded and these lengths are not summed as a verified system total.
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Coromandel 270 m project
India
0.27 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Dalmha Cement (Bharat) 278 m project
India
0.278 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Finland pulp conveyor 02
Finland
0.3 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Wearmouth Colliery 300 m extension
United Kingdom
0.3 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor installations in the United Kingdom’s north east coalfield
Ledvice phase 2
Czech Republic
0.32 kmper conveyor reported
Pipe conveyors for coal transportation at Ledvice
PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa
Indonesia
0.34 kmcentre distance · Printed page 13: Indocement; center distance of 340 m · 340 m is explicitly a centre distance in the belt-supplier application; the earlier system-supplier length agrees.
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Richards Bay phosphate conveyor 14
South Africa
0.35 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Moorburg power plant pipe-conveyor group
Germany
0.365 km · boiler-bunker feedindividual length types · Printed page 14: Moorburg; stacking, reclaiming, boiler-bunker and gypsum paragraphs · One value for each reported duty type. Two bunker conveyors are explicitly described as 365 m each, but the total group count remains unconfirmed; repeated values are not expanded and these lengths are not summed as a verified system total.
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Nirma limestone conveyor
India
0.38 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Vikram Cement 400 m project
India
0.4 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Lagoven Amuay wharf conveyor CV-9506
Venezuela
0.409956 kmcentre distance
Lagoven CRAY project: Amuay overland and wharf pipe-conveyor records
Richards Bay phosphate conveyor 15
South Africa
0.412 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Jaypee Himachal Cement coal pipe conveyor
India
0.439 kmsingle conveyor
Bulk Material Handling project profiles and references
Tadipatri clinker conveyor
India
0.47 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Linz AG waste-to-energy conveyor
Austria
0.475 kmcentre distance · Case-study paragraph: centre distance of 475 metres · Measurement basis made explicit from the existing system-supplier source; the alternative manufacturer 476 m report is retained as a conflict.
Linz AG pipe conveyor
Vedanta Alumina 480 m project
India
0.48 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Moorburg power plant pipe-conveyor group
Germany
0.482 km · gypsum stackingindividual length types · Printed page 14: Moorburg; stacking, reclaiming, boiler-bunker and gypsum paragraphs · One value for each reported duty type. Two bunker conveyors are explicitly described as 365 m each, but the total group count remains unconfirmed; repeated values are not expanded and these lengths are not summed as a verified system total.
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Vale Miski Mayo pipe conveyor
Peru
0.482 kmcentre distance · Printed slide 31: MISKI MAYO, Peru; named application table · 482 m is explicitly C-C. The separately stated 1250 m delivered belt length is excluded from the conveyor-length distribution.
TRANSPIPE Conveyor Belts: Application Engineering, February 2024
Ledvice phase 1
Czech Republic
0.486 kmindividual conveyors
Pipe conveyors for coal transportation at Ledvice
Ledvice phase 1
Czech Republic
0.488 kmindividual conveyors
Pipe conveyors for coal transportation at Ledvice
HKM Duisburg coal handling
Germany
≈ 0.736 kmcentre distance · Printed page 11: HKM Steel Mill; centre distance of approx. 736 m · Approximate wording retained from the brochure.
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Richards Bay mineral-products conveyor
South Africa
0.87 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Vigier 944 m limestone conveyor
Switzerland
0.944 kmsingle conveyor · Printed page 15: Vigier; 944 m long pipe conveyor · The brochure reports conveyor length, without explicitly labeling centre distance. The earlier centre-distance classification is corrected.
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Finland pulp conveyor 01
Finland
1.2 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Kailin I parallel conveyors
China
1.2 kmindividual conveyors
Kailin I parallel conveyors pipe conveyor reference
Kailin I parallel conveyors
China
1.2 kmindividual conveyors
Kailin I parallel conveyors pipe conveyor reference
SINCOR Jose CR-408 harbour conveyor
Venezuela
1.215 kmcentre distance
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Nucor Louisiana
United States
1.4 kmsingle conveyor
Nucor Louisiana pipe conveyor reference
Jaypee Dala clinker pipe conveyor
India
1.658 kmsingle conveyor
Bulk Material Handling project profiles and references
Westoe Colliery to Harton Staithes
United Kingdom
1.658 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor installations in the United Kingdom’s north east coalfield
Rizhao original three-conveyor system
China
≈ 1.7 km · flight 3 (listed order)individual conveyors · Printed slide 36: three flights, 3.0 km, 3.4 km and 1.7 km c/c · Published one-decimal-kilometre flight lengths are treated as rounded reports, without asserting asset numbers or route order. Their 8.1 km sum differs from CDI’s 8.0 km system total, retained as an unresolved source claim.
Pipebelt Design: Confine pipe-belt installation examples, R. Steven
ST Paper / ST Tissue Franklin pipe belt
United States
≈ 1.74 kmcentre distance · STTISSUE_A, PDF p. 6, sections 2.0–2.1 / Mechanical technical data · Original source: 5700 ft ± centre-to-centre. Using 0.3048 m/ft gives 1737.36 m before rounding to approximately 1740 m. This historical specified length is separate from the approximately 1697 m horizontal KMZ trace and is not a present-day survey.
Franklin 1300 project: pipe-conveyor plan and technical specification in STTISSUE_A
Crossen–Helmsdorf remediation conveyor
Germany
1.8 kmsingle conveyor
Sanierung der Bergehalde Crossen beendet
Salobo
Brazil
1.8 kmtail to head
Salobo pipe conveyor reference
Zhenghai
China
1.8 kmcentre distance · Printed slide 32: 1.8 km c/c · The manufacturer explicitly labels C-C; the earlier CDI tail-to-head report agrees numerically.
Pipebelt Design: Confine pipe-belt installation examples, R. Steven
Puerto Abierto
Chile
1.88 kmsingle conveyor
Puerto Abierto pipe conveyor reference
CNOOC coke system
China
2.2 kmtail to head
CNOOC coke system pipe conveyor reference
Ghent power station CCR conveyor
United States
2.387 kmsingle conveyor
CCR collection and transport system for Ghent Power
Maritsa 2.7 km conveyor (material disputed)
Bulgaria
2.7 kmtail to head
Maritsa coal conveyor pipe conveyor reference
Pecém / CIPP TC2 and TC3
Brazil
2.8 kmindividual conveyors
Pecém / CIPP TC2 and TC3 pipe conveyor reference
Pecém / CIPP TC2 and TC3
Brazil
2.94 kmindividual conveyors
Pecém / CIPP TC2 and TC3 pipe conveyor reference
Kurmitar iron ore
India
2.95 kmtail to head
Kurmitar iron ore pipe conveyor reference
Rizhao original three-conveyor system
China
≈ 3 km · flight 1 (listed order)individual conveyors · Printed slide 36: three flights, 3.0 km, 3.4 km and 1.7 km c/c · Published one-decimal-kilometre flight lengths are treated as rounded reports, without asserting asset numbers or route order. Their 8.1 km sum differs from CDI’s 8.0 km system total, retained as an unresolved source claim.
Pipebelt Design: Confine pipe-belt installation examples, R. Steven
Callao concentrate export conveyor
Peru
3.195 kmsingle conveyor
Ports and Terminals, Callao reference
Dürnrohr port-to-power-plant coal conveyor
Austria
3.2 kmsingle conveyor
Reference projects: Dürnrohr and Wotan pipe conveyors
Indo Gulf / Birla Copper
India
3.3 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Rizhao original three-conveyor system
China
≈ 3.4 km · flight 2 (listed order)individual conveyors · Printed slide 36: three flights, 3.0 km, 3.4 km and 1.7 km c/c · Published one-decimal-kilometre flight lengths are treated as rounded reports, without asserting asset numbers or route order. Their 8.1 km sum differs from CDI’s 8.0 km system total, retained as an unresolved source claim.
Pipebelt Design: Confine pipe-belt installation examples, R. Steven
Skyline mine BC-8
United States
3.414 kmcentre distance
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
W. H. Sammis gypsum pipe conveyor
United States
≈ 3.86 kmsingle conveyor
First Energy Summit / Sammis gypsum conveyor case study
Tata Steel West Bokaro pipe conveyor
India
≈ 4 kmsingle conveyor
Tata Steel inaugurates the Long Pipe Conveyor at West Bokaro
Dibba / Fujairah
United Arab Emirates
4.25 kmtail to head
Dibba / Fujairah pipe conveyor reference
Reftinskaya GRES hot-ash conveyor
Russia
4.39 kmcentre distance
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Itaqui
Brazil
4.4 kmtail to head
Itaqui pipe conveyor reference
NTECL Vallur port-to-plant coal conveyor
India
≈ 4.4 kmsingle conveyor
Vallur Thermal Power Project status sheet
Chinalco Fangcheng
China
4.48 kmtail to head
Chinalco Fangcheng pipe conveyor reference
AES Maritza East 1 TC-3A ash conveyor
Bulgaria
4.532 kmcentre distance
CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17
Sterlite LDC bauxite project
India
5 kmsingle conveyor
Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004
Lagoven Amuay overland conveyor CV-9502
Venezuela
5.00939 kmcentre distance
Lagoven CRAY project: Amuay overland and wharf pipe-conveyor records
Mahagenco Bhatadi
India
5.4 kmtail to head
Mahagenco Bhatadi pipe conveyor reference
Kailin II
China
6.2 kmtail to head
Kailin II pipe conveyor reference
Nayong
China
7 kmtail to head
Nayong pipe conveyor reference
Mundra port pipe conveyor
India
7.05 kmtail to head
Mundra port pipe conveyor pipe conveyor reference
Yangquan
China
8.1 kmtail to head
Yangquan pipe conveyor reference
Yubei Section B
China
15 kmsingle conveyor
Yubei Section B pipe conveyor reference

Each stored value counts once, with no weighting by conveyor count. Multiple reported flight lengths or belt ratings in one project can contribute multiple observations. The diameter chart starts with mixed measurement bases; its view selector separates them. The length chart starts with individual conveyor lengths. A source reference rating does not establish the current installed belt.

Enclosed bulk material transport

Ten benefits of pipe conveyors

A pipe conveyor wraps the belt around the material between loading and discharge. That enclosure, combined with flexible routing, offers practical advantages across ports, mines, power plants and industrial sites.

  1. Contains dust and protects the environment

    The closed belt limits airborne material along the route, helping protect workers, nearby communities and sensitive areas. Loading and discharge still require appropriate dust control. [1]

  2. Reduces spillage and material loss

    Enclosing the carrying strand helps retain the product. A closed return strand can also contain material adhering to the belt, reducing carryback spillage when its closure is maintained. [4]

  3. Protects the conveyed product

    The enclosure shields material from rain, wind, snow and external contamination along the closed section, helping preserve product quality and reduce the need for separate weather covers. [1] [2]

  4. Follows difficult routes

    Tight horizontal, vertical and combined curves allow the conveyor to work around buildings, roads and terrain. This flexibility can make an existing corridor or complex site practical for continuous conveying. [1] [2]

  5. Reduces intermediate transfer points

    One curved conveyor can replace several conveyor flights. Fewer transfers mean fewer towers, chutes, drives and dust collectors, with fewer associated maintenance points and sources of material damage. [1] [3]

  6. Handles steeper inclines

    For suitable materials, greater contact with the belt permits steeper conveying angles than a conventional troughed belt. A steeper route can reduce conveyor length and the height of supporting structures. [2] [3]

  7. Requires a narrower corridor

    The compact conveying cross-section is useful in tunnels, crowded plants, bridges and constrained rights of way. Reduced corridor width can also lower civil works and structural requirements. [2] [3]

  8. Handles material more gently

    Fewer transfers mean fewer drops and impacts. This reduces opportunities for product breakage and additional dust generation, especially where material quality matters at the destination. [2] [3]

  9. Reduces housekeeping

    Less escaped material means less cleanup around idlers, galleries and beneath the conveyor. Loeffler's petroleum-coke case reports substantial cleanup savings after installation. [4]

  10. Can carry material in both directions

    A system designed for this duty can convey different materials in the upper and lower strands. Both loads remain enclosed, allowing the return journey to serve a useful transport task. [5]

Evaluate the complete route

Fewer transfers, a narrower corridor and less cleanup can reduce total project cost. Those savings must be weighed against a specialized belt, additional idlers and generally higher power demand than a comparable troughed conveyor. Material properties, belt closure and loading and discharge design determine which benefits a project can achieve. [1]

Engineering references behind the benefits

This list synthesizes recurring advantages in engineering literature and manufacturer guidance. The numbering organizes the benefits; project priorities depend on the material, route and operating requirements.

  1. Maria E. Zamiralova, Design aspects of pipe belt conveyors. TU Delft dissertation, 2017. Section 1.2, printed pages 3–6: advantages, capital costs, energy consumption and belt twisting.
  2. Metso Outotec, Trellex Flexopipe conveyor belts (PDF). Brochure 4187-04-20-EN-MSE, 2020, printed page 3: advantages of enclosed material transport.
  3. A.E.W. Fletcher and E.L. du Toit, Environmentally Friendly Enclosed Conveyor Systems (PDF). Beltcon 10, pages 1–3: containment, inclination, narrow structures, curved transport and reduced product degradation.
  4. Frank J. Loeffler, Pipe / Tube Conveyors: A Modern Method of Coal and Ash Transportation (PDF). Pages 2 and 11–12: return-belt containment, transfer points and the petroleum-coke case history.
  5. BEUMER Group, Belt Conveyors (PDF). Pipe-conveyor section: routing, product protection and conveying different materials in the upper and lower strands.

Design, commissioning & operation

Ten things to watch for in a pipe conveyor

A stable pipe shape depends on the belt, rollers, route and tension working together. These ten concerns bring together recurring failure mechanisms in engineering literature and Luis Morgado's published field observations.

  1. Tube rotation and unstable overlap

    The overlapping belt edges must stay in their intended position. Rotation can release material or deliver a folded belt to the discharge pulley.

    Watch for: a migrating seam, changing overlap, recurring spillage or folding near discharge. Investigate the causes in the belt, rollers and tension system. [C1] [1]

  2. Incorrect transverse belt stiffness

    Too little stiffness can allow collapse; too much increases roller forces, forming resistance and fatigue. A higher tensile rating alone does not establish pipe-forming suitability.

    Watch for: an untested belt specification, poor closure, loss of roller contact or large power changes after belt replacement. Match stiffness and edge construction to the actual conveyor. [C3] [C9]

  3. Roller alignment, clearances and contact

    Panel alignment, roller adjustability, support spacing and gaps between roller ends affect tracking and can trap or damage a belt edge.

    Watch for: localized edge wear, scuff marks on panel steel or repeated tracking adjustments. Check the assembled geometry, roller condition and available adjustment range. [C2]

  4. Curves that exceed the belt's capability

    Diameter-based radius rules are preliminary guidance. Curve angle, belt construction, tension and cross-section deformation affect whether a route is workable.

    Watch for: excessive ovalization, collapse or cracking in curves. Validate the selected belt against the actual route and operating tension range. [C4]

  5. Damaging opening and closing transitions

    Repeated pipe formation and opening can fatigue the belt if the geometry forces excessive bending. Transition length and roller support must suit the chosen belt.

    Watch for: cracking, damaged transverse reinforcement, unsupported folding or premature wear near the terminals. Review the transition layout with the belt supplier. [C7] [2]

  6. Overfilling, feed surges and oversized lumps

    Average tonnage and a nominal fill percentage do not establish usable capacity. Lump size, feed variability and deformation in curves can reduce the available margin.

    Watch for: a bulging pipe, inconsistent loading or repeated feed trips. Confirm peak feed, actual lump distribution and the most restrictive curved section. [C5]

  7. Protection that cannot accommodate stopping distance

    An overload trip may act too late if excess material reaches rigid panels while the belt is still moving. Detection and relief arrangements must account for actual stopping behavior.

    Watch for: unproven sensors, inadequate movable relief panels where used, or no recorded stopping performance. Include documented functional checks in commissioning. [C2]

  8. Take-up and start/stop behavior

    Take-up force, travel and carriage guidance must maintain the required belt tension through operating changes. Transient calculations need measured commissioning checks.

    Watch for: carriage skew, binding, exhausted travel, tension surges or instability during empty and loaded starts and stops. Reassess controls when the duty changes. [C1] [C6]

  9. Underestimated resistance and drive power

    Holding and bending the pipe belt creates loads and losses beyond lifting the material. Belt stiffness, roller contact, temperature and break-in conditions affect the demand.

    Watch for: unexpectedly high empty-running power, difficult cold starts, heating or drive overload. Check measured resistance against the design before increasing drive size. [C8] [4]

  10. Repeated repairs without finding the cause

    Premature belt, reinforcement or splice failures can reflect a mismatch between the belt and equipment. Buying the same replacement can reproduce the same problem.

    Watch for: recurring damage, supplier specifications that disagree, missing test results or no empty/loaded acceptance record. Require coordinated engineering and field verification before selecting the remedy. [C7] [C8] [C9]

Match the material and verify the system

Material temperature, moisture, stickiness, abrasiveness and cover compatibility also belong in the selection review. Enclosing hot material reduces heat exchange, so a cover rating for an open conveyor cannot automatically be applied to a pipe conveyor. Use project-specific limits and recorded operating checks. [2]

Sources behind the concerns

Morgado's articles are Portuguese field observations and engineering guidance published in 2016–2017. They inform this review alongside Zamiralova's dissertation, Metso's belt guidance and Loeffler's paper. The ten topics are a practical synthesis, rather than a published failure-frequency ranking.

