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Made of Steel - ArcelorMittal Optimized Sinter Cooler Charging System Using Altair Edem®

ArcelorMittal is the world’s leading steel and mining company, with a presence in 60 countries and primary steelmaking facilities in 17 countries employing more than 190,000 people.

In a recent project, a large-scale charging chute of a sinter cooler plant in Fos-Sur-Mer had to be optimized by

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Boosting Mine Chute Design - Improve Chute Design and Reduce Costs with Altair EDEM

Wood is responsible for assessing material handling transfer chutes for crushed ore. The large number of transfer chutes must be optimized to enable the transfer of bulk material from one conveyor belt to another, and to adequately direct the flow...

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Using EDEM at Astec, Inc.

Andrew Hobbs, Chief DEM/CFD Engineer at Astec, Inc. shares his experience using EDEM software. Astec is a global leader in the hot mix asphalt plant industry and Andrew's main focus in on applying fluid and particle simulation to better understand and improve hot mix asphalt equipment design.

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Upgrading a Coal Transfer Chute - Hatch Deploys Altair EDEM BulkSim Solution for Mining

Hatch Ltd. is a global supplier of engineering, project and construction management services to the Mining, Metallurgical, Energy, and Infrastructure sectors.

Hatch deploys EDEM BulkSim software to explore “what-if” scenarios, while performance testing and verifying complex conveyor trans

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Transfer Chute Optimization - Longking Employs Altair EDEM BulkSim Software for Transfer Chute Redesign

Longking is a large engineering and manufacturing company in China. Longking Bulk Materials Science & Engineering Division is a specialized group that designs and supplies bulk handling and storage equipment to clients around the world.

EDEM simulation technology was used to evaluate issu

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Asphalt Dryer Optimization - Astec Employs Altair EDEM to Redesign Aggregate Dryer for Energy Savings

Astec. Inc, a member of the Astec Industries family of companies, is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Astec is a manufacturer of continuous and batch-process hot-mix asphalt plants and related equipment and services.

EDEM has become an integral part of Astec’s design process, having pro

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Dragline Bucket Design - VR Steel used Altair EDEM to Optimize Dragline Performance and Productivity

VR Steel (Pty) Ltd designs, builds, and repairs fabricated mining equipment attachments. With EDEM virtual prototypes VR Steel field-tests new design options, custom-designs for specific users, builds fewer physical prototypes, shortens the design cycle and increases customer’s productivity.

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Reducing Truck Load Body Costs - VR Steel Reduced Mass, Maintained Integrity, and Increased Performance

VR Steel (Pty) Ltd designs, builds, and repairs fabricated mining equipment attachments, including truck load bodies. With Altair EDEM™ virtual prototypes VR Steel can test new design options, custom designs for specific uses, build fewer physical...

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Designing Faster, Lighter Equipment: Nemag and TU Delft Design Innovative Grab for Faster Unloading

Nemag BV is a manufacturer of grabs designed for handling a range of bulk materials from coal and iron ore to grain, animal feed, scrap metal, minerals, and biomass. Nemag worked with the group of Dr. Dingena Schott at Delft University of Technolo...

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