Page 1 CASE STUDY: K-Superskirt® Engineered Polyurethane Kinder Australia product: Product category: Location: Conveyed materials: Conveyed belt width: Length at transfer point: Conveyed belt speed: Rate: Belt downtime: Compulsory change-out time Installation date: K-Superskirt® Engineered Polyurethane Conveyor Skirting & Transfer Port of Gladstone, Queensland Coal 2400 mm 7 metres (3.5m x 2) 5.2 metres per second 6000 tonnes per hour 2 hours for skirting replacement Every 5 weeks September 2008 Gladstone Ports Corporation was looking to improve its bulk materials handling processes. One of the areas under examination was the conveyor system with a focus on how to make it safer, more reliable and improve its overall performance and uptime. In September 2008,

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