  1. C1. Luis Morgado, Quais as falhas mais comuns? — What are the most common failures?, February 3, 2017. Tube rotation, cover wear, roller adjustment, take-up, overload protection and overlap.
  2. C2. Luis Morgado, Quais as falhas mais comuns — parte 2? — Common failures, part 2, March 15, 2017. Roller support and clearances, return transitions, stopping distance and repeated field failures.
  3. C3. Luis Morgado, Transportador Tubular — Tecnologia — Parte 1 — Pipe conveyor technology, part 1, March 31, 2016. Belt properties, forming loads, testing and coordination between suppliers.
  4. C4. Luis Morgado, Transportador Tubular — Tecnologia — Parte 3 — Pipe conveyor technology, part 3, April 5, 2016. Curvature, tension, ovalization and limitations of radius rules.
  5. C5. Luis Morgado, Grau de Enchimento — Filling degree, August 1, 2017. Feed control, lump size and the effect of curves on usable capacity. The numerical example is not used here as a validated capacity rule.
  6. C6. Luis Morgado, Importância da Análise Dinamica em Pipe Conveyor — Importance of dynamic analysis, April 10, 2017. Start/stop design, commissioning adjustment and the distinction between transient and steady-running problems.
  7. C7. Luis Morgado, Danos na correia tubular — Pipe belt damage, June 17, 2017. Premature transverse-reinforcement failure, excessive bending and investigating causes before replacement.
  8. C8. Luis Morgado, Força para manter o tubo fechado — Force to keep the pipe closed, November 1, 2016. Belt-dependent roller loads, indentation resistance, power demand and premature failures.
  9. C9. Luis Morgado, Equipamentos de Testes — Test equipment, June 29, 2017. Six-point stiffness rigs, multiple-station tests, dynamic measurements and deformed cross-section geometry.

Amuay, Venezuela

The two Lagoven conveyors

CV-9502 connects the refinery to the coke yard. CV-9506 runs from the wharf transfer toward the shiploader. Select either conveyor to bring it up on the map.

Approximate alignments. Select a conveyor to load the map.

Approximate alignment from the marked location drawing. CV-9502 record · CV-9506 record

Global register

Installations & project references

Lengths retain their single-conveyor or system basis. Reported dimensions and dates carry their original source; an installation can be established while its specifications remain disputed. Read the evidence guide.

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Source catalog

Austria · Zwentendorf / Dürnrohr

Location atlas and assessment

Length
3,200 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
300 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
2010 · reported start of operation

Material: coal

Evidence and references

VERBUND’s 2010 annual report states that the joint VERBUND–EVN coal pipe conveyor went into operation in 2010. Binder describes fabrication and assembly of the 3,200 m conveyor.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: VERBUND (joint project participant and historical power-plant operator); EVN (joint project participant); Binder Industrieanlagenbau (fabrication and assembly contractor); FLSmidth (client named by fabrication contractor).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Reference projects: Dürnrohr and Wotan pipe conveyors; Pipe diameter: Reference projects: Dürnrohr and Wotan pipe conveyors; Date: VERBUND Annual Report 2010: Dürnrohr pipe conveyor.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • 2010 is the explicitly reported start of operation; a separate commissioning certificate/date has not been located.
  • Binder’s approximately 1,000-ton figure is total structural weight. It is not an hourly material capacity.
  • Historical operation is established; current service after changes at the host power plant has not been reverified.

Register ID: durnrohr

Austria · Linz

Location atlas and assessment

Length
475 m · centre distance
Pipe diameter
300 mm · nominal
Belt strength
CONTI PIPE 630/3 G-K2 · 630 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
40 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
Not established

Material: household and industrial waste; sewage sludge

Evidence and references

Supplier describes the installed conveyor operating continuously.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: Linz AG (customer); BEUMER Group (system supplier).

Source citations

Length basis: Case-study paragraph: centre distance of 475 metres. Measurement basis made explicit from the existing system-supplier source; the alternative manufacturer 476 m report is retained as a conflict.

Belt strength basis: Printed page 13: Linz AG waste-to-energy conveyor; belt designation. Rating transcribed from the manufacturer belt designation; S denotes steel cord and G denotes fabric. The published application reference does not establish the belt fitted in 2026.

Specification sources: Length: Linz AG pipe conveyor; Pipe diameter: Linz AG pipe conveyor; Capacity: Linz AG pipe conveyor; Belt strength: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17.

Unresolved source claims

Length

  • 475 m centre distance — Linz AG pipe conveyor
  • 476 m C-C — TRANSPIPE Conveyor Belts: Application Engineering, February 2024

The 1 m difference may be reporting precision; the primary system-supplier value remains selected. Delivered belt length of 1100 m is not substituted or halved.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • 2011 is the power plant’s operating date in the case; a distinct pipe-conveyor commissioning year has not been established.

Register ID: linz

Bosnia and Herzegovina · Lukavac

Location atlas and assessment

Length
Not established
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
30 t/h · alternative fuels
Date / basis
2013 · project / reference year

Material: alternative fuels

Evidence and references

Marcel Kumžák’s professional portfolio identifies a pipe-conveyor project from a new fuel store to the preheater tower at Fabrika Cementa Lukavac; plant acceptance has not been independently corroborated.

Named parties: Fabrika Cementa Lukavac (historical customer named in portfolio); BEUMER Group Czech Republic (project organisation in portfolio).

Source citations

Specification sources: Date: Marcel Kumžák: pipe-conveyor project portfolio; Capacity: Marcel Kumžák: pipe-conveyor project portfolio.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • February 2012–May 2013 is the reported project period. It is not assigned as commissioning date.
  • The 30 t/h capacity is a self-reported project value; supplier or operator documentation is still needed.

Register ID: lukavac-alternative-fuels

Itaqui

B · Project reference

Brazil

Location atlas and assessment

Length
4,400 m · tail to head
Pipe diameter
375 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
ST1400 · 1,400 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
1,000 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2012 · construction / installation

Material: coal

Evidence and references

Primary engineering reference and construction/specification table; commissioning not explicitly dated.

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Belt strength basis: Detailed project specification table: Strength row. Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.

Specification sources: Length: Itaqui pipe conveyor reference; Pipe diameter: Itaqui pipe conveyor reference; Date: Itaqui pipe conveyor reference; Capacity: Itaqui pipe conveyor reference; Belt strength: Itaqui pipe conveyor reference.

Unresolved source claims

Reported year

Detailed page and overview disagree. Neither figure establishes a separate commissioning date.

Length

The existing long-conveyor value is retained. The two designer accounts distinguish a second flight; do not turn 4.4 km into a verified combined route total, infer exact current centres, or append the second flight’s EP800 rating to PC1.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • The selected 4.4 km / ST1400 / 375 mm reference concerns the long conveyor. Historical accounts describe PC1 at 4.3 km and a separate 0.6 km PC2 with EP800; the scope is retained in notes without duplicating an unmerged flight in the histogram.

Register ID: itaqui

Pecém / CIPP TC2 and TC3

B · Project reference

Brazil

Location atlas and assessment

Length
2,800 + 2,940 m · individual conveyors
Pipe diameter
600 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
ST1600 · 1,600 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
2,500 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2011 · construction / installation

Material: coal

Evidence and references

Primary engineering reference and construction/specification table; commissioning not explicitly dated.

Reported conveyor count: 2

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Belt strength basis: Detailed project specification table: Strength row. Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.

Specification sources: Length: Pecém / CIPP TC2 and TC3 pipe conveyor reference; Pipe diameter: Pecém / CIPP TC2 and TC3 pipe conveyor reference; Date: Pecém / CIPP TC2 and TC3 pipe conveyor reference; Capacity: Pecém / CIPP TC2 and TC3 pipe conveyor reference; Belt strength: Pecém / CIPP TC2 and TC3 pipe conveyor reference.

Register ID: pecem

Salobo

B · Project reference

Brazil

Location atlas and assessment

Length
1,800 m · tail to head
Pipe diameter
500 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
ST3150 · 3,150 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
4,600 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2012 · construction / installation

Material: copper ore

Evidence and references

Primary engineering reference and construction/specification table; commissioning not explicitly dated.

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Belt strength basis: Detailed project specification table: Strength row. Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.

Specification sources: Length: Salobo pipe conveyor reference; Pipe diameter: Salobo pipe conveyor reference; Date: Salobo pipe conveyor reference; Capacity: Salobo pipe conveyor reference; Belt strength: Salobo pipe conveyor reference.

Register ID: salobo

Bulgaria · Galabovo

Location atlas and assessment

Length
4,532 m · centre distance
Pipe diameter
430 / 400 mm · outer
Belt strength
CONTI PIPE 1500 S-K2, 7:6, ContiExtra · 1,500 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
1,400 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
Not established

Material: ash

Evidence and references

Supplier application example describes material being conveyed or successful operation.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: ContiTech / Continental (belt supplier); TAKRAF (system partner named in brochure).

Source citations

Belt strength basis: Printed page 12: AES Maritza East 1 TC-3A ash conveyor; belt designation. Rating transcribed from the manufacturer belt designation; S denotes steel cord and G denotes fabric. The published application reference does not establish the belt fitted in 2026.

Specification sources: Length: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Pipe diameter: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Capacity: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Belt strength: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Outer diameters: 430 mm carry and 400 mm return. This is an ash system, distinct from CDI’s 2.7 km coal reference.

Register ID: aes-maritza-ash

Bulgaria

Location atlas and assessment

Length
2,700 m · tail to head
Pipe diameter
400 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
ST1100 · 1,100 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
910 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2010 · CDI study

Material: coal (CDI reference); fly ash (2013 designer paper)

Evidence and references

Primary engineering reference and construction/specification table; commissioning not explicitly dated.

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Pipe diameter basis: Printed p. 18 / PDF p. 3, Table 1. The row is spelled Bulgaria Marista and matches the existing Bulgaria / Maritsa 2.7 km, 910 t/h, ST1100 reference. This is an explicitly qualified identity association. The paper says fly ash while the CDI project page says coal; that material discrepancy is retained. The table does not expressly distinguish nominal from outer diameter.

Belt strength basis: Detailed project specification table: Strength row. Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.

Specification sources: Length: Maritsa coal conveyor pipe conveyor reference; Pipe diameter: Overland Pipe Conveyor with Low Rolling Resistance Belt, Yijun Zhang; Date: Maritsa coal conveyor pipe conveyor reference; Capacity: Maritsa coal conveyor pipe conveyor reference; Belt strength: Maritsa coal conveyor pipe conveyor reference.

Unresolved source claims

Material

The numeric engineering tuple and country support association despite the spelling variant. The commodity disagreement remains unresolved; the record title no longer states coal without qualification.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Keep separate from the AES Maritza East 1 TC-3A 4.532 km / ST1500 ash conveyor. The 2013 designer table supplies a named Marista reference; the anonymous 2.8 km Bulgarian example is not treated as an independently identified asset.

Register ID: maritsa-coal

Neptune Terminals

A · Installed / used

Canada · Vancouver, British Columbia

Location atlas and assessment

Length
160 m · tail to head
Pipe diameter
500 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
800 (ST / EP disputed) · 800 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
3,500 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2011 · construction / installation

Material: potash

Evidence and references

A 2015 forensic investigation provides evidence of the installed conveyor after its reported 2011 construction.

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Pipe diameter basis: Printed slide 34: Neptune Coal Terminal, Vancouver, Canada; Urea and Potash. Associated with the existing Neptune/Vancouver potash record by terminal, location, material and similar 170 m C-C versus 160 m tail-to-head length. Exact asset-number equivalence is unverified. The supplier does not label nominal/outer basis; its February 2010 installation claim differs from CDI’s 2011 construction year.

Belt strength basis: Pipe Conveyor Design table: Neptune Terminals Vancouver; Strength [N/mm] column. Numeric rating agrees between the overview and detailed reference. Steel-cord versus textile construction remains disputed.

Specification sources: Length: Neptune Terminals pipe conveyor reference; Pipe diameter: Pipebelt Design: Confine pipe-belt installation examples, R. Steven; Date: Neptune Terminals pipe conveyor reference; Capacity: Neptune Terminals pipe conveyor reference; Belt strength: Experience: pipe conveyor references.

Unresolved source claims

Length

Rounded length or differing geometric/asset scope may account for 160 m tail-to-head, 0.2 km and 170 m C-C. Retain the existing detailed length without averaging; the supplier-case identity remains qualified.

Belt strength type

The two primary records disagree; no belt construction selected.

Reported year

Different events or assets may be represented. Preserve the reported-year source choice; do not select a commissioning year from this association.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • The supplier calls its reference a fabric belt and gives 72-inch width with 500/4 MORS. That imperial code has no established N/mm conversion here and is not used to resolve CDI’s ST800 / EP800 disagreement or to assert current reinforcement.

Register ID: neptune

Saguenay multiuser port conveyor

D · Completion unconfirmed

Canada · Saguenay, Québec

Location atlas and assessment

Length
≈ 2,000 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
4,150 t/h · downhill; 2,750 t/h · uphill
Date / basis
2025 · expected commissioning

Material: multiple bulk products

Evidence and references

Contract announced in 2024; operator still lists implementation as in progress at review.

Named parties: BEUMER Group (system supplier); Port de Saguenay (operator).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: BEUMER awarded Saguenay pipe conveyor contract; Date: BEUMER awarded Saguenay pipe conveyor contract; Capacity: BEUMER awarded Saguenay pipe conveyor contract.

Separate status evidence: Operator lists implementation as in progress; completion unconfirmed. Source / live-page review date: 2026-10-04. Port de Saguenay: Info Travaux.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Do not promote the supplier’s expected 2025 operating date to actual commissioning. Homepage wording can lag events; completion remains unconfirmed.

Register ID: saguenay

Puerto Abierto

A · Installed / used

Chile

Location atlas and assessment

Length
1,880 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
460 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
ST1500 · 1,500 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
1,500 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2025 · construction / installation

Material: soda ash

Evidence and references

CDI describes observed belt behavior during commissioning.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting); Desarrollo Terminal Marítimo Andino (project customer named in reference).

Source citations

Belt strength basis: Detailed project specification table: Strength row. Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.

Specification sources: Length: Puerto Abierto pipe conveyor reference; Pipe diameter: Puerto Abierto pipe conveyor reference; Date: Puerto Abierto pipe conveyor reference; Capacity: Puerto Abierto pipe conveyor reference; Belt strength: Puerto Abierto pipe conveyor reference.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • 2025 is labeled construction year; the page does not separately date commissioning.

Register ID: puerto-abierto

CNOOC coke system

A · Installed / used

China

Location atlas and assessment

Length
2,200 m · tail to head
Pipe diameter
300 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
ST800 · 800 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
400 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2011 · construction / installation

Material: coke

Evidence and references

CDI reports that the installed system eliminated the prior dust and spillage problem.

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Pipe diameter basis: Printed p. 18 / PDF p. 3, Table 1. The named CNOOC row matches the 2.2 km, 400 t/h coke duty and ST800 rating in the existing engineer reference. The table does not expressly distinguish nominal from outer diameter.

Belt strength basis: Detailed project specification table: Strength row. Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.

Specification sources: Length: CNOOC coke system pipe conveyor reference; Pipe diameter: Overland Pipe Conveyor with Low Rolling Resistance Belt, Yijun Zhang; Date: CNOOC coke system pipe conveyor reference; Capacity: CNOOC coke system pipe conveyor reference; Belt strength: CNOOC coke system pipe conveyor reference.

Register ID: cnooc

Changshu three-conveyor system

B · Project reference

China

Location atlas and assessment

Length
4,600 m · system total
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
ST1600 · 1,600 N/mm; ST1000 · 1,000 N/mm; EP630 · 630 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
1,000 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2011 · construction / installation

Material: iron ore

Evidence and references

Primary engineering reference and construction/specification table; commissioning not explicitly dated.

Reported conveyor count: 3

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Belt strength basis: Detailed project specification table: Strength row. One entry per distinct reported rating; multiple ratings are not assigned to individual flights without a verified mapping.

Specification sources: Length: Changshu three-conveyor system pipe conveyor reference; Date: Changshu three-conveyor system pipe conveyor reference; Capacity: Changshu three-conveyor system pipe conveyor reference; Belt strength: Changshu three-conveyor system pipe conveyor reference.

Register ID: changshu

Chinalco Fangcheng

B · Project reference

China

Location atlas and assessment

Length
4,480 m · tail to head
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
ST2000 · 2,000 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
4,000 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2021 · construction / installation

Material: bauxite

Evidence and references

Primary engineering reference and construction/specification table; commissioning not explicitly dated.

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Belt strength basis: Detailed project specification table: Strength row. Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.

Specification sources: Length: Chinalco Fangcheng pipe conveyor reference; Date: Chinalco Fangcheng pipe conveyor reference; Capacity: Chinalco Fangcheng pipe conveyor reference; Belt strength: Chinalco Fangcheng pipe conveyor reference.

Register ID: chinalco-fangcheng

Hongyuan

B · Project reference

China

Location atlas and assessment

Length
10,000 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
ST2000 · 2,000 N/mm; ST1250 · 1,250 N/mm; ST1000 · 1,000 N/mm; ST800 · 800 N/mm; ST630 · 630 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
300 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2011 · reference year

Material: Not established

Evidence and references

Listed in CDI’s dedicated pipe conveyor reference table; no individual commissioning record found.

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Belt strength basis: Pipe Conveyor Design table: Hongyuan; Strength [N/mm] column. One entry per distinct reported rating; multiple ratings are not assigned to individual flights without a verified mapping.

Specification sources: Length: Experience: pipe conveyor references; Date: Experience: pipe conveyor references; Capacity: Experience: pipe conveyor references; Belt strength: Experience: pipe conveyor references.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • The overview does not identify conveyor count, material, or a separate commissioning date.

Register ID: hongyuan

Huainan Coal Mining MP

C · Legacy report

China

Location atlas and assessment

Length
2,300 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
800 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
Not established

Material: coal

Evidence and references

Reported as a long-distance installation in CKIT’s historical article; newer corroboration not located.

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Development of the pipe conveyor; Capacity: Development of the pipe conveyor.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Historical customer name and dimensions only; exact route, commissioning date, supplier scope and current status need confirmation.

Register ID: huainan-historical

Kailin I parallel conveyors

B · Project reference

China

Location atlas and assessment

Length
1,200 + 1,200 m · individual conveyors
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
ST1600 · 1,600 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
945 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2011 · construction / installation

Material: calcium sulphate

Evidence and references

Primary engineering reference and construction/specification table; commissioning not explicitly dated.

Reported conveyor count: 2

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Belt strength basis: Detailed project specification table: Strength row. Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.

Specification sources: Length: Kailin I parallel conveyors pipe conveyor reference; Date: Kailin I parallel conveyors pipe conveyor reference; Capacity: Kailin I parallel conveyors pipe conveyor reference; Belt strength: Kailin I parallel conveyors pipe conveyor reference.

