Weba Chute Systems

Effective transfer of materials in chutes has become a pressing issue for all mines. With the spotlight firmly on increasing productivity through more effective discharge of materials, coupled with minimising downtime and maintenance, solutions are critical to sustainability.

With more than 4 500 transfer chute installations throughout the world handling a variety of materials, Weba Chute Systems operates an extensive manufacturing facility in South Africa providing customised transfer chute solutions globally, delivering products to Europe, Asia, Australia, South Africa, USA and South America.

The company has been producing custom engineered material transfer solutions for the mining sector for over 50 years.

Each application
Its systems are designed using the principle of conveyed material impacting on surfaces that already contain material and are configured to control the direction, flow and velocity of the calculated volume and type of material processed.

Transfer chutes and systems are engineered for each specific customer application, taking factors such as belt width, belt speed, material sizes, shape and throughput into account.

Weba Chute Systems adopts a streamlined and scientific approach to the dynamics of bulk materials handling at transfer points, providing the industry with a multitude of benefits. Customisation at the design phase allows mines to fully appreciate these benefits which include reduced maintenance requirements, improved transfer conditions, longer conveyor belt life and higher throughput.

Sound engineering principles and use of sophisticated software during the design stage is followed by quality manufacture at Weba Chute Systems’ South African manufacturing facility which is ISO 9001:2015 accredited.

Performance guarantees, set in accordance with operational and applications parameters, are provided with all the company ensuring the provision of a fit-for-purpose transfer point solution for each application.

Through its extensive applications knowledge and experience, the company is well positioned to create effective material transfer solutions, irrespective of the continent or commodity.