EMET 511 - Materials Handling Design

3 credits (Hrs: 2 Lec., 3 Lab)

A design-oriented course covering belt conveyors, feeders, storage facilities, slurry pipelines and pumps. Spreadsheet calculations are used to design belt conveyors and slurry pipelines based on laboratory data obtained from samples collected at industrial sites.

Prerequisite(s): Senior or Graduate Standing and Consent. Course generally offered 2nd semester of even numbered years.