Register ID: kailin-i

Kailin II

A · Installed / used

China

Location atlas and assessment

Length
6,200 m · tail to head
Pipe diameter
375 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
ST2500 · 2,500 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
850 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2012 · construction / installation

Material: calcium sulphate

Evidence and references

CDI reports actual reduced power consumption and a motor retained as a spare after installation.

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Pipe diameter basis: Printed slide 36: Kailin phosphor-gypsum conveyor. Matching 6.2 km phosphor-gypsum duty, 850 t/h and ST2500 rating. Its reported June 2011 installation date conflicts with later engineer years and is retained separately. Source does not distinguish nominal from outer diameter.

Belt strength basis: Detailed project specification table: Strength row. Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.

Specification sources: Length: Kailin II pipe conveyor reference; Pipe diameter: Pipebelt Design: Confine pipe-belt installation examples, R. Steven; Date: Kailin II pipe conveyor reference; Capacity: Kailin II pipe conveyor reference; Belt strength: Kailin II pipe conveyor reference.

Unresolved source claims

Reported year

The manufacturer reports installation in June 2011, while CDI lists 2012 on its detailed page and 2013 in its overview. These dates have different source contexts; a single commissioning year is not selected.

Register ID: kailin-ii

Nayong

B · Project reference

China

Location atlas and assessment

Length
7,000 m · tail to head
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
ST2500 · 2,500 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
900 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2012 · construction / installation

Material: coal

Evidence and references

Primary engineering reference and construction/specification table; commissioning not explicitly dated.

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Belt strength basis: Detailed project specification table: Strength row. Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.

Specification sources: Length: Nayong pipe conveyor reference; Date: Nayong pipe conveyor reference; Capacity: Nayong pipe conveyor reference; Belt strength: Nayong pipe conveyor reference.

Register ID: nayong

China

Location atlas and assessment

Length
≈ 3,000 + 3,400 + 1,700 m · individual conveyors
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
ST2500 · 2,500 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
5,000 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2013 · construction / installation

Material: iron ore

Evidence and references

The manufacturer’s 2014 presentation reports the first flight running in February 2014; CDI identifies the three-flight engineering group. Historical operation of the first flight is established by the supplier account, while commissioning of every flight and present operation remain unverified.

Reported conveyor count: 3

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Length basis: Printed slide 36: three flights, 3.0 km, 3.4 km and 1.7 km c/c. Published one-decimal-kilometre flight lengths are treated as rounded reports, without asserting asset numbers or route order. Their 8.1 km sum differs from CDI’s 8.0 km system total, retained as an unresolved source claim.

Belt strength basis: Detailed project specification table: Strength row. Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.

Specification sources: Length: Pipebelt Design: Confine pipe-belt installation examples, R. Steven; Date: Rizhao original three-conveyor system pipe conveyor reference; Capacity: Rizhao original three-conveyor system pipe conveyor reference; Belt strength: Rizhao original three-conveyor system pipe conveyor reference.

Unresolved source claims

Reported year

Detailed page and overview disagree. Neither figure establishes a separate commissioning date.

Length

The 0.1 km difference may be rounding or source geometry. Explicit individual flight reports are selected for the default histogram; the CDI total is not also plotted as an additional conveyor.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • The manufacturer presentation reports the first flight running in February 2014. That observation is not a commissioning date for every flight, and this original group remains separate from BEUMER’s later 6.6 km expansion. DG500 in the belt code is not promoted to an explicit pipe-diameter measurement without a code definition.

Register ID: rizhao-original

China · Langshan port to Shandong / Rizhao steelworks

Location atlas and assessment

Length
≈ 6,600 m · system total
Pipe diameter
500 mm · nominal
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
5,500 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
Not established

Material: iron ore

Evidence and references

Installation began September 2018; supplier reports commissioning four months later.

Reported conveyor count: 2

Named parties: BEUMER Group (system supplier); Shandong Harbour Engineering Group (general contractor).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: In record time: Shandong / Rizhao pipe conveyors; Pipe diameter: In record time: Shandong / Rizhao pipe conveyors; Capacity: In record time: Shandong / Rizhao pipe conveyors.

Unresolved source claims

Capacity

Two supplier publications give different throughputs; actual versus design basis is not resolved.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Commissioning was around January 2019 by inference; exact date/year is left unset.
  • The supplier describes additional conveyors supporting an existing system. Keep separate from CDI’s 8 km / three-conveyor reference.

Register ID: rizhao-expansion

Wangting

B · Project reference

China

Location atlas and assessment

Length
1,400 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
ST1250 · 1,250 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
850 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2010 · reference year

Material: Not established

Evidence and references

Listed in CDI’s dedicated pipe conveyor reference table; no individual commissioning record found.

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Belt strength basis: Pipe Conveyor Design table: Wangting; Strength [N/mm] column. Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.

Specification sources: Length: Experience: pipe conveyor references; Date: Experience: pipe conveyor references; Capacity: Experience: pipe conveyor references; Belt strength: Experience: pipe conveyor references.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • The overview does not identify conveyor count, material, or a separate commissioning date.

Register ID: wangting

Yangquan

A · Installed / used

China

Location atlas and assessment

Length
8,100 m · tail to head
Pipe diameter
458 mm · outer
Belt strength
ST2500 · 2,500 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
1,000 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2014 · construction / installation

Material: coal

Evidence and references

Continental’s dated May 2019 account describes the matching 8.1 km Yangquan / YanKan pipe conveyor transporting coal. CDI supplies engineering dimensions and a construction year; current operation remains unverified.

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Pipe diameter basis: Paragraph reporting 1600 mm belt width, 458 mm outer pipe diameter and 1000 t/h. Associated with the CDI reference by city, 8.1 km route, coal duty, 1000 t/h capacity and 4 m/s speed. The source explicitly calls 458 mm outer diameter; width is not converted into diameter.

Belt strength basis: Detailed project specification table: Strength row. Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.

Specification sources: Length: Yangquan pipe conveyor reference; Pipe diameter: Closed-Trough Conveyor Belts Ensure Energy-Efficient and Low-Dust Coal Transport in China; Date: Yangquan pipe conveyor reference; Capacity: Yangquan pipe conveyor reference; Belt strength: Yangquan pipe conveyor reference.

Register ID: yangquan

Yong Steel

B · Project reference

China

Location atlas and assessment

Length
4,000 m · system total
Pipe diameter
350 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
ST2000 · 2,000 N/mm; ST630 · 630 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
1,000 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2011 · construction / installation

Material: iron ore

Evidence and references

Primary engineering reference and construction/specification table; commissioning not explicitly dated.

Reported conveyor count: 2

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Pipe diameter basis: Printed p. 18 / PDF p. 3, Table 1. The named Yong Steel row reports a 3.2 km, 1000 t/h iron-ore-pellet flight with ST2000. This size is assigned to that reported flight only; the diameter of the second flight in the existing 4 km two-flight group remains unverified. The table does not expressly distinguish nominal from outer diameter.

Belt strength basis: Detailed project specification table: Strength row. One entry per distinct reported rating; multiple ratings are not assigned to individual flights without a verified mapping.

Specification sources: Length: Yong Steel pipe conveyor reference; Pipe diameter: Overland Pipe Conveyor with Low Rolling Resistance Belt, Yijun Zhang; Date: Yong Steel pipe conveyor reference; Capacity: Yong Steel pipe conveyor reference; Belt strength: Yong Steel pipe conveyor reference.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • The 2013 table supplies diameter only for the named 3.2 km ST2000 flight. Do not infer the second flight’s diameter or calculate its length by subtracting this from the 4 km system total.

Register ID: yong-steel

Yubei Section B

A · Installed / used

China · Hebi, Henan

Location atlas and assessment

Length
15,000 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
427 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
ST2500 · 2,500 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
1,000 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2017 · construction / installation

Material: coal

Evidence and references

Full-load performance tests passed in September 2017.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting); Huadian Heavy Industries (EPC contractor).

Source citations

Pipe diameter basis: Custom-Engineered Belt Solutions and Figure 4. The designer explicitly reports a 427 mm formed pipe for the 1500 mm ST2500 belt. Nominal/outer basis is unstated. The indexed supplier case gives 400 mm with an unstated basis; that source could not be retrieved directly on review, so it is retained as an alternative claim rather than a second histogram observation.

Belt strength basis: Detailed project specification table: Strength row. Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.

Specification sources: Length: Yubei Section B pipe conveyor reference; Pipe diameter: The Technology Behind One of the World’s Longest Pipe Conveyors, Yijun Zhang; Date: Yubei Section B pipe conveyor reference; Capacity: Yubei Section B pipe conveyor reference; Belt strength: Yubei Section B pipe conveyor reference.

Unresolved source claims

Pipe diameter

Measurement convention or configuration may differ; no nominal/outer conversion is assumed. The complete designer account is selected; the partially accessible supplier claim remains qualified and unresolved.

Register ID: yubei-b

Zhenghai

A · Installed / used

China

Location atlas and assessment

Length
1,800 m · centre distance
Pipe diameter
400 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
ST1250 · 1,250 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
900 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2009 · construction / installation

Material: coal

Evidence and references

CDI includes the project owner’s testimonial about system performance.

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Length basis: Printed slide 32: 1.8 km c/c. The manufacturer explicitly labels C-C; the earlier CDI tail-to-head report agrees numerically.

Pipe diameter basis: Printed slide 32: Zhenghai coal terminal. Matching coal terminal, 1.8 km C-C and ST1250 rating. Source does not distinguish nominal from outer diameter.

Belt strength basis: Detailed project specification table: Strength row. Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.

Specification sources: Length: Pipebelt Design: Confine pipe-belt installation examples, R. Steven; Pipe diameter: Pipebelt Design: Confine pipe-belt installation examples, R. Steven; Date: Zhenghai pipe conveyor reference; Capacity: Zhenghai pipe conveyor reference; Belt strength: Zhenghai pipe conveyor reference.

Register ID: zhenghai

Ledvice phase 1

A · Installed / used

Czech Republic · Ledvice

Location atlas and assessment

Length
486 + 488 m · individual conveyors
Pipe diameter
300 mm · nominal
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
300 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2009 · reported commissioning

Material: coal

Evidence and references

Supplier explicitly gives commissioning year for this phase.

Reported conveyor count: 2

Named parties: BEUMER Group (system supplier).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyors for coal transportation at Ledvice; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyors for coal transportation at Ledvice; Date: Pipe conveyors for coal transportation at Ledvice; Capacity: Pipe conveyors for coal transportation at Ledvice.

Register ID: ledvice-1

Ledvice phase 2

A · Installed / used

Czech Republic · Ledvice

Location atlas and assessment

Length
320 m · per-conveyor interpretation
Pipe diameter
400 mm · nominal
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
750 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2012 · reported commissioning

Material: coal

Evidence and references

Supplier explicitly gives commissioning year for this phase.

Reported conveyor count: 2

Named parties: BEUMER Group (system supplier).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyors for coal transportation at Ledvice; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyors for coal transportation at Ledvice; Date: Pipe conveyors for coal transportation at Ledvice; Capacity: Pipe conveyors for coal transportation at Ledvice.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Description explicitly says double line; technical block gives one 320 m dimension, interpreted as a per-conveyor value rather than total system length.

Register ID: ledvice-2

Czech Republic · Prunéřov

Location atlas and assessment

Length
Not established
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
Not established

Material: fly ash

Evidence and references

TRANSPORTA describes capacity upgrading of the original Prunéřov pipe conveyor to a U-conveyor. The supplier video and project-manager portfolio also identify Prunéřov pipe transport.

Named parties: ČEZ (power-plant customer named by supplier video); TRANSPORTA (supplier of later U-conveyor upgrade); KOCH / BEUMER Group Czech Republic (pipe-conveyor project organisation in project-manager portfolio).

Source citations

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • This record covers historical closed pipe-belt transport. A later U-shaped configuration is a different conveying form; current closed-pipe use has not been established.
  • The profile reports a 1,800 t/h fly-ash project in 2009–2012. The exact asset match to retrofit reference 22028Z is unresolved, so the capacity and dates are not assigned as specifications.
  • Generic product-page capacities are not installation ratings. Flight count and route identifiers require clarification.

Register ID: prunerov-ii-ash

ČEZ Mělník

B · Project reference

Czech Republic · Mělník

Location atlas and assessment

Length
2,019 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
Not established

Material: Not established

Evidence and references

Listed under pipe conveyors in the supplier brochure; no dated commissioning evidence found.

Named parties: BEUMER Group (system supplier).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: BEUMER Belt Conveyors, reference panel.

Register ID: melnik

Finland pulp conveyor 01

C · Legacy report

Finland

Location atlas and assessment

Length
1,200 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
315 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
300 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
1995 · reported commissioning

Material: paper pulp

Evidence and references

Commissioning reported by the September 2004 legacy supplier register; no separate confirmation located.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • The linked project page contains unfilled information fields and does not identify the customer or town.

Register ID: ckit-01

Finland pulp conveyor 02

C · Legacy report

Finland

Location atlas and assessment

Length
300 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
250 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
300 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
1995 · reported commissioning

Material: paper pulp

Evidence and references

Commissioning reported by the September 2004 legacy supplier register; no separate confirmation located.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • The linked project page contains unfilled information fields and does not identify the customer or town.

Register ID: ckit-02

Germany · Crossen / Helmsdorf, Saxony

Location atlas and assessment

Length
1,800 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
1997 · reported start of operation

Material: heap-remediation material

Evidence and references

Wismut reports heap-remediation material transported from Crossen to Helmsdorf during 1997–2016, and records completed dismantling in September 2017.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: Wismut GmbH (remediation operator).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Sanierung der Bergehalde Crossen beendet; Date: Sanierung der Bergehalde Crossen beendet.

Separate status evidence: Operator reports that the conveyor was dismantled; Crossen dismantling finished in September 2017. Source / live-page review date: 2026-10-04. Umweltbericht 2017: Rückbau des Pipe Conveyors Crossen–Helmsdorf.

Unresolved source claims

Length

The difference may be rounding or measurement basis; the two operator descriptions are retained without averaging.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Historical remediation duty, not an operating uranium-ore production conveyor.
  • The cumulative 3.25 million m³ moved during 1997–2016 is not an hourly capacity.
  • Status is supported by the 2017 reporting-year document, reviewed on 2026-10-04; dismantling finished in September 2017. The review date is not a dismantling date.

Register ID: crossen-helmsdorf

Dyckerhoff Lengerich

B · Project reference

Germany · Lengerich

Location atlas and assessment

Length
82 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
Not established

Material: Not established

Evidence and references

Listed under pipe conveyors in the supplier brochure; no dated commissioning evidence found.

Reported conveyor count: 2

Named parties: BEUMER Group (system supplier).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: BEUMER Belt Conveyors, reference panel.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • For two conveyors, the brochure’s single length is not assumed to be each conveyor or their sum.

Register ID: dyckerhoff-lengerich

HKM Duisburg coal handling

A · Installed / used

Germany · Duisburg

Location atlas and assessment

Length
≈ 736 m · centre distance
Pipe diameter
500 mm · nominal oval
Belt strength
CONTI PIPE 1000/5 G-K2 · 1,000 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
800 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
Not established

Material: coal

Evidence and references

Supplier application example describes material being conveyed or successful operation.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: ContiTech / Continental (belt supplier); thyssenkrupp (system partner named in brochure).

Source citations

Length basis: Printed page 11: HKM Steel Mill; centre distance of approx. 736 m. Approximate wording retained from the brochure.

Belt strength basis: Printed page 11: HKM Duisburg coal handling; belt designation. Rating transcribed from the manufacturer belt designation; S denotes steel cord and G denotes fabric. The published application reference does not establish the belt fitted in 2026.

Specification sources: Length: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Pipe diameter: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Capacity: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Belt strength: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17.

Register ID: hkm

Hamm / Westfalen power plant

B · Project reference

Germany

Location atlas and assessment

Length
Not established
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
2013 · project / reference year

Material: hard coal (plant material)

Evidence and references

Supplier reference lists two pipe conveyors and project year 2013.

Reported conveyor count: 2

Named parties: FAM (system supplier); RWE Power (customer named in reference).

Source citations

Specification sources: Date: Power plants: FAM project references.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Equipment code: 2 x PC400x385. Dimensions are not decoded without a published code definition; plant throughput is not assigned to each pipe conveyor.

Register ID: hamm-westfalen

Germany

Location atlas and assessment

Length
260 + 215 + 365 + 482 m · individual duty types; multiplicities unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
630 / 530 mm · outer
Belt strength
CONTI PIPE 1000/4 G-K2 · 1,000 N/mm; CONTI PIPE 1250/4 G-K2 · 1,250 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
Not established

Material: coal; gypsum

Evidence and references

Supplier describes pipe conveyors operating in coal and gypsum handling.

Named parties: FAM (system supplier); ContiTech / Continental (belt supplier); Vattenfall (historical plant operator); Hamburger Energiewerke (plant/site buyer reported effective March 1, 2023).

Source citations

Length basis: Printed page 14: Moorburg; stacking, reclaiming, boiler-bunker and gypsum paragraphs. One value for each reported duty type. Two bunker conveyors are explicitly described as 365 m each, but the total group count remains unconfirmed; repeated values are not expanded and these lengths are not summed as a verified system total.

Pipe diameter basis: Printed page 14: Moorburg; explicit outer diameters. Distinct dimensions counted once: 630 mm for coal stacking; 530 mm for reclaiming, boiler-bunker feed and gypsum stacking. Multiplicities are not inferred.

Belt strength basis: Printed page 14: Moorburg; belt designations by duty. Fabric ratings: 1000 for coal and gypsum stacking; 1250 for reclaiming and bunker feed. Each distinct rating is counted once, regardless of repeated conveyors. Host-plant closure remains recorded separately.

Specification sources: Length: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Pipe diameter: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Belt strength: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17.

Separate status evidence: Host power plant closed in July 2021; individual conveyor removal or reuse unverified. Source / live-page review date: 2023-03-02. Vattenfall sells Moorburg power plant to Hamburger Energiewerke.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Several assets are grouped at one plant. Brochure gives stacking 260 m / 630 mm / 3,000 t/h; reclaiming 215 m / 530 mm / 1,200 t/h; two bunker conveyors each 365 m / 530 mm / 1,200 t/h; gypsum 482 m / 530 mm / 1,000 t/h. Exact total conveyor count is not forced from ambiguous introductory wording.
  • Vattenfall confirms the host power plant closed in July 2021 and was sold to Hamburger Energiewerke effective March 1, 2023 for redevelopment. Individual conveyor removal/reuse is unverified; this A record establishes historical use, not a currently operating coal plant.

