Introduction - Helix Chute Design Overview

The Helix Chute Design program is an engineering design tool which combines CAD Drawing and 3D Modeling with a powerful calculation engine to predict the motion of particles in a transfer chute.

The program allows the user to quickly build a model of a bulk material transfer chute station and then to perform calculations incorporating the Discrete Element Method of predicting particle motion through the chute. 

The motion of the particles is displayed in a 3 dimensional model on the computer screen and the design engineer can quickly add, modify or move the chute surfaces to allow the material to flow through the transfer efficiently. 

The program eliminates the need for the design engineer to guess what the material flow trajectories will be in the transfer.

Download sample Windows Media player avi movie files and play them on your computer - click to download Shuttle Head Conveyor without Hood (13Mb zip file) Shuttle Head Conveyor with Hood (7Mb zip file) Coal Conveyor Transfer 6600tph (28Mb zip file) Curved Flat Impact Plate, no sides (3Mb avi file) Trouser Leg Tripper Discharge Chute, large lumps (7.5Mb avi file) Two Belts Feeding into common transfer with rockbox (7.6Mb avi file) Iron Ore 6000tph 90 degree Transfer with curved Impact Plate (8.1Mb zip file) Chute blocks gradually Coal 8000tph (9.4Mb zip file) Design Report Coal Stacker bypass 8000tph (6.5Mb zip file) Iron Ore 2500tph loading onto already loaded belt 6000tph (10.3Mb zip file) Download a brochure (2.7Mb PDF file)

Press release New DEM Chute Design Program

Sample screenshot below is the Iron Ore 6000tph sample movie - shown as wireframe - note impact plate. All elements in the transfer can be moved and repositioned from with the Helix Chute Design program to ensure the best material flow path. The revised positions can then be exported to a CAD drawing for incorporation in the main project drawings.