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JAN-FEB 2018

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schedule of events monday april 23 tuesday april 24 wednesday april 25 exhibitor setup 8am - 5pm keynote session 9am - 10am advanced coal byproducts 9am - 11am conveyor workshop 10am - 1pm exhibit open 10am - 5pm exhibit open 9am - 2pm coal prep workshop 1pm - 5pm new plant construction 2pm - 4pm coal cleaning technologies 2pm - 4pm member's night out 6pm - 10pm Full day of workshops (7 P rofessional D evelopment H ours) Three technical sessions (Another 6 PDH 's) + keynote All for a full conference registration of only $199 that includes admission to the exhibition Register at: www.coalprepsociety.org Workshop 1 - Conveyors 101 Presented by: Jerad Heitzler, Foundations Training Manager Martin Engineering This workshop will give participants practical solutions and the correct actions to resolve problems that are typical with belt conveyors. The goal is to teach par- ticipants how and why to operate conveyors cleaner, safer and more productive. Saving facilities money on lost material, premature equipment failure, unnecessary clean up cost, unnecessary environmental scrutiny and preventing conveyor accidents will be key to our discussion Topics include: • How splices effect system performance • Conveyor belt storage • Prevention of belt damage • Root cause analysis of belt mistracking and proper tracking techniques Workshop 2 - Coal Prep 101 Presented by: Barbara Arnold, President, PrepTech, Inc. This workshop is intended for equipment manufacturers, utility personnel, coal purchasers, new plant hires or other support staff who would like to develop a better understanding of the priciples of coal preparation. It covers a broad range of topics including a review of coal properties important to utilization, coal sizing, cleaning and dewatering operations. Equipment sections will provide descriptions of common types of coal preparation processes and the factor that influence their performance. A fundamentals section will show participants how to interpret characterization data obtained from particle sizing and float-sink (washability) analyses. Ancillary topics include coal sampling and analysis, coal handling and wear materials.

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