Register ID: moorburg

Portlandzementwerk Wittekind

B · Project reference

Germany · Erwitte

Location atlas and assessment

Length
750 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
Not established

Material: Not established

Evidence and references

Listed under pipe conveyors in the supplier brochure; no dated commissioning evidence found.

Named parties: BEUMER Group (system supplier).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: BEUMER Belt Conveyors, reference panel.

Register ID: wittekind

Germany · Bernburg

Location atlas and assessment

Length
230 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
200 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
15 t/h · alternative fuels
Date / basis
2014 · reported commissioning

Material: alternative fuels: crushed plastics, textiles and paper

Evidence and references

BEUMER author Matthias Schweizer reports supply, installation and February 2014 commissioning; Schwenk’s production manager describes several months of successful operation.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: Schwenk Zement KG (historical customer / plant operator); BEUMER Group (system supplier).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe Conveyor for alternative Fuels – Operational Gains with minimal Disruption and without any Material Loss; Pipe diameter: Pipe Conveyor for alternative Fuels – Operational Gains with minimal Disruption and without any Material Loss; Date: Pipe Conveyor for alternative Fuels – Operational Gains with minimal Disruption and without any Material Loss; Capacity: Pipe Conveyor for alternative Fuels – Operational Gains with minimal Disruption and without any Material Loss.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Route runs from the substitute-fuel warehouse to the main-burner feeding system.
  • 2014 is the original publication and commissioning year; the article’s 2020 web republication is not another installation.

Register ID: schwenk-bernburg

Germany · Üxheim-Ahütte

Location atlas and assessment

Length
213 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
200 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
200 tons/h (unit basis unconfirmed) · clinker
Date / basis
2015 · reported start of operation

Material: clinker

Evidence and references

BEUMER author Josef Staribacher describes an additional installed clinker conveyor operating successfully since February 2015, serving the clinker store or mill.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: Portlandzementwerk Wotan H. Schneider KG (historical customer / plant operator); BEUMER Group Austria (project implementation and commissioning); BEUMER Group Czech Republic (detailed engineering and installation).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: New Conveyor to increase Production: Portland Cement Manufacturer installs additional Pipe Conveyor; Pipe diameter: New Conveyor to increase Production: Portland Cement Manufacturer installs additional Pipe Conveyor; Date: New Conveyor to increase Production: Portland Cement Manufacturer installs additional Pipe Conveyor; Capacity: New Conveyor to increase Production: Portland Cement Manufacturer installs additional Pipe Conveyor.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • The article distinguishes the additional conveyor from an older pipe conveyor already used at Wotan.
  • The introduction rounds the length to 200 m; the detailed specification gives 213 m.
  • February 2015 is the stated beginning of successful operation. The exact commissioning date remains unset.
  • Binder’s separate 250 m Wotan/FLSmidth fabrication reference remains an unmatched asset lead and has not been merged or counted as another conveyor.

Register ID: wotan-beumer-clinker

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
≈ 2,400 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
1,000 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
Not established

Material: limestone

Evidence and references

Undated primary supplier project reference; no explicit commissioning record found.

Named parties: Macmet Engineering (system supplier).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyors: recent projects; Capacity: Pipe conveyors: recent projects.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Official webpage names Chanda. A third-party copy of an older Macmet brochure names Chaibasa for a 2,402 m system. Keep one unresolved record and seek the original brochure or operator confirmation; do not add a duplicate.
  • ACC’s 2021 Rajanka submission names a Chaibasa mine-to-plant pipe-conveyor route with an 800 t/h capacity, but no length or supplier. Its future-tense transport wording does not resolve whether it is the same 1,000 t/h Macmet asset.

Register ID: acc-2400

Chanda cement conveyor

C · Legacy report

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
147 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
240 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
250 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2001 · reported commissioning

Material: cement

Evidence and references

Commissioning reported by the September 2004 legacy supplier register; no separate confirmation located.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Register ID: ckit-07

Coromandel 108 m project

D · Completion unconfirmed

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
108 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
400 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
750 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2005 · expected commissioning

Material: rock phosphate; MAP; mud

Evidence and references

Expected commissioning only in the September 2004 register; completion not established.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Register ID: ckit-23

Coromandel 135 m project

D · Completion unconfirmed

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
135 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
200 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
100 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2005 · expected commissioning

Material: complex fertilizer

Evidence and references

Expected commissioning only in the September 2004 register; completion not established.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Register ID: ckit-22

Coromandel 167 m conveyor

C · Legacy report

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
167 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
315 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
500 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2003 · reported commissioning

Material: rock phosphate

Evidence and references

Commissioning reported by the September 2004 legacy supplier register; no separate confirmation located.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Register ID: ckit-17

Coromandel 270 m project

D · Completion unconfirmed

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
270 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
200 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
600 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2004 · expected commissioning

Material: rock phosphate

Evidence and references

Expected commissioning only in the September 2004 register; completion not established.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Register ID: ckit-18

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
95 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
240 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
100 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2002 · reported commissioning

Material: rock phosphate

Evidence and references

Operator annual report confirms installed CKIT pipe technology for rock-phosphate dust transfer in 2001–2002; correspondence with CKIT row 08 is a documented inference.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: Coromandel Fertilisers (operator / historical name); CKIT (technology provider named by operator).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Matched to CKIT row 08 by customer, supplier technology, material and 2001–2002 timing. This identity match is an inference; the annual report does not give length, diameter, capacity or the February commissioning date.
  • Displayed technical values and 2002 commissioning year remain CKIT’s legacy claims. The operator gives 2001 as technology-import year, a different event basis; it is not a conflicting commissioning date.

Register ID: ckit-08

Dalmha Cement (Bharat) 142 m project

D · Completion unconfirmed

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
142 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
360 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
1,200 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2005 · expected commissioning

Material: limestone

Evidence and references

Legacy expected commissioning; later Dalmiapuram pipe-conveyor use is documented, but identity/completion of this specific CKIT project remains unverified.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Dalmia’s 2019 submission describes existing limestone, coal/lignite and wet-fly-ash/gypsum pipe transport at Dalmiapuram. These site-level observations cannot yet be assigned to the five CKIT planned assets, so no extra overlapping site record has been counted.
  • Holtec lists a 148 m / 1200 t/h limestone project at Dalmiapuram. Matching duty/capacity and similar length make it a correlation lead, not proof of the same asset or measurement basis.

Register ID: ckit-27

Dalmha Cement (Bharat) 150 m project

D · Completion unconfirmed

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
150 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
300 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
500 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2005 · expected commissioning

Material: limestone

Evidence and references

Legacy expected commissioning; later Dalmiapuram pipe-conveyor use is documented, but identity/completion of this specific CKIT project remains unverified.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Dalmia’s 2019 submission describes existing limestone, coal/lignite and wet-fly-ash/gypsum pipe transport at Dalmiapuram. These site-level observations cannot yet be assigned to the five CKIT planned assets, so no extra overlapping site record has been counted.
  • Holtec lists a 154 m / 500 t/h limestone project at Dalmiapuram. Matching duty/capacity and similar length make it a correlation lead, not proof of the same asset or measurement basis.

Register ID: ckit-26

Dalmha Cement (Bharat) 184 m project

D · Completion unconfirmed

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
184 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
260 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
250 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2005 · expected commissioning

Material: gypsum; fly ash; cement additives

Evidence and references

Legacy expected commissioning; later Dalmiapuram pipe-conveyor use is documented, but identity/completion of this specific CKIT project remains unverified.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Dalmia’s 2019 submission describes existing limestone, coal/lignite and wet-fly-ash/gypsum pipe transport at Dalmiapuram. These site-level observations cannot yet be assigned to the five CKIT planned assets, so no extra overlapping site record has been counted.
  • Holtec lists a 190 m / 250 t/h gypsum project at Dalmiapuram. Matching duty/capacity and similar length make it a correlation lead, not proof of the same asset or measurement basis.

Register ID: ckit-28

Dalmha Cement (Bharat) 260 m project

D · Completion unconfirmed

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
260 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
200 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
150 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2005 · expected commissioning

Material: coal / lignite

Evidence and references

Legacy expected commissioning; later Dalmiapuram pipe-conveyor use is documented, but identity/completion of this specific CKIT project remains unverified.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Dalmia’s 2019 submission describes existing limestone, coal/lignite and wet-fly-ash/gypsum pipe transport at Dalmiapuram. These site-level observations cannot yet be assigned to the five CKIT planned assets, so no extra overlapping site record has been counted.
  • Holtec lists a 298 m / 150 t/h coal project at Dalmiapuram. CKIT lists two coal/lignite projects, 260 m and 278 m, with the same capacity; the match is ambiguous.

Register ID: ckit-24

Dalmha Cement (Bharat) 278 m project

D · Completion unconfirmed

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
278 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
200 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
150 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2005 · expected commissioning

Material: coal / lignite

Evidence and references

Legacy expected commissioning; later Dalmiapuram pipe-conveyor use is documented, but identity/completion of this specific CKIT project remains unverified.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Dalmia’s 2019 submission describes existing limestone, coal/lignite and wet-fly-ash/gypsum pipe transport at Dalmiapuram. These site-level observations cannot yet be assigned to the five CKIT planned assets, so no extra overlapping site record has been counted.
  • Holtec lists a 298 m / 150 t/h coal project at Dalmiapuram. CKIT lists two coal/lignite projects, 260 m and 278 m, with the same capacity; the match is ambiguous.

Register ID: ckit-25

Ennore SEZ CRZ-area pipe conveyors

D · Completion unconfirmed

India · Tamil Nadu

Location atlas and assessment

Length
Not established
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
2,000 t/h · order capacity scope unspecified
Date / basis
2026 · order

Material: Not established

Evidence and references

Supplier reports an order in February 2026; installation and commissioning not established.

Named parties: Macmet Engineering (system supplier); Chennai Radha Engineering Works (contract customer).

Source citations

Specification sources: Date: Ennore SEZ CRZ-area pipe-conveyor order; Capacity: Ennore SEZ CRZ-area pipe-conveyor order.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Do not assign an exact conveyor count or capacity per conveyor from the plural wording. Material is not explicitly given in the announcement.

Register ID: ennore-sez

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
200 + 200 m · individual conveyors
Pipe diameter
275 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
375 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2003 · reported commissioning

Material: coal

Evidence and references

Commissioning reported by the September 2004 legacy supplier register; no separate confirmation located.

Reported conveyor count: 2

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Register ID: ckit-09-10

Indo Gulf / Birla Copper

B · Project reference

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
3,300 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
450 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
ST1600 · 1,600 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
1,760 t/h · copper concentrate; 1,540 t/h · rock phosphate; 1,100 t/h · coal
Date / basis
1999 · reported commissioning

Material: copper concentrate; rock phosphate; coal

Evidence and references

Legacy commissioning claim corroborated by CDI’s named 1999 construction reference; dimensions differ.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting); Indo Gulf / Birla Copper (historical customer).

Source citations

Belt strength basis: Detailed project specification table: Strength row. Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Belt strength: Indo Gulf / Birla Copper pipe conveyor reference.

Unresolved source claims

Length

All identify Indo Gulf. Upgrade, route scope and rounding may explain differences, but that has not been verified.

Capacity copper concentrate

Preserve the source-specific capacities; the 2004 upgrade is documented by CKIT.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • CKIT reports February 1999 commissioning and an upgrade in 2004; capacity differences may reflect the upgrade or different materials.

Register ID: ckit-04

India · Dolvi, Maharashtra

Location atlas and assessment

Length
≈ 1,800 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
400 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
Not established

Material: sinter / sinter fines

Evidence and references

Undated primary supplier project reference; no explicit commissioning record found.

Named parties: Macmet Engineering (system supplier).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyors: recent projects; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyors: recent projects.

Register ID: jsw-dolvi

India · Nandihalli yard to Toranagallu, Karnataka

Location atlas and assessment

Length
20,900 m · system total
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
3,500 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2019 · commissioned by publication

Material: iron ore

Evidence and references

Supplier explicitly reports successful commissioning by October 22, 2019.

Named parties: Macmet Engineering (system supplier); JSW Steel (customer).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: JSW Toranagallu successful commissioning; Date: JSW Toranagallu successful commissioning; Capacity: JSW Toranagallu successful commissioning.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Conveyor count is not established by the primary pages reviewed. A multi-conveyor system total is not a single-flight length.

Register ID: jsw-toranagallu

Jaypee Dala clinker pipe conveyor

B · Project reference

India · Dala

Location atlas and assessment

Length
1,658 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
300 t/h · clinker
Date / basis
Not established

Material: clinker

Evidence and references

Holtec lists a named clinker pipe-conveyor engineering assignment without explicit commissioning evidence.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: Jaypee Super Cement (historical project customer); Holtec Consulting (engineering consultant).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Bulk Material Handling project profiles and references; Capacity: Bulk Material Handling project profiles and references.

Register ID: jaypee-dala-clinker

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
439 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
150 t/h · coal
Date / basis
Not established

Material: coal

Evidence and references

Holtec lists a specific pipe-conveyor engineering assignment; operating completion is not stated.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: Jaypee Himachal Cement (historical project customer); Holtec Consulting (engineering consultant).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Bulk Material Handling project profiles and references; Capacity: Bulk Material Handling project profiles and references.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • The same table lists a 1,088 m limestone engineering assignment without explicitly identifying it as pipe-belt transport; that entry is not included.

Register ID: jaypee-himachal-coal

India · Odisha

Location atlas and assessment

Length
4,200 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
3,600 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2026 · order

Material: coal

Evidence and references

Macmet joint venture reports an EPC contract on March 19, 2026; completion not established.

Named parties: Macmet joint venture (EPC contractor); Mahanadi Coalfields (customer).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Kulda / Garjanbahal EPC contract; Date: Kulda / Garjanbahal EPC contract; Capacity: Kulda / Garjanbahal EPC contract.

Register ID: kulda-garjanbahal

Kurmitar iron ore

B · Project reference

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
2,950 m · tail to head
Pipe diameter
370 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
ST1250 · 1,250 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
2,100 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2024 · construction / installation

Material: iron ore

Evidence and references

Primary engineering reference and construction/specification table; commissioning not explicitly dated.

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Belt strength basis: Detailed project specification table: Strength row. Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.

Specification sources: Length: Kurmitar iron ore pipe conveyor reference; Pipe diameter: Kurmitar iron ore pipe conveyor reference; Date: Kurmitar iron ore pipe conveyor reference; Capacity: Kurmitar iron ore pipe conveyor reference; Belt strength: Kurmitar iron ore pipe conveyor reference.

Unresolved source claims

Installed drive power

Primary engineering records disagree.

Register ID: kurmitar

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
4,700 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
ST1400 · 1,400 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
800 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2009 · reference year

Material: Not established

Evidence and references

Listed in CDI’s dedicated pipe conveyor reference table; no individual commissioning record found.

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Belt strength basis: Pipe Conveyor Design table: MBE Pipe Conveyor; Strength [N/mm] column. Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.

Specification sources: Length: Experience: pipe conveyor references; Date: Experience: pipe conveyor references; Capacity: Experience: pipe conveyor references; Belt strength: Experience: pipe conveyor references.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • The overview does not identify conveyor count, material, or a separate commissioning date.

Register ID: mbe-india

Madras Cement 70 m conveyor

C · Legacy report

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
70 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
150 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
140 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2002 · reported commissioning

Material: Ilyasa / gypsum (source spelling)

Evidence and references

Commissioning reported by the September 2004 legacy supplier register; no separate confirmation located.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • The first material name is unclear in the source; it has not been silently normalized.

Register ID: ckit-12

Mahagenco Bhatadi

B · Project reference

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
5,400 m · tail to head
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
ST1250 · 1,250 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
625 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2021 · construction / installation

Material: coal

Evidence and references

Primary engineering reference and construction/specification table; commissioning not explicitly dated.

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Belt strength basis: Detailed project specification table: Strength row. Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.

Specification sources: Length: Mahagenco Bhatadi pipe conveyor reference; Date: Mahagenco Bhatadi pipe conveyor reference; Capacity: Mahagenco Bhatadi pipe conveyor reference; Belt strength: Mahagenco Bhatadi pipe conveyor reference.

Register ID: mahagenco-bhatadi

Mundra port pipe conveyor

B · Project reference

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
7,050 m · tail to head
Pipe diameter
450 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
ST2500 · 2,500 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
3,300 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2024 · construction / installation

Material: copper concentrate; rock phosphate

Evidence and references

Primary engineering reference and construction/specification table; commissioning not explicitly dated.

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Belt strength basis: Detailed project specification table: Strength row. Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.

Specification sources: Length: Mundra port pipe conveyor pipe conveyor reference; Pipe diameter: Mundra port pipe conveyor pipe conveyor reference; Date: Mundra port pipe conveyor pipe conveyor reference; Capacity: Mundra port pipe conveyor pipe conveyor reference; Belt strength: Mundra port pipe conveyor pipe conveyor reference.

Register ID: mundra-pipe

India · Vallur, North Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Location atlas and assessment

Length
≈ 4,400 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
4,000 t/h · coal
Date / basis
Not established

Material: coal

Evidence and references

Operator status sheet explicitly describes the installed conveyor as commissioned and in service; a 2024 maintenance tender corroborates its existence.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: NTPC Tamilnadu Energy Company (NTECL) (operator).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Vallur Thermal Power Project status sheet; Capacity: Vallur Thermal Power Project status sheet.

Separate status evidence: Operator issued an O&M tender covering 2024–2026; continuous operation during that period unverified. Source / live-page review date: 2024-06-29. Operation and maintenance of NTECL pipe conveyor, 2024–2026.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Plant commissioning milestones on the sheet are not treated as conveyor commissioning dates. The source’s historical largest-conveyor claim is not used as a current ranking.
  • The 2024–2026 tender is evidence of maintenance procurement for an installed asset, not proof of continuous operation in 2026.

Register ID: vallur

Nirma limestone conveyor

C · Legacy report

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
380 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
240 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
100 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2002 · reported commissioning

Material: Kurb lime stone (source spelling)

Evidence and references

Commissioning reported by the September 2004 legacy supplier register; no separate confirmation located.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Register ID: ckit-16

India · Raigarh, Chhattisgarh

Location atlas and assessment

Length
≈ 7,000 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
1,500 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
Not established

Material: coal

Evidence and references

A 2013 maintenance contract establishes an existing 7 km pipe conveyor.

