Description
This seminar features users, designers and trouble-shooters, who will show how smart choices in silos and dischargers can maximise plant performance for powders, granules, biomass and other bulk materials. Attendees will learn how to avoid flow issues, prevent failures, enhance safety and ensure reliable feed. Expert insight and industrial case studies will equip attendees with the know‑how to avoid costly mistakes and make sure they invest in systems that deliver reliable, predictable flow.
Why attend:
- Implement safe reliable plant operations by understanding how to ensure reliable flow, safe operation and consistent discharge across a wide range of bulk materials.
- Avoid under‑performance by recognising the design and operational pitfalls that cause poor flow and operational inefficiency.
- Apply proven techniques to identify and prevent flow problems before they escalate into costly downtime or structural failures.
- Learn about modern discharge technologies that deliver dependable and safe product feed to downstream processes.
- Invest with confidence by learning how to confidently specify storage and discharge solutions that ensure the best operations and long‑term reliability.
Who should attend:
A must attend event if you are involved in bulk solids and storage handling, whether you are in management, engineering, operations, procurement, maintenance, safety, quality or related roles.
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Days Agenda
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Manufacturing Room / Council Room
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9:15 -9:45
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Registration – Council Room
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9:45 – 10:00
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Chairs welcome
IMECHE Process Industries Welcome Address / Housekeeping/Health and safety briefing
Eddie McGee, Managing Director, AJAX Equipment Limited
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10:00 – 10:20
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Opening talk – overall view of bulk storage and discharge systems - some of the choices available and some of the pitfalls to avoid
Eddie McGee, Managing Director, AJAX Equipment Limited
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10:20 – 10:40
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End user/case study: The New Tilbury Cement Terminal (different silo storage technologies)
Tim Fry Project Manager HOLCIM UK Ltd
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10:40 – 11:00
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Understanding the characteristics of materials and flow properties/know your enemy
Vivek Garg, Wolfson Centre
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11:00 – 11:15
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Panel Q&A
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11:15- 11:45
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Refreshments - Council Room
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11:45- 12:05
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How to choose silos from economic, sustainable, environmental point of view and avoid buying the wrong equipment/identifying problem areas
Steven Dance, Principal Engineer, Barton Fabrications Ltd
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12:05 – 12:25
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Silo discharging 1: ensuring product feed to downstream processes is effective and dependable (mechanical discharge)/interfacing screw feeders with silos
Eddie McGee, Managing Director, AJAX Equipment Limited
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12:25 – 12:45
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Silo discharging 2: a range of techniques including using air and vibration on large base silos
TBC
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12:45 – 1:05
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Panel Q&A
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1:05 – 2:05
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Networking Lunch – Council Room
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2.05 – 2:25
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Structural safety of silos: Learning lessons from failures
Martin Armstrong
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2:25 – 2:45
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Silo safety – ATEX and other safety aspects
Matthew Tonks, Explosion Protection Business DevelopmentManager, Fike UK
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2:45 – 3:05
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Understanding and rectifying the relationship problem
Russell Davies, Principal Consulting Engineer & Bulk Material Handling Specialist
Vice Chair, SHAPA
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3:25 - 3:55
3:55 – 4:15
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Break out session and refreshments – 6-8 round tables
Interactive problem-solving workshops
Report back (5 minutes to report back per table)
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4:15 – 4:30
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Chair: Closing remarks, what we have learnt, what next
Eddie McGee, Managing Director, AJAX Equipment Limited
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It has been organised by the “Bulk Materials Handling Committee” of the Process Industries Division of the IMechE and promoted across the Process Industries Community. which includes the Centres in the North West and Yorkshire Regions, the Aberdeen Area, the Teesside area, the East Midlands Region and the Western Region.
It is hosted at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Westminster
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Venue Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Manufacturimg and Council Rooms, SW1H 9JJ.