Named parties: Macmet Engineering (system supplier); Jindal Power (customer).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyors: recent projects; Capacity: Pipe conveyors: recent projects.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • An order announced in 2022 would raise capacity from 1,500 to 2,000 t/h; completion of that upgrade was not verified. Do not overwrite the installed reference capacity.

Register ID: jindal-raigarh

India · Odisha

Location atlas and assessment

Length
≈ 1,875 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
2010 · project / reference year

Material: gypsum

Evidence and references

Holtec’s project profile specifies pipe transport and a 2010 completed-project label, but its contracted scope is a study; conveyor commissioning remains unverified.

Named parties: Paradeep Phosphates (project customer); Holtec Consulting (engineering consultant / study).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Bulk Material Handling project profiles and references; Date: Bulk Material Handling project profiles and references.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Project completion may refer to Holtec’s study rather than installed equipment. The 200–600 t/h range covers the material-handling system and is not assigned as a specific pipe-conveyor capacity.
  • The 2.91 km ordinary belt-conveyor portion is excluded from the pipe length.

Register ID: paradeep-gypsum

India · Sandur, Karnataka

Location atlas and assessment

Length
Not established
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
2026 · order

Material: iron ore

Evidence and references

Supplier reports an order in January 2026; installation and commissioning not established.

Named parties: Macmet Engineering (system supplier); Sri Kumarswamy Mineral Exports (customer).

Source citations

Specification sources: Date: Ramanadurga downhill pipe-conveyor order.

Register ID: ramanadurga

Sandur Kammathuru mine-to-rail project

D · Completion unconfirmed

India · Sandur Taluk, Ballari

Location atlas and assessment

Length
Not established
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
300 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2019 · order

Material: iron ore

Evidence and references

Supplier reports an order in February 2019; commissioning not located.

Named parties: Macmet Engineering (system supplier); Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores (customer).

Source citations

Specification sources: Date: Macmet news, 2019; Capacity: Macmet news, 2019.

Register ID: sandur

India · Krishnapatnam

Location atlas and assessment

Length
≈ 7,500 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
Not established

Material: coal

Evidence and references

Undated primary supplier project reference; no explicit commissioning record found.

Named parties: Macmet Engineering (system supplier).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyors: recent projects.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Macmet’s 2019 video names two Sembcorp conveyors at Nellore but does not label the individual route/specification correspondence. It does not resolve commissioning evidence for this record.

Register ID: sembcorp-gayatri

Sterlite LDC bauxite project

D · Completion unconfirmed

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
5,000 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
400 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
1,150 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2005 · expected commissioning

Material: bauxite

Evidence and references

Expected commissioning only in the September 2004 register; completion not established.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Register ID: ckit-20

India · Krishnapatnam

Location atlas and assessment

Length
≈ 4,800 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
4,000 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
Not established

Material: coal

Evidence and references

Undated primary supplier project reference; no explicit commissioning record found.

Named parties: Macmet Engineering (system supplier).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyors: recent projects; Capacity: Pipe conveyors: recent projects.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Macmet’s 2019 video names two Sembcorp conveyors at Nellore but does not label the individual route/specification correspondence. It does not resolve commissioning evidence for this record.

Register ID: tpcil

Tadipatri clinker conveyor

C · Legacy report

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
470 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
315 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
800 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2000 · reported commissioning

Material: clinker

Evidence and references

Commissioning reported by the September 2004 legacy supplier register; no separate confirmation located.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Register ID: ckit-11

India · West Bokaro washeries to Chainpur railway siding, Jharkhand

Location atlas and assessment

Length
≈ 4,000 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
1,200 t/h · coal and washery by-products
Date / basis
2020 · inauguration

Material: coal; washery by-products

Evidence and references

Tata Steel explicitly reports the installed conveyor and its inauguration on December 30, 2020.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: Macmet Engineering (system supplier); Tata Steel (operator).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Tata Steel inaugurates the Long Pipe Conveyor at West Bokaro; Date: Tata Steel inaugurates the Long Pipe Conveyor at West Bokaro; Capacity: Tata Steel inaugurates the Long Pipe Conveyor at West Bokaro.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Other shorter West Bokaro conveyors in third-party brochure copies have not been added without a primary source.
  • The operator rounds the route to 4 km; the supplier homepage rounds it to 3.9 km. These approximate reports are compatible at this precision; no exact surveyed length has been obtained.
  • Inauguration is recorded separately from commissioning. Shorter West Bokaro assets remain outside this record.

Register ID: tata-west-bokaro

India · Udangudi, Tamil Nadu

Location atlas and assessment

Length
17,600 m · system total
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
3,000 t/h · coal; 3,300 t/h · coal
Date / basis
2024 · contractor completion report

Material: coal

Evidence and references

Contractor management reports the Udangudi marine package completed/delivered in August 2024, including conveyors and commissioning; original February 2026 reporting describes coal delivered to the plant during trials.

Reported conveyor count: 2

Named parties: Macmet Engineering (system supplier); ITD Cementation (EPC customer); TANGEDCO (project customer).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyors: recent projects; Date: ITD Cementation Q1 FY25 earnings call; Capacity: Udangudi project, ITD Cementation annual report 2020-21; Capacity: Macmet news, Udangudi EPC order.

Separate status evidence: News reports coal-trial operation; full-system acceptance remains unverified. Source / live-page review date: 2026-02-25. Udangudi first coal shipment and conveyor trial.

Unresolved source claims

Length scope

Aggregation, route scope or per-conveyor basis may differ; no exact reconciliation has been established.

Capacity basis

Design pipe capacity, upstream equipment and actual trial rate are different possible bases. Preserve the observations without claiming a like-for-like contradiction or achieved design throughput.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • The 2020 order specified 3,000 t/h rated and 3,300 t/h design capacity. The 2021 contractor report identifies two pipe conveyors of 3,000 tonnes/h.
  • The contractor’s August 2024 completion statement establishes its delivered scope, not the date of full-load acceptance of every conveyor duty or plant commercial operation.
  • The 17.6 km supplier system total and around 9 km contractor route description likely have different aggregation bases; the two-conveyor configuration supports that possibility, but an asset-level reconciliation is still needed.
  • February 2026 reporting gives more than 1,200 t/h during the trial and 2,000 t/h evacuation-system capacity. Do not replace pipe design capacity with a possibly different plant/unloader constraint.

Register ID: udangudi

Vedanta Alumina 480 m project

D · Completion unconfirmed

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
480 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
300 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
350 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2005 · expected commissioning

Material: calcined alumina

Evidence and references

Expected commissioning only in the September 2004 register; completion not established.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Register ID: ckit-21

Vikram Cement 400 m project

D · Completion unconfirmed

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
400 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
240 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
385 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2004 · expected commissioning

Material: cement

Evidence and references

Expected commissioning only in the September 2004 register; completion not established.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Register ID: ckit-19

Vikram Ispat

C · Legacy report

India

Location atlas and assessment

Length
180 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
240 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
400 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
1996 · reported commissioning

Material: HBI / DRI briquettes

Evidence and references

Commissioning reported by the September 2004 legacy supplier register; no separate confirmation located.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Register ID: ckit-03

IPMOMI

B · Project reference

Indonesia

Location atlas and assessment

Length
1,200 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
120 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2010 · reference year

Material: Not established

Evidence and references

Listed in CDI’s dedicated pipe conveyor reference table; no individual commissioning record found.

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Experience: pipe conveyor references; Date: Experience: pipe conveyor references; Capacity: Experience: pipe conveyor references.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • The overview does not identify conveyor count, material, or a separate commissioning date.

Register ID: ipmomi

PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa

A · Installed / used

Indonesia

Location atlas and assessment

Length
340 m · centre distance
Pipe diameter
300 mm · nominal oval
Belt strength
CONTI PIPE 800/4 G-K2 · 800 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
200 t/h · secondary fuels
Date / basis
Not established

Material: secondary fuels

Evidence and references

Belt supplier explicitly describes the 340 m pipe conveyor in operation.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: BEUMER Group (system supplier).

Source citations

Length basis: Printed page 13: Indocement; center distance of 340 m. 340 m is explicitly a centre distance in the belt-supplier application; the earlier system-supplier length agrees.

Belt strength basis: Printed page 13: PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa; belt designation. Rating transcribed from the manufacturer belt designation; S denotes steel cord and G denotes fabric. The published application reference does not establish the belt fitted in 2026.

Specification sources: Length: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Pipe diameter: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Capacity: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Belt strength: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17.

Register ID: indocement

Ireland · Moneypoint, County Clare

Location atlas and assessment

Length
Not established
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
Not established

Material: fly ash / FGD by-product / cement capping mixture (2024 process description)

Evidence and references

ESB’s 2024 environmental report describes the existing batching process upstream of a pipe conveyor and truck loading at tower GT01; M&F separately names ash pipe-conveyor engineering at the plant.

Named parties: ESB (plant operator / environmental-report client); Mott MacDonald (environmental-report consultant); M&F Anlagenbau (ash-handling engineering reference).

Source citations

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • The 2024 report concerns changes to plant operation and ash management; its existing pipe conveyor is distinguished from proposed future ash-recovery works.
  • The exact one-to-one route match between M&F’s redundant ash conveyors and the described batching-to-truck process is unverified. Conveyor count and technical dimensions remain unknown.
  • Process-mixture proportions and weekly ash requirements are not pipe-conveyor capacity ratings.

Register ID: moneypoint-ash

Japan · Kitakyushu

Location atlas and assessment

Length
20 + 28 m · individual conveyors
Pipe diameter
300 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
1979 · construction / installation

Material: Not established

Evidence and references

A Bateman engineer’s original conference paper reports two conveyors installed in 1979 and operating without difficulty at the time of the paper.

Reported conveyor count: 2

Named parties: Kitakyushu Sand Co-op (historical installation customer); Japan Pipe Conveyor (technology developer).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Japan Pipe Belt Conveyor System / The pipe conveyor system; Pipe diameter: Japan Pipe Belt Conveyor System / The pipe conveyor system; Date: Japan Pipe Belt Conveyor System / The pipe conveyor system.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • The installation year is explicit; a separate commissioning date is not given. Material and capacity are not specified in the reviewed passage.
  • The paper’s aggregate figures for other Japanese, Taiwanese and Australian installations are not expanded into unnamed site records.

Register ID: kitakyushu-sand-coop

Jordan

Location atlas and assessment

Length
2,800 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
1,250 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
Not established

Material: phosphate

Evidence and references

Reported as a long-distance installation in CKIT’s historical article; newer corroboration not located.

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Development of the pipe conveyor; Capacity: Development of the pipe conveyor.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Historical customer name and dimensions only; exact route, commissioning date, supplier scope and current status need confirmation.
  • Country is inferred from the historical Jordan Phosphate customer name; the exact installation location is not established.

Register ID: jordan-phosphate

Melaka refinery / Petronas

C · Legacy report

Malaysia

Location atlas and assessment

Length
2,400 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
340 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
Not established

Material: Not established

Evidence and references

Reported as a long-distance installation in CKIT’s historical article; newer corroboration not located.

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Development of the pipe conveyor; Capacity: Development of the pipe conveyor.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Historical customer name and dimensions only; exact route, commissioning date, supplier scope and current status need confirmation.

Register ID: melaka-historical

Malaysia

Location atlas and assessment

Length
≈ 2,200 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
Not established

Material: granular sulphur

Evidence and references

Supplier describes delivery through construction and commissioning of the sulphur-handling system.

Named parties: DemcoTECH (design / supply / commissioning); SYS & McConnell Dowell joint venture (contract customer).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Safeguarding product and environment with enclosed conveying.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Commissioning year not stated; 2024 is publication date.

Register ID: rapid-malaysia

Mozambique · Matola coal terminal

Location atlas and assessment

Length
Not established
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
2013 · contractor completion report

Material: coal and magnetite (terminal duties; pipe-specific split unverified)

Evidence and references

Schoombie Hartmann explicitly includes a pipe conveyor in completed phase 3.5 terminal works and reports completion in July 2013.

Named parties: Terminal de Carvão da Matola (terminal named in project); Schoombie Hartmann (project engineering contractor).

Source citations

Specification sources: Date: TCM Matola – Phase 3.5 – 7.3 Million Ton Per Annum Terminal System Project.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • The 7.3 million tons/year figure is terminal-wide annual throughput, not the pipe conveyor’s hourly capacity.
  • No individual conveyor count, dimensions or commissioning date is established by this reference.

Register ID: matola-phase-35

Netherlands

Location atlas and assessment

Length
Not established
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
2012 · project / reference year

Material: Not established

Evidence and references

Supplier reference lists one pipe conveyor and project year 2012.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: FAM (system supplier); E.ON (customer named in reference).

Source citations

Specification sources: Date: Power plants: FAM project references.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Equipment code: PC400x540. The reference gives several plant materials and throughputs without clearly assigning them to the pipe conveyor.

Register ID: maasvlakte

Papua New Guinea · Morobe Province

Location atlas and assessment

Length
5,500 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
TRANSPIPE ST2250 · 2,250 N/mm · historical design
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
Not established

Material: gold and silver ore

Evidence and references

Operator explicitly reports crushed ore transported by an overland pipe conveyor.

Named parties: Harmony Gold (operator).

Source citations

  • Hidden Valley operationsSource detailsOperations description · technical specifications and existence
  • Harmony 2014 Form 20-F, Hidden ValleySource detailsPrinted page 68: Hidden Valley mining operations · historical operating evidence and length
  • Hidden Valley pipe-conveyor belt specification and changeout calculations, 2018Source detailsSempertrans TDS dated 18 May 2018, Basic information / Belt rating; CDI P723-CAL-ME-01(B), p. 1, 1 August 2018 · historical ST2250 specification and changeout-engineering rating

Belt strength basis: Sempertrans TDS dated 18 May 2018, Basic information / Belt rating; CDI P723-CAL-ME-01(B), p. 1, 1 August 2018. The manufacturer offered-value sheet explicitly gives 2250 N/mm, corroborated by the named changeout calculation. Recorded as a historical engineering specification; installation of that offered replacement and the current belt are not independently established. The 5.5 km / 4.5 km route-length discrepancy remains unresolved.

Specification sources: Length: Hidden Valley operations; Belt strength: Hidden Valley pipe-conveyor belt specification and changeout calculations, 2018.

Separate status evidence: Operator describes the pipe conveyor in use on its live operations page. Source / live-page review date: 2026-10-04. Hidden Valley operations.

Unresolved source claims

Length

Same operator, different publication dates. An extension or different route basis may explain the change; no cause is asserted.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • DemcoTECH’s unnamed 4.5 km Papua New Guinea gold/silver example is a likely match but is not used to assert the mine’s supplier identity.

Register ID: hidden-valley

Peru · Atocongo plant to Conchán pier, Lima

Location atlas and assessment

Length
8,200 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
500 t/h · clinker
Date / basis
2008 · performance tests

Material: clinker; cement

Evidence and references

Operator reports successful tubular-conveyor guarantee tests in January 2008 and cargo shipments later that year; 2016 report confirms 8.2 km tubular transport.

Named parties: Cementos Lima / UNACEM (operator / historical operator).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: UNACEM sustainability report 2016; Date: Cementos Lima sustainability report 2008; Capacity: Cementos Lima sustainability report 2008.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • January 2008 clinker/cement guarantee tests were successful; coal transport guarantee tests remained outstanding at year end. Do not imply all duties were accepted then.
  • Capacity is the stated clinker transport rate, not proof of the system’s maximum design capacity.
  • Kept separate from Callao’s 3.195 km concentrates conveyor.

Register ID: atocongo-conchan

Peru · Callao

Location atlas and assessment

Length
3,195 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
400 mm · nominal
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
2,300 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
Not established

Material: zinc concentrate; copper concentrate; lead concentrate

Evidence and references

Supplier describes the installed concentrate conveyor.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: BEUMER Group (system supplier).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Ports and Terminals, Callao reference; Pipe diameter: Ports and Terminals, Callao reference; Capacity: Ports and Terminals, Callao reference.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • The 2023 brochure/publication date is not a commissioning date. Operator legal identity still needs a direct operator source.

Register ID: callao

Vale Miski Mayo pipe conveyor

B · Project reference

Peru · Peru

Location atlas and assessment

Length
482 m · centre distance
Pipe diameter
525 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
EP1000/5 · 1,000 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
3,500 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
Not established

Material: rock phosphate

Evidence and references

Undated primary supplier project reference; no explicit commissioning record found.

Named parties: Macmet Engineering (system supplier).

Source citations

  • Pipe conveyors: recent projectsSource detailsRecent project: Vale Miski Mayo pipe conveyor · technical specifications and existence
  • TRANSPIPE Conveyor Belts: Application Engineering, February 2024Source detailsPrinted slide 31: MISKI MAYO, Peru; named application table · manufacturer-reported centre distance, pipe diameter and EP1000/5 rating

Length basis: Printed slide 31: MISKI MAYO, Peru; named application table. 482 m is explicitly C-C. The separately stated 1250 m delivered belt length is excluded from the conveyor-length distribution.

Pipe diameter basis: Printed slide 31: MISKI MAYO, Peru; named application table. Source says pipe diameter without distinguishing nominal from outer; 2100 mm is belt width, not pipe diameter.

Belt strength basis: Printed slide 31: MISKI MAYO, Peru; named application table. Named supplier application rating; reference date is February 2024, while supply/installation date and current belt are not established.

Specification sources: Length: TRANSPIPE Conveyor Belts: Application Engineering, February 2024; Pipe diameter: TRANSPIPE Conveyor Belts: Application Engineering, February 2024; Capacity: Pipe conveyors: recent projects; Belt strength: TRANSPIPE Conveyor Belts: Application Engineering, February 2024.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • The Sempertrans application is associated with the existing Macmet system reference by customer, Peru location, phosphate duty and matching 3500 t/h capacity. This is an identity inference, not a shared asset-number match; the dimensions apply to the named manufacturer case rather than an independently verified full-site system.

Register ID: miski-mayo

Cementownia Warta

B · Project reference

Poland · Działoszyn

Location atlas and assessment

Length
500 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
Not established

Material: Not established

Evidence and references

Listed under pipe conveyors in the supplier brochure; no dated commissioning evidence found.

Named parties: BEUMER Group (system supplier).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: BEUMER Belt Conveyors, reference panel.

Register ID: warta

Qatar

Location atlas and assessment

Length
Not established
Pipe diameter
590 mm · outer
Belt strength
CONTI PIPE 1600/5 G-K2 · 1,600 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
2,200 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
Not established

Material: alumina; petroleum coke

Evidence and references

Supplier application example describes material being conveyed or successful operation.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: ContiTech / Continental (belt supplier); thyssenkrupp (system partner named in brochure).

Source citations

Belt strength basis: Printed page 12: Qatalum ship-unloader to smelter conveyor; belt designation. Rating transcribed from the manufacturer belt designation; S denotes steel cord and G denotes fabric. The published application reference does not establish the belt fitted in 2026.

Specification sources: Pipe diameter: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Capacity: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Belt strength: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • 2,100 mm is belt width, not conveyor length; no route length is provided.

Register ID: qatalum

Russia

Location atlas and assessment

Length
4,390 m · centre distance
Pipe diameter
570 mm · outer
Belt strength
CONTI PIPE 2500 S-K2, 8:7, Vulcan T150 · 2,500 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
2,200 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
Not established

Material: hot ash

Evidence and references

Supplier application example describes material being conveyed or successful operation.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: ContiTech / Continental (belt supplier); TAKRAF (system partner named in brochure).

Source citations

Belt strength basis: Printed page 10: Reftinskaya GRES hot-ash conveyor; belt designation. Rating transcribed from the manufacturer belt designation; S denotes steel cord and G denotes fabric. The published application reference does not establish the belt fitted in 2026.

Specification sources: Length: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Pipe diameter: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Capacity: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Belt strength: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17.

Unresolved source claims

Pipe diameter

Matching plant, ash duty, 4390 m centre distance and 2200 t/h capacity support association. The size difference may be measurement basis or belt configuration; no conversion is assumed. The diameter histogram retains only the explicit 570 mm outer report rather than counting a possible alternative description of the same pipe.

Register ID: reftinskaya

Sierra Leone · Koidu

Location atlas and assessment

Length
Not established
Pipe diameter
200 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
2 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
Not established

Material: diamond concentrate

Evidence and references

Supplier reports a conveyor supplied for the diamond process plant and describes its conveying duty.

Named parties: DemcoTECH (system supplier).

Source citations

Specification sources: Pipe diameter: Safeguarding product and environment with enclosed conveying; Capacity: Safeguarding product and environment with enclosed conveying.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • A short conveyor carries concentrate to a secure area at 0.5 m/s. Length and commissioning year are not specified.

Register ID: koidu

South Africa · Richards Bay

Location atlas and assessment

Length
516 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
340 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
Not established

Material: multiple terminal products

Evidence and references

Supplier identifies the pipe conveyor as part of the installed terminal expansion system.

Named parties: DemcoTECH (materials-handling EPCM); Grindrod Terminals (customer).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Safeguarding product and environment with enclosed conveying; Pipe diameter: Safeguarding product and environment with enclosed conveying.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Retained separately from CKIT’s 2002 350 m and 412 m phosphate systems; a route-level identification is needed before relating them.

Register ID: grindrod-richards-bay

South Africa

Location atlas and assessment

Length
870 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
360 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
2,500 t/h · reported upper limit
Date / basis
2002 · reported commissioning

Material: zircon; rutile; leucoxene; ilmenite; CP/SP slag

Evidence and references

Commissioning reported by the September 2004 legacy supplier register; no separate confirmation located.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Register ID: ckit-13

South Africa

Location atlas and assessment

Length
350 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
340 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
900 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2002 · reported commissioning

Material: rock phosphate

Evidence and references

Commissioning reported by the September 2004 legacy supplier register; no separate confirmation located.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Register ID: ckit-14

South Africa

Location atlas and assessment

Length
412 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
340 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
900 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2002 · reported commissioning

Material: rock phosphate

Evidence and references

Commissioning reported by the September 2004 legacy supplier register; no separate confirmation located.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Register ID: ckit-15

Sweden coal conveyors 05-06

C · Legacy report

Sweden

Location atlas and assessment

Length
200 + 200 m · individual conveyors
Pipe diameter
315 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
450 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
1995 · reported commissioning

Material: coal

Evidence and references

Commissioning reported by the September 2004 legacy supplier register; no separate confirmation located.

Reported conveyor count: 2

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Pipe diameter: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Date: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004; Capacity: Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • The linked project page contains unfilled information fields and does not identify the customer or town.

Register ID: ckit-05-06

Switzerland · Reuchenette

Location atlas and assessment

Length
244 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
Not established

Material: Not established

Evidence and references

Listed under pipe conveyors in the supplier brochure; no dated commissioning evidence found.

Named parties: BEUMER Group (system supplier).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: BEUMER Belt Conveyors, reference panel.

Register ID: vigier-244

Vigier 944 m limestone conveyor

A · Installed / used

Switzerland

Location atlas and assessment

Length
944 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
458 mm · outer
Belt strength
CONTI PIPE 1000 G-K2 · 1,000 N/mm · observed replacement
Reported capacity
1,400 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
1989 · manufactured

Material: limestone

Evidence and references

Supplier application example describes material being conveyed or successful operation.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: ContiTech / Continental (belt supplier); FLSmidth / KOCH (system partner named in brochure).

Source citations

Length basis: Printed page 15: Vigier; 944 m long pipe conveyor. The brochure reports conveyor length, without explicitly labeling centre distance. The earlier centre-distance classification is corrected.

Belt strength basis: Printed page 15: Vigier 944 m limestone conveyor; belt designation. The brochure explicitly describes the belt replaced in 2006. Its 1000 rating is retained from the fabric designation; the source does not state a ply count. It is not a current inspection.

Specification sources: Length: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Pipe diameter: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Date: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Capacity: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Belt strength: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Belt replaced in 2006; brochure reports over 25 years of operation.
  • The 944 m KOCH limestone system and BEUMER’s 244 m reference are retained separately pending route/asset identification. Do not merge just because both name Vigier.

Register ID: vigier-944

Turkey

Location atlas and assessment

Length
Not established
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
Not established

Material: limestone

Evidence and references

The project contractor includes the limestone crusher and pipe conveyor in its completed Batı Söke third-line works.

Named parties: Batı Söke Cement (project plant); DOKA Industry (contractor).

Source citations

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • A completed-project reference establishes historical construction. No exact commissioning date or dimensions are supplied; the plant name alone is not used to infer a surveyed location.

Register ID: bati-soke

Turkey · Denizli

Location atlas and assessment

Length
206 + 190 m · individual conveyors
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
15 t/h · alternative fuels · per conveyor
Date / basis
2016 · reported commissioning

Material: refuse-derived fuels and shredded waste tyres

Evidence and references

BEUMER’s case describes two installed pipe conveyors, October 2016 system commissioning and operation since January 2017, with named plant-manager accounts.

Reported conveyor count: 2

Named parties: Denizli Çimento Sanayii T.A.Ş. / OYAK Group (historical customer / cement-plant operator); BEUMER Group (system supplier); CTN MAKİNA (local steel fabrication and assembly contractor).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Cement Manufacturer relies on BEUMER Pipe Conveyors for clean, safe and fast Fuel Feed; Date: Cement Manufacturer relies on BEUMER Pipe Conveyors for clean, safe and fast Fuel Feed; Capacity: Cement Manufacturer relies on BEUMER Pipe Conveyors for clean, safe and fast Fuel Feed.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • The 15 t/h rating is stated for each pipe conveyor, not an independently established 30 t/h system throughput. The figure caption explicitly says tonnes per hour.
  • October 2016 commissioning and January 2017 running statements describe different milestones. The portfolio’s February–December 2016 project period is not used as a commissioning date.
  • Pipe diameter is not established by the reviewed case.

Register ID: denizli-alternative-fuels

Turkey

Location atlas and assessment

Length
Not established
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
2004 · project / reference year

Material: cement; clinker; coal

Evidence and references

An original project article’s institutional abstract describes the installed conveyor transporting cement, clinker and coal.

Named parties: Nuh Cement (operator / project plant).

Source citations

Specification sources: Date: New pipe conveyor for Nuh.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • The reviewed evidence is the original article abstract, coauthored by a Nuh Cement Plant contributor. Exact route, length, diameter, capacity, flight count and commissioning date await the full article or operator data.

Register ID: nuh-cement

Ukraine · Ivano-Frankivsk cement plant

Location atlas and assessment

Length
Not established
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
250 t/h · limestone
Date / basis
2014 · project / reference year

Material: limestone

Evidence and references

Marcel Kumžák’s professional portfolio identifies a limestone pipe-conveyor delivery project and engineering, delivery and commissioning responsibilities, without separate plant acceptance evidence.

Named parties: BEUMER Group Czech Republic (project organisation in portfolio).

Source citations

Specification sources: Date: Marcel Kumžák: pipe-conveyor project portfolio; Capacity: Marcel Kumžák: pipe-conveyor project portfolio.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • August 2013–July 2014 is the reported project period, not a verified commissioning date.
  • The 250 t/h value is the project manager’s claim; an operator or original supplier project sheet is still needed.

Register ID: ivano-frankivsk-limestone

Dibba / Fujairah

B · Project reference

United Arab Emirates

Location atlas and assessment

Length
4,250 m · tail to head
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
ST1600 · 1,600 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
4,400 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2023 · construction / installation

Material: limestone; gabbro; clinker

Evidence and references

Primary engineering reference and construction/specification table; commissioning not explicitly dated.

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Belt strength basis: Detailed project specification table: Strength row. Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.

Specification sources: Length: Dibba / Fujairah pipe conveyor reference; Date: Dibba / Fujairah pipe conveyor reference; Capacity: Dibba / Fujairah pipe conveyor reference; Belt strength: Dibba / Fujairah pipe conveyor reference.

Register ID: dibba

United Kingdom · Sunderland, River Wear

Location atlas and assessment

Length
300 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
1989 · reported commissioning

Material: coarse colliery discard

Evidence and references

British Coal’s project engineer reports the extension commissioned in May 1989 and working satisfactorily.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: British Coal Corporation (operator); Dosco Overseas (technical assistance); Fenner (belt supplier for trial).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor installations in the United Kingdom’s north east coalfield; Date: Pipe conveyor installations in the United Kingdom’s north east coalfield.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Represents the 300 m extension of an 85 m trial introduced in 1988, not a sum of both lengths. The reported 300 mm diameter and 300 t/h rating are given for that predecessor trial; continuation into the extension is not separately specified.
  • The 12-month trial transported about one million tonnes; this operating total is not an hourly capacity. Present conveyor/colliery status is unverified.

Register ID: wearmouth

United Kingdom · South Shields to Harton Staithes, River Tyne

Location atlas and assessment

Length
1,658 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Bridgestone two-ply, 600 kg/cm (source wording) · ≈ 588.4 N/mm · historical observation
Reported capacity
300 t/h · crushed discard
Date / basis
1989 · construction / installation

Material: crushed colliery discard / shale

Evidence and references

The operator’s project engineer records installed length, rated-duty operation and discard transport from August 7, 1989.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: British Coal Corporation (operator); Don Valley Engineering (main contractor); Dosco Overseas Engineering (technology licensee / subcontractor); Bridgestone (belt supplier); Fenner (belt splicing contractor).

Source citations

Belt strength basis: Printed p. 7 / PDF p. 9, section 5.4.3 Conveyor Belting. The operator-authored equipment description explicitly reports belt strength of 600 kg/cm for this Westoe conveyor. Interpreting the legacy force unit as kgf/cm: 600 × 9.80665 N/kgf ÷ 10 mm/cm = 588.399 N/mm, stored as approximately 588.4. Original wording and interpretation are retained; this is neither operating take-up tension nor a current belt inspection.

Specification sources: Length: Pipe conveyor installations in the United Kingdom’s north east coalfield; Date: Pipe conveyor installations in the United Kingdom’s north east coalfield; Capacity: Pipe conveyor installations in the United Kingdom’s north east coalfield; Belt strength: Pipe conveyor installations in the United Kingdom’s north east coalfield.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • The source reports discard transport on August 7, 1989 while commissioning and tracking work continued. A separate final acceptance date is not established.
  • Brief overload peaks are not used to replace the 300 t/h rated capacity. Diameter is left unset; the pipe-forming distance suggests 300 mm but this is not a direct specification in the reviewed Westoe section.

Register ID: westoe-harton

AES Barbers Point

C · Legacy report

United States

Location atlas and assessment

Length
2,500 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
1,100 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
Not established

Material: Not established

Evidence and references

Reported as a long-distance installation in CKIT’s historical article; newer corroboration not located.

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: Development of the pipe conveyor; Capacity: Development of the pipe conveyor.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Historical customer name and dimensions only; exact route, commissioning date, supplier scope and current status need confirmation.

Register ID: aes-barbers-point

United States · Ghent, Kentucky

Location atlas and assessment

Length
2,387 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
400 mm · nominal
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
1,089 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2013 · reported commissioning

Material: fly ash; bottom ash; gypsum

Evidence and references

Supplier explicitly gives 2013 commissioning.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: BEUMER Group (system supplier).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: CCR collection and transport system for Ghent Power; Pipe diameter: CCR collection and transport system for Ghent Power; Date: CCR collection and transport system for Ghent Power; Capacity: CCR collection and transport system for Ghent Power.

Unresolved source claims

Length

The whitepaper’s prose and table conflict internally. Prefer the dedicated case specification provisionally.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Whitepaper capacity is 1,200 short tons/h, approximately 1,089 metric t/h; this is a unit conversion, not a capacity conflict.

Register ID: ghent

Nucor Alabama

B · Project reference

United States

Location atlas and assessment

Length
400 m · basis unconfirmed
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
EP750 · 750 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
300 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
2013 · reference year

Material: Not established

Evidence and references

Listed in CDI’s dedicated pipe conveyor reference table; no individual commissioning record found.

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Belt strength basis: Pipe Conveyor Design table: Nucor, AL; Strength [N/mm] column. Engineer reference rating; current installed belt not independently verified.

Specification sources: Length: Experience: pipe conveyor references; Date: Experience: pipe conveyor references; Capacity: Experience: pipe conveyor references; Belt strength: Experience: pipe conveyor references.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • The overview does not identify conveyor count, material, or a separate commissioning date.

Register ID: nucor-alabama

Nucor Louisiana

B · Project reference

United States

Location atlas and assessment

Length
1,400 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
1600 (ST / EP disputed) · 1,600 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
4,140 t/h · iron ore; 3,800 t/h · reduced iron
Date / basis
2013 · construction / installation

Material: iron ore; reduced iron

Evidence and references

Primary engineering reference and construction/specification table; commissioning not explicitly dated.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. (engineering / consulting).

Source citations

Belt strength basis: Pipe Conveyor Design table: Nucor, LA; Strength [N/mm] column. Numeric rating agrees between the overview and detailed reference. Steel-cord versus textile construction remains disputed.

Specification sources: Length: Nucor Louisiana pipe conveyor reference; Date: Nucor Louisiana pipe conveyor reference; Capacity: Nucor Louisiana pipe conveyor reference; Belt strength: Experience: pipe conveyor references.

Unresolved source claims

Reported year

Detailed page and overview disagree. Neither figure establishes a separate commissioning date.

Belt strength type

No belt construction selected.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Detailed feature text gives 4,140 t/h carry and 3,800 t/h return; the headline table gives 4,000 t/h. Bidirectional capacity is not a sum.

Register ID: nucor-louisiana

United States · 34050 Union Camp Drive, Franklin, Virginia

Location atlas and assessment

Length
≈ 1,740 m · centre distance
Pipe diameter
400 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
EP1000/5 · 1,000 N/mm · observed replacement
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
1993 · construction / installation

Material: recycled pulp

Evidence and references

Primary February 2022 site-inspection report identifies the Franklin pipe belt, observed operating belt tracking, tail drives and take-up. Historical physical installation established; present operation not reverified.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: ST Paper / ST Tissue (mill customer / operator named in 2022 site report); Krupp (original system designer according to 2022 retrospective report); Forech (2021 replacement belt identified in 2022 report); Motion Industries (distributor named in 2022 report); Shaw Almex Industries (2022 site investigation).

Source citations

  • ST Paper Pipe Belt Site Visit, February 2, 2022Source detailsPages 1–3 and site observations; walk February 1, report February 2, 2022 · installed pipe-belt evidence, customer location, retrospective history and belt / drive observations
  • ST Paper archived KMZ path and site-visit GPS filesSource detailsST Paper.kmz/doc.kml, Untitled Path; PipeBelt.kml and PipeBelt.csv inspected separately · approximate mapped corridor and limits on GPS interpretation
  • ST Tissue Franklin conversion and fiber recycling plantSource detailsPrinted page 12, Fiber Recycling Plant section · recycled-pulp transport duty; system-level description only
  • Franklin 1300 project: pipe-conveyor plan and technical specification in STTISSUE_ASource detailsPDF p. 1 plan title and p. 6 Mechanical technical data · Franklin asset identity, historical pipe diameter and explicitly labelled centre distance

Length basis: STTISSUE_A, PDF p. 6, sections 2.0–2.1 / Mechanical technical data. Original source: 5700 ft ± centre-to-centre. Using 0.3048 m/ft gives 1737.36 m before rounding to approximately 1740 m. This historical specified length is separate from the approximately 1697 m horizontal KMZ trace and is not a present-day survey.

Pipe diameter basis: STTISSUE_A, PDF p. 6, sections 2.0–2.1 / Mechanical technical data. Historical specification for the Franklin project. It reports pipe diameter directly, separately from 1600 mm belt width; nominal/outer basis and current fitted geometry are unverified.

Belt strength basis: Page 3, Belt Specifications: replacement (2021), Forech 1600 EP 1000/5 4+3 SAR/LRR. Replacement belt identified in the 2022 inspection. The 1600 figure is belt width in mm; 1000 is the belt rating in N/mm.

Specification sources: Length: Franklin 1300 project: pipe-conveyor plan and technical specification in STTISSUE_A; Pipe diameter: Franklin 1300 project: pipe-conveyor plan and technical specification in STTISSUE_A; Date: ST Paper Pipe Belt Site Visit, February 2, 2022; Belt strength: ST Paper Pipe Belt Site Visit, February 2, 2022.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Approximately 1993 installation is a retrospective claim in the 2022 report. An exact installation or commissioning date has not been established.
  • The report says replacements appear to have occurred in 2007 and 2021; those dates remain qualified historical observations.
  • The 2022 report identifies a Forech 1600 EP 1000/5 4+3 SAR/LRR replacement belt and three 50 hp motors at the tail. Motor count does not imply three conveyors.
  • Eight-vertex archived KMZ path is approximately 1697 m horizontal, not a verified design centre distance or measured belt length; it is not substituted for the historical specified centre distance.
  • GPS files include travel away from the mill to the Norfolk area; whole-track endpoints, accumulated travel distance and device altitude are not conveyor geometry.
  • The near-one-mile FRP-to-machine separation and 250 tpd fiber-plant production in the 2013 feature are not a single-flight length or pipe-conveyor hourly capacity.
  • The historical technical specification in STTISSUE_A has now been transcribed for diameter and centre distance. Its NF1000 five-ply belt code has no explicit strength unit and is not converted into N/mm or equated with the 2021 EP1000/5 replacement. Full CAD profile and pulley transcription remains outstanding.

Register ID: st-paper-franklin

Skyline mine BC-8

A · Installed / used

United States · Eccles Canyon, Utah

Location atlas and assessment

Length
3,414 m · centre distance
Pipe diameter
452 mm · outer
Belt strength
ST1000 · 1,000 N/mm · historical design
Reported capacity
1,270 t/h · reported capacity
Date / basis
Not established

Material: coal

Evidence and references

Supplier application example describes material being conveyed or successful operation.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: ContiTech / Continental (belt supplier); thyssenkrupp (system partner named in brochure).

Source citations

Belt strength basis: Project Details: original BC-8 technical details, belt St1000 8+6; 1600 mm is belt width. Historical original design rating; not the 2017 offer or a claim about the current replacement belt.

Specification sources: Length: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Pipe diameter: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Capacity: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Belt strength: Replacing the Conveyor Belt of a Long Distance Pipe Conveyor at the Skyline Mine.

Unresolved source claims

Length

Supplier geometry and operator rounded route description differ; do not silently reconcile.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Operator filing reports 2.2 miles and 1,400 tons/h; ton basis is not assumed metric. CKIT’s 3.4 km Utah Fuel entry is a probable historical match, not an added installation.

Register ID: skyline

United States · Stratton, Ohio

Location atlas and assessment

Length
≈ 3,860 m · single conveyor
Pipe diameter
Not established
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
2010 · project / reference year

Material: synthetic gypsum

Evidence and references

Project-team case study describes the constructed pipe conveyor and gypsum transport.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: First Energy (historical project owner / specifier); Koch GM (engineer); Classic Conveyor (fabricator); Young Galvanizing (galvanizer).

Source citations

Specification sources: Length: First Energy Summit / Sammis gypsum conveyor case study; Date: First Energy Summit / Sammis gypsum conveyor case study.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Length is rounded from the source’s approximate 2.4 miles using 1 mile = 1,609.344 m (about 3,862 m before rounding). Converted digits do not imply survey precision.
  • The source also mentions annual limestone tonnage, which is not assigned as a gypsum conveyor hourly capacity. Present plant/conveyor status has not been reverified.

Register ID: sammis

Venezuela · Amuay refinery / coke terminal, Paraguaná Peninsula, Falcón

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Location atlas and assessment

Length
5,009.39 m · centre distance
Pipe diameter
300 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Bridgestone ST1600 · 1,600 N/mm · historical observation
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
Not established

Material: petroleum coke

Evidence and references

Historical engineering and field-test records identify this installed petroleum-coke pipe conveyor at Amuay. The location drawing identifies its approximate route.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: Lagoven S.A. (historical refinery operator / project owner); Robins Engineers & Constructors (conveyor design organisation on historical sheet); Tecnofluor (project organisation on historical sheet).

Source citations

  • Lagoven CRAY project: Amuay overland and wharf pipe-conveyor recordsSource detailsDesign criteria sheet STD-DS2, sheet 2 of 2; scanned archive p. 43; field-test records · individual conveyor identity, installed existence, design horizontal centres and pipe diameter
  • Lagoven Amuay conveyor location drawingSource detailsCV-9502 route and endpoints · approximate geographic alignment
  • Lagoven Refinery Upgrade and Expansion – EPCSource detailsClient and Location headings · public historical project and Amuay location context
  • Development of the pipe conveyorSource detailsLong pipe conveyor list: Fluor Daniel – Lagoven, 5.0 km · legacy corroboration of long Lagoven system
  • Lagoven CRAY project: Amuay overland and wharf pipe-conveyor recordsSource detailsMeeting transcript dated 24 March 1994, Discussion Points / Background; Document_261004_174957, PDF p. 30 · dated field-meeting identification of ST1600 installed belting

Belt strength basis: Meeting transcript dated 24 March 1994, Discussion Points / Background; Document_261004_174957, PDF p. 30. The dated meeting identifies ST1600 steel-cord belting, 1100 mm width and 300 mm pipe on the installed 900 hp conveyor. The earlier design sheet indicates ST1000. The field observation is selected for the histogram; the design discrepancy remains unresolved and current belt strength is unknown.

Specification sources: Length: Lagoven CRAY project: Amuay overland and wharf pipe-conveyor records; Pipe diameter: Lagoven CRAY project: Amuay overland and wharf pipe-conveyor records; Belt strength: Lagoven CRAY project: Amuay overland and wharf pipe-conveyor records.

Unresolved source claims

Belt strength

  • ST1000 on design criteria sheet STD-DS2, Document_261004_175233, PDF p. 43 — Lagoven CRAY project: Amuay overland and wharf pipe-conveyor records
  • ST1600 in meeting transcript, 24 March 1994, Document_261004_174957, PDF p. 30 — Lagoven CRAY project: Amuay overland and wharf pipe-conveyor records

A historical design designation and a dated account of fitted belting differ. ST1600 is selected as the field-reported rating without assuming the design change history or present belt. The ambiguous wharf fabric code is not converted to N/mm during this pass.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Design horizontal pulley centres are distinct from the length of the approximate mapped alignment.
  • The map follows the marked geographic drawing; endpoints and alignment are approximate.
  • Refinery upgrade dates are not used as conveyor commissioning dates. Current operation has not been reverified.
  • CKIT reports approximately 5.0 km and 300 tph for the Lagoven system. The register retains the original design horizontal-centre length and does not treat the legacy throughput as a current rating.

Register ID: lagoven-overland

Venezuela · Amuay refinery / coke terminal, Paraguaná Peninsula, Falcón

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Location atlas and assessment

Length
409.96 m · centre distance
Pipe diameter
500 mm · basis unconfirmed
Belt strength
Not established
Reported capacity
Not established
Date / basis
Not established

Material: petroleum coke

Evidence and references

Historical engineering and field-test records identify this installed petroleum-coke pipe conveyor at Amuay. The location drawing identifies its approximate route.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: Lagoven S.A. (historical refinery operator / project owner); Robins Engineers & Constructors (conveyor design organisation on historical sheet); Tecnofluor (project organisation on historical sheet).

Source citations

  • Lagoven CRAY project: Amuay overland and wharf pipe-conveyor recordsSource detailsDesign criteria sheet STD-DS2, sheet 2 of 2; scanned archive p. 43; field-test records · individual conveyor identity, installed existence, design horizontal centres and pipe diameter
  • Lagoven Amuay conveyor location drawingSource detailsCV-9506 route and endpoints · approximate geographic alignment
  • Lagoven Refinery Upgrade and Expansion – EPCSource detailsClient and Location headings · public historical project and Amuay location context

Specification sources: Length: Lagoven CRAY project: Amuay overland and wharf pipe-conveyor records; Pipe diameter: Lagoven CRAY project: Amuay overland and wharf pipe-conveyor records.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Design horizontal pulley centres are distinct from the length of the approximate mapped alignment.
  • The map follows the marked geographic drawing; endpoints and alignment are approximate.
  • Refinery upgrade dates are not used as conveyor commissioning dates. Current operation has not been reverified.

Register ID: lagoven-wharf

Venezuela

Location atlas and assessment

Length
1,215 m · centre distance
Pipe diameter
623 / 588 mm · outer
Belt strength
CONTI PIPE 1400 S-K2, 7:6, OIL GM · 1,400 N/mm · reported reference
Reported capacity
2,000 t/h · petroleum coke; 800 t/h · granulated sulphur
Date / basis
Not established

Material: petroleum coke; granulated sulphur

Evidence and references

Supplier application example describes material being conveyed or successful operation.

Reported conveyor count: 1

Named parties: ContiTech / Continental (belt supplier); TAKRAF (system partner named in brochure).

Source citations

Belt strength basis: Printed page 10: SINCOR Jose CR-408 harbour conveyor; belt designation. Rating transcribed from the manufacturer belt designation; S denotes steel cord and G denotes fabric. The published application reference does not establish the belt fitted in 2026.

Specification sources: Length: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Pipe diameter: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Capacity: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17; Belt strength: CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17.

Identity, measurement and status notes

  • Pipe outer diameters: 623 mm carry strand, 588 mm return. Not equated with CKIT’s 5 km Lagoven project without matching project evidence.

Register ID: sincor-jose

How to read the register

Evidence before certainty

A · 51 records

Installed / used

Primary evidence explicitly describes completed physical installation, commissioning, operating duty, performance or maintenance of an installed asset.

B · 37 records

Project reference

A modern supplier or engineering reference identifies the project, but actual completion or commissioning has not been directly verified. Study completion alone is insufficient.

C · 17 records

Legacy report

A legacy source reports an installation. Newer project-specific corroboration has not yet been located.

D · 16 records

Completion unconfirmed

An order, proposal or expected date is recorded, with completion unconfirmed. These records are excluded from the installed / used evidence total.

These categories describe evidence for an installation's existence. Supplier and contractor accounts are primary sources for their own work; they are not independent operator confirmation. An A record can still retain legacy dimensions or an inferred identity match.

Keep the measurement basis. A system total is not a single-flight length. Nominal and outer pipe diameters differ. Multiple capacities can describe separate duties or materials and must not be added. A study, project, inauguration or plant-start year is not automatically a conveyor commissioning year.

Keep historical use separate from later status. Moorburg's host power plant closed in July 2021; the individual conveyor disposition is unverified. Most records have no separate current-status check. Dalmia's Dalmiapuram site has documented pipe transport, but its five CKIT planned entries are not yet mapped to specific completed assets.

Source catalog

112 references

Back to installations

Operator reports, regulatory submissions, supplier case studies, project records and engineering papers. Record citations include page or section locators. Publication labels are separate from the review date; undated pages and modern PDF upload dates are not commissioning dates.

  1. Pipe conveyor reference list, September 2004

    CKIT / pipeconveyor.com · legacy supplier register · Publication / date label: 2004-09 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Rows 18-28 were in progress and carried expected commissioning dates. Rows 5-6 and 9-10 each describe two conveyors.

  2. Development of the pipe conveyor

    CKIT / Phil Staples · legacy technical article · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Historical lead source; names and dimensions require newer confirmation.

  3. Experience: pipe conveyor references

    Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. · engineering reference register · Reviewed 2026-10-06

    Use only the pipe conveyor table. Other tables include troughed conveyors, chutes, and controls projects.

  4. Puerto Abierto pipe conveyor reference

    Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  5. Kurmitar iron ore pipe conveyor reference

    Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  6. Mundra port pipe conveyor pipe conveyor reference

    Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  7. Dibba / Fujairah pipe conveyor reference

    Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  8. Chinalco Fangcheng pipe conveyor reference

    Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  9. Mahagenco Bhatadi pipe conveyor reference

    Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  10. Yubei Section B pipe conveyor reference

    Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  11. Rizhao original three-conveyor system pipe conveyor reference

    Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  12. Yangquan pipe conveyor reference

    Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  13. Kailin II pipe conveyor reference

    Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  14. Nayong pipe conveyor reference

    Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  15. Nucor Louisiana pipe conveyor reference

    Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  16. Salobo pipe conveyor reference

    Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  17. Yong Steel pipe conveyor reference

    Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  18. CNOOC coke system pipe conveyor reference

    Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  19. Kailin I parallel conveyors pipe conveyor reference

    Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  20. Changshu three-conveyor system pipe conveyor reference

    Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  21. Neptune Terminals pipe conveyor reference

    Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  22. Pecém / CIPP TC2 and TC3 pipe conveyor reference

    Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  23. Maritsa coal conveyor pipe conveyor reference

    Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  24. Itaqui pipe conveyor reference

    Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  25. Zhenghai pipe conveyor reference

    Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  26. Indo Gulf / Birla Copper pipe conveyor reference

    Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  27. BEUMER Belt Conveyors, reference panel

    BEUMER Group · supplier brochure · Publication / date label: 2016-04 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Printed code EN0416. PDF page 7 visually checked: pipe references start in the middle column and continue in the right column.

  28. Pipe conveyors for coal transportation at Ledvice

    BEUMER Group · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  29. CCR collection and transport system for Ghent Power

    BEUMER Group · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  30. Advances in conveyor technology

    BEUMER Group · supplier technical paper · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  31. Linz AG pipe conveyor

    BEUMER Group · supplier case · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  32. In record time: Shandong / Rizhao pipe conveyors

    BEUMER Group · supplier press release · Publication / date label: 2021-04-28 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  33. Truck versus belt conveyor, best practice example

    BEUMER Group · supplier brochure · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  34. Adapting to ever-changing circumstances

    BEUMER Group · supplier press release · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  35. Ports and Terminals, Callao reference

    BEUMER Group · supplier brochure · Publication / date label: 2023 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  36. Power plants: FAM project references

    BEUMER Group / FAM · supplier reference register · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  37. BEUMER awarded Saguenay pipe conveyor contract

    BEUMER Group · supplier order announcement · Publication / date label: 2024-04-18 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  38. Port de Saguenay: Info Travaux

    Port de Saguenay · operator project update · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Homepage inspected on the review date; still describes implementation as in progress.

  39. Pipe conveyors: recent projects

    Macmet Engineering · supplier reference register · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  40. Macmet key projects

    Macmet Engineering · supplier reference register · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  41. Macmet news, 2019

    Macmet Engineering · supplier news · Publication / date label: 2019 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Supplier-controlled blog linked from the official website; it is not independent corroboration.

  42. Jindal pipe conveyor maintenance contract

    Macmet Engineering · supplier news · Publication / date label: 2013-11-19 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  43. Macmet news, Udangudi EPC order

    Macmet Engineering · supplier news · Publication / date label: 2020-09-15 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  44. Macmet news and updates

    Macmet Engineering · supplier news · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Includes 2026-03-19 Kulda / Garjanbahal order and 2022-09-16 Jindal capacity upgrade order. Other conveyor projects are not automatically pipe conveyors.

  45. CONTI PIPE: Application Examples, CBG 9016 EN 09.17

    ContiTech / Continental · supplier brochure republished by trade fair · Publication / date label: 2017-09 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Original supplier document on Hannover Messe exhibitor infrastructure. Printed pages 10-15 are application examples; pipe diameter may be outer or oval nominal.

  46. Skyline mine transport facilities, registration filing

    Bowie Resource Partners (SEC filing) · operator regulatory filing · Publication / date label: 2015 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  47. Safeguarding product and environment with enclosed conveying

    DemcoTECH (supplier-hosted Dry Cargo International article) · supplier hosted technical article · Publication / date label: 2024-09 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Pipe-conveyor section distinguishes these systems from AeroConveyors. AeroConveyor references at Moma are excluded.

  48. Hidden Valley operations

    Harmony Gold · operator operating description · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  49. Harmony 2014 Form 20-F, Hidden Valley

    Harmony Gold · operator regulatory filing · Publication / date label: 2014 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  50. Kulda / Garjanbahal EPC contract

    Macmet Engineering · supplier order announcement · Publication / date label: 2026-03-19 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  51. Jindal pipe conveyor capacity upgrade order

    Macmet Engineering · supplier order announcement · Publication / date label: 2022-09-16 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  52. JSW Toranagallu successful commissioning

    Macmet Engineering · supplier commissioning announcement · Publication / date label: 2019-10-22 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  53. Ennore SEZ CRZ-area pipe-conveyor order

    Macmet Engineering · supplier order announcement · Publication / date label: 2026-02-05 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  54. Ramanadurga downhill pipe-conveyor order

    Macmet Engineering · supplier order announcement · Publication / date label: 2026-01-12 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  55. Cementos Lima sustainability report 2008

    Cementos Lima / UNACEM · operator sustainability report · Publication / date label: 2008 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  56. UNACEM sustainability report 2016

    UNACEM · operator sustainability report · Publication / date label: 2016 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  57. Udangudi project, ITD Cementation annual report 2020-21

    ITD Cementation (now Cemindia Projects) · contractor annual report · Publication / date label: 2021 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    The former itdcem.co.in PDF URL now redirects; this successor-domain PDF was retrieved and checked.

  58. ITD Cementation Q1 FY25 earnings call

    ITD Cementation (now Cemindia Projects) · contractor management transcript · Publication / date label: 2024-08-08 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Publication date is the dated call, not the 2016 upload-directory label.

  59. ITD Cementation 46th AGM transcript

    ITD Cementation (now Cemindia Projects) · contractor management transcript · Publication / date label: 2024-08-28 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  60. Udangudi first coal shipment and conveyor trial

    The New Indian Express · original news reporting with operator quotes · Publication / date label: 2026-02-25 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Original reporting quotes TNPGCL officials; this is corroboration through reporting, not an operator-issued document or a full-load acceptance certificate.

  61. Bulk Material Handling project profiles and references

    Holtec Consulting · engineering company brochure · Publication / date label: 2018-05 (PDF title) · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    PDF pages 21, 26 and 27 inspected visually. Consultancy or study completion is not automatically conveyor commissioning.

  62. Dalmiapuram proposed modernisation and expansion: project feasibility report

    Dalmia Cement (Bharat), filed with MoEFCC · operator regulatory submission · Publication / date label: 2019-07 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Section 2.3 describes the existing cement process; the overall expansion proposal is distinct from the installed equipment described there.

  63. Coromandel Fertilisers annual report 2001–2002

    Coromandel Fertilisers, BSE filing · operator annual report · Publication / date label: 2002 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Printed pages 10 and 26 / PDF pages 12 and 28 inspected visually; explicitly names CKIT technology for rock-dust transfer.

  64. Tata Steel inaugurates the Long Pipe Conveyor at West Bokaro

    Tata Steel · operator press release · Publication / date label: 2020-12-30 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

  65. Vallur Thermal Power Project status sheet

    TANGEDCO / TNPGCL website · operator project status · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Undated one-page sheet includes plant events through February 2015; describes the pipe conveyor as newly commissioned, without its own event date.

  66. Operation and maintenance of NTECL pipe conveyor, 2024–2026

    NTPC / NTECL · operator maintenance tender · Publication / date label: 2024-06-29 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Tender GEM/2024/B/5053522 supports an installed asset and planned maintenance coverage; it does not prove uninterrupted operation throughout the tender period.

  67. First Energy Summit / Sammis gypsum conveyor case study

    American Galvanizers Association, project-team case study · project team case study · Publication / date label: 2010 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Names Young Galvanizing, First Energy, Koch GM and Classic Conveyor. The 2010 award label and case-sheet layout were inspected visually; this is not a commissioning date.

  68. Japan Pipe Belt Conveyor System / The pipe conveyor system

    C. Buchanan, Bateman Materials Handling; Beltcon 3 / IMHC · supplier conference paper · Publication / date label: 1985 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Original conference scan: printed page 3 / PDF page 5 inspected visually. The 2025 upload and 2014 scanning dates are not publication dates.

  69. Pipe conveyor installations in the United Kingdom’s north east coalfield

    I. W. Day, British Coal Corporation; Beltcon 7 / IMHC · operator engineer conference paper · Publication / date label: 1993 · Reviewed 2026-10-06

    Original scan checked against a readable archive transcription. The author states that the views are his and not necessarily British Coal’s; installed assets and operating observations are described directly.

  70. New pipe conveyor for Nuh

    H. Ergin, C. Kuzu and M. Cetinkaya; Istanbul Technical University research repository / World Cement · original project research abstract · Publication / date label: 2004 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Institutional abstract of World Cement 35 supplement, pages 23–26. Full article was not available; dimensions and commissioning date remain unset.

  71. Industrial facilities: completed Batı Söke works

    DOKA Industry · contractor completed project reference · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Completed-project list includes the limestone crusher and pipe conveyor system under the Batı Söke third clinker-line investment.

  72. Vattenfall sells Moorburg power plant to Hamburger Energiewerke

    Vattenfall · operator site closure and sale · Publication / date label: 2023-03-02 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Confirms plant closure in July 2021 and sale effective March 1, 2023. Does not inventory the remaining pipe-conveyor components.

  73. Rajanka limestone mine Form I and pre-feasibility report

    ACC, filed with MoEFCC · operator regulatory submission · Publication / date label: 2021-10 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Provides a Chaibasa pipe-conveyor transport description, but no 2.4 km length or supplier identification. Future-tense wording does not establish commissioning of the disputed Macmet asset.

  74. VERBUND Annual Report 2010: Dürnrohr pipe conveyor

    VERBUND · operator annual report · Publication / date label: 2010 report · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Printed p. 79 establishes the year it went into operation; direct retrieval was blocked, but the indexed original report text was reviewed.

  75. Reference projects: Dürnrohr and Wotan pipe conveyors

    Binder Industrieanlagenbau · fabrication and assembly reference · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    FLSmidth is named as the client. The Dürnrohr 1,000-ton figure is structural weight, not conveying capacity. The Wotan 250 m entry is not matched to BEUMER’s additional 213 m asset.

  76. Pipe Conveyor for alternative Fuels – Operational Gains with minimal Disruption and without any Material Loss

    Dr. Matthias Schweizer, BEUMER Group / bulk solids handling · supplier authored case study · Publication / date label: 2014; web republication 2020-04-17 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Originally bulk solids handling 34 (2014), no. 6. Supplier author quotes Schwenk production manager Dirk Fabian; this is not an independently issued operator report.

  77. New Conveyor to increase Production: Portland Cement Manufacturer installs additional Pipe Conveyor

    Josef Staribacher, BEUMER Group Austria / Conveyor Technology Guide · supplier authored case study · Publication / date label: 2015/2016 edition · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Printed pp. 34–36. The additional conveyor is 213 m in the detailed description; the introduction rounds it to 200 m.

  78. Sanierung der Bergehalde Crossen beendet

    Wismut GmbH · operator press release · Publication / date label: 2023-12-15 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Reports transport during 1997–2016 on a 1.8 km pipe conveyor. The cumulative 3.25 million m³ is not an hourly rating.

  79. Umweltbericht 2017: Rückbau des Pipe Conveyors Crossen–Helmsdorf

    Wismut GmbH · operator environment report · Publication / date label: 2017 reporting year · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Printed/PDF pp. 7 and 41: approximately 2 km; dismantling completed in September 2017. Publication day is not established.

  80. TCM Matola – Phase 3.5 – 7.3 Million Ton Per Annum Terminal System Project

    Schoombie Hartmann · engineering contractor completion reference · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Phase 3.5 has an explicit July 2013 completion date. Direct access was challenged; the indexed primary project page was reviewed. Annual capacity refers to the entire terminal.

  81. Pipe Conveyor – trubkový dopravník: Prunéřov reference 22028Z

    TRANSPORTA · supplier retrofit reference · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Reference 22028Z describes a U-conveyor upgrade of the original pipe conveyor at Prunéřov. Generic product capacities are not assigned to this installation.

  82. Moneypoint Security of Supply: Environmental Impact Assessment Report, Volume 2

    Mott MacDonald for ESB / An Bord Pleanála · operator commissioned environmental report · Publication / date label: 2024-02 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Section 3.5.4, printed p. 36 / PDF p. 68, describes the existing batching building and pipe conveyor. Future ash-recovery proposals are separate.

  83. M&F Anlagenbau references: Moneypoint, Ferrybridge and other pipe-conveyor projects

    M&F Anlagenbau · engineering project reference · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    The Moneypoint entry names redundant pipe conveyors for conditioned electrostatic-precipitator ash. Exact route correspondence with the 2024 ESB process description remains unresolved.

  84. Portasilo provides a biomass handling system to reduce emissions

    Portasilo / Process Industry Informer · supplier case study with operator quote · Publication / date label: 2008-08-07 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Supplier case quoting Ferrybridge project manager Andrew Mills. Names two installed pipe conveyors but does not explicitly establish self-closing flat-belt construction. Retained as a technology-identification lead, not an installation row.

  85. Cement Manufacturer relies on BEUMER Pipe Conveyors for clean, safe and fast Fuel Feed

    BEUMER Group / bulk-online · supplier case study with operator quote · Publication / date label: 2018-01-22 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Names plant managers and supplier personnel; two installed conveyors and October 2016 system commissioning. January 2017 running date is distinct. The figure caption explicitly uses tonnes per hour.

  86. Marcel Kumžák: pipe-conveyor project portfolio

    Marcel Kumžák / LinkedIn · project manager self report · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Public professional project descriptions reviewed from indexed profile text. Project periods and commissioning responsibilities do not establish dated plant acceptance. Plant-level records remain B without corroboration.

  87. Pipe Conveyor in Difficult Applications

    BEUMER Group TV / YouTube · supplier video · Publication / date label: 2017-06-09 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Published description names Ledvice, Prunéřov, Schwenk Cement, Linz AG, Callao and Ghent. Captions were unavailable; no site-specific timestamps or engineering values were extracted from the footage.

  88. Macmet Two Pipe Conveyors for Sembcorp at Nellore

    macmetindia / YouTube · supplier video · Publication / date label: 2019-01-11 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Embedded by Macmet’s official conveyor page. Description names two supplied conveyors, but does not distinguish the Gayatri and TPCIL route specifications or provide acceptance dates.

  89. Macmet’s 21 km Pipe Conveyor for Jindal, Bellary

    macmetindia / YouTube · supplier video · Publication / date label: 2022-07-19 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Embedded by Macmet’s official conveyor page. Description explicitly names Nandihalli yard to Jindal Toranagallu and supplier supervision of erection and commissioning. Video date is not the commissioning date.

  90. 6.6 km long Pipe Conveyor for the Transport of Iron Ore

    BEUMER Group TV / YouTube · supplier video · Publication / date label: 2019-10-22 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Description identifies Langshan port, Shandong Steel and Rizhao Steel and an installed 6.6 km system. Linked to the expansion record, not the original three-conveyor system. Publication date is not installation date.

  91. Replacing the Conveyor Belt of a Long Distance Pipe Conveyor at the Skyline Mine

    Andrey Minkin, Andreas Jungk and Thomas Hontscha / ContiTech / PROCESS Worldwide · supplier authored maintenance case study · Publication / date label: 2012 original; web republication 2018-05-23 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Original bulk solids handling 32 (2012), no. 6, pp. 16–21. Documents belt replacement and commissioning on existing BC-8, not a new conveyor installation.

  92. Pipe Conveyors, a Mature Technology

    Sergio Zamorano / FAM América Latina / Beltcon 21 · author conference paper · Publication / date label: 2023 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Paper 21-06; archive upload year differs from conference year. Colombian and Argentine examples lack enough site identity for new installation records.

  93. Pipe Conveyor and Belt: Belt Construction, Low Rolling Resistance and Dynamic Analysis

    Y. Zhang and R. Steven / SME; hosted by Conveyor Dynamics · author conference paper · Publication / date label: 2012-02 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    SME preprint 12-129. Unnamed field examples are research leads, not independently identified installation records.

  94. Environmentally friendly waste disposal at coal fired power plants in harsh environmental conditions, using pipe conveyors

    M. Pohl and M. Dilefeld / TAKRAF / Beltcon 20 · supplier authored conference paper · Publication / date label: 2019 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Paper 20-08. Russian power plant is unnamed; similarity to Reftinskaya dimensions alone does not prove identity.

  95. Pipe conveyor with a completely new belt guidance

    Franz Kessler / University of Leoben / Beltcon 12 · author conference paper · Publication / date label: 2003 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Reviewed PDF is Kessler’s pipe-guidance paper. The archive lists it as a combined session with Hermann Fruehstueck’s separate Ropecon presentation; that does not make him a coauthor of this PDF. Prototype planning is not counted as a named commercial installation.

  96. Tubular Pipe Conveyor Design Using a Standard Fabric Belt

    A. E. Maton / bulk solids handling · author technical paper · Publication / date label: 2000 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Volume 20, no. 1, pp. 39–41. Design example and Australian author address do not establish an Australian installation.

  97. Design aspects of pipe belt conveyors

    Maria E. Zamiralova / TU Delft · doctoral thesis repository · Publication / date label: 2017 · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Institutional metadata and abstract reviewed; Gabriel Lodewijks is listed as promotor. DOI 10.4233/uuid:a989069c-54e4-4d80-a30a-a6fb9b333287. Full thesis has not been assessed in this pass.

  98. Lagoven CRAY project: Amuay overland and wharf pipe-conveyor records

    Robins Engineers & Constructors / Tecnofluor / Lagoven project archive · project engineering and field records · Publication / date label: 1994 field-test records; design-sheet date unverified · Library / project archive · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Project archive. Design criteria sheet STD-DS2, sheet 2 of 2, identifies both conveyors and their dimensions. Field-test records establish installed equipment. The original documents are not hosted on this website.

  99. Lagoven Amuay conveyor location drawing

    Maven Software / user-confirmed geographic drawing · supplied geographic drawing · Publication / date label: 2026-10-04 · Library / project archive · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Approximate alignments from the marked geographic drawing. CV-9502 runs from the refinery to the coke yard; CV-9506 runs from the wharf transfer toward the shiploader. Equipment endpoints remain approximate.

  100. Lagoven Refinery Upgrade and Expansion – EPC

    Fluor · contractor historical project · Reviewed 2026-10-04

    Establishes the Lagoven refinery project location at Amuay, Venezuela. Its 1982 refinery-upgrade year is not assigned to either pipe conveyor.

  101. ST Paper Pipe Belt Site Visit, February 2, 2022

    Andrew Hustrulid, Shaw Almex Industries · project engineering and field records · Publication / date label: 2022-02-02; site walk 2022-02-01 · Library / project archive · Reviewed 2026-10-05

    User project archive: 06 Projects, Site Visits and Quotes/ST Paper Pipe Belt/ST Paper Pipe Belt Site Visit.pdf (DOCX also retained). Page 1 establishes Franklin, Virginia and an operating-system inspection; page 3 gives belt descriptions and three 50 hp tail motors. Approximate original installation year and apparent 2007/2021 replacement dates are retrospective, not commissioning certificates.

  102. ST Paper archived KMZ path and site-visit GPS files

    Andrew Hustrulid / user project archive · project engineering and field records · Publication / date label: KMZ attached 2022-01-31; GPS track 2022-02-01 · Library / project archive · Reviewed 2026-10-05

    06 Projects, Site Visits and Quotes/ST Paper - ST Tissue pipe belt (Motion, Borup) 2022/ST Paper.kmz: eight-vertex Untitled Path, approximately 1697 m horizontal. All KMZ altitudes are zero placeholders. The separate PipeBelt.kml/CSV contains an extended GPS trip ending near Norfolk and is not a belt alignment or surveyed elevation profile.

  103. ST Tissue Franklin conversion and fiber recycling plant

    TAPPI Tissue360°, reproduced by ST Paper / ST Tissue · operator hosted trade journal feature · Publication / date label: Fall/Winter 2013 · Reviewed 2026-10-05

    Printed page 12 describes recycled pulp traveling from the fiber-recycling plant to the paper-machine room via tube/belt conveyors. Plant startup and 250 tpd fiber-plant production are not individual pipe-conveyor commissioning or hourly capacity.

  104. TRANSPIPE Conveyor Belts: Application Engineering, February 2024

    Sempertrans · archived manufacturer presentation · Publication / date label: 2024-02 · Library / project archive · Reviewed 2026-10-06

    Manufacturer presentation retained in the Pipe Belt Library. Named application slides distinguish conveyor centre distance from delivered belt length. Original presentation is not hosted on this website.

  105. Pipebelt Design: Confine pipe-belt installation examples, R. Steven

    Goodyear / Veyance Technologies · archived manufacturer presentation · Publication / date label: 2014 · Library / project archive · Reviewed 2026-10-06

    Manufacturer engineering presentation retained in the Pipe Belt Library. Printed slides 32 and 36 name Zhenghai, Kailin and Rizhao; slide 34 names a short Neptune/Vancouver urea-potash application. Anonymous country-only examples are not assigned to installations; imperial fabric designations are not assumed to be N/mm.

  106. Closed-Trough Conveyor Belts Ensure Energy-Efficient and Low-Dust Coal Transport in China

    Continental · supplier press release · Publication / date label: 2019-05-29 · Reviewed 2026-10-06

    Dated press release; web page uploaded March 8, 2021. Reports the Yangquan / YanKan 8.1 km conveyor in use and explicitly labels its 458 mm outer diameter.

  107. Hidden Valley pipe-conveyor belt specification and changeout calculations, 2018

    Sempertrans / Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. / project archive · project engineering and field records · Publication / date label: 2018-05-18; 2018-08-01; 2018-09-14 · Library / project archive · Reviewed 2026-10-06

    The manufacturer technical data sheet offers ST2250; named P723 Harmony Hidden Valley pipe-conveyor changeout calculations use a 2250 N/mm belt rating. These are historical engineering records, not proof of current belt supply or operation. Original documents are not hosted on this website.

  108. Overland Pipe Conveyor with Low Rolling Resistance Belt, Yijun Zhang

    Yijun Zhang, Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. / bulk solids handling · designer authored technical paper · Publication / date label: 2013; bulk solids handling No. 4, pp. 16–21 · Reviewed 2026-10-06

    Designer-authored paper hosted by CDI. Printed p. 18, Table 1, names five references and distinguishes project pipe dimensions from generic test/FEM examples. Printed p. 20 separately describes Itaqui PC1 and PC2. These historical reports do not establish the current belt or plant status.

  109. The Technology Behind One of the World’s Longest Pipe Conveyors, Yijun Zhang

    Yijun Zhang, Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. / POWER · designer authored technical article · Publication / date label: 2018-09-01 · Reviewed 2026-10-06

    Designer-authored article linked from CDI’s publications page. Custom-Engineered Belt Solutions and Figure 4 explicitly describe a 427 mm formed pipe. Nominal versus outer basis is not specified; it must not be silently normalized to a 400 mm designation.

  110. Yubei Project: Pipe Conveyor System for Thermal Power Plant — indexed supplier excerpt

    Henan North China Industrial Plastic Co., Ltd. / FJS Roller · supplier case indexed excerpt · Reviewed 2026-10-06

    The search-indexed supplier excerpt lists 400 mm belt pipe diameter with matching 1500 mm width, ST2500, 1000 t/h and 4.5 m/s. Direct page retrieval failed on the review date. This partial-access claim is retained as an unresolved alternative, not selected as the plotted measurement or assigned a nominal/outer basis.

  111. Franklin 1300 project: pipe-conveyor plan and technical specification in STTISSUE_A

    Krupp Robins / Union Camp Corporation Franklin project archive · project engineering and field records · Publication / date label: Plan revisions 1993–1994; technical specification undated; packet includes 2007 meeting notes · Library / project archive · Reviewed 2026-10-06

    Archive packet retained in the Pipe Belt Library. PDF p. 1 identifies the Union Camp Franklin 1300 project and equipment 430-001-00; p. 6, sections 2.0–2.1, explicitly reports 400 mm pipe diameter and approximately 5700 ft centre-to-centre. The report is a historical specification, not a current survey. Originals and correspondence contact details are not hosted on the website.

  112. Pipe-conveyor project references: Porto do Itaqui and Aditya Birla Dahej

    AC-Tek · engineering project reference · Reviewed 2026-10-06

    The live engineer portfolio describes field measurements at Porto do Itaqui and separate 4.3 km / 600 m conveyors. Its Aditya Birla Dahej twin 4.4 km coal system has a different scope from the 1999 Indo Gulf/Birla Copper record and is not merged by shared customer/location alone.