This 'Dune' isn't fiction. It's the longest conveyer belt in the US and moving sand in Texas
It's longer than the width of Rhode Island, snakes across the oil fields of the southwest U.S. and crawls at 10 mph – too ...
Mapped: The 42-Mile-Long 'Dune Express' Texas Conveyor Belt
Spanning 42 miles, Atlas Energy Solutions' "Dune Express" is the longest conveyor belt in the country, cutting across oil fields from Kermit, Texas, to Lea County, New Mexico. The conveyor belt offers ...
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Miner Dies After Becoming Entangled in a Belt Conveyor
A miner died on March 5, 2025, after becoming entangled in a belt conveyor at a North Carolina mine, federal officials ...
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‘Dune Express’ conveyor belt hauls sand in Texas
It is a new sight: the longest conveyor belt in the US. Atlas Energy Solutions, a Texas-based oil field company, installed a ...
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Modular Portable Conveyor Belt
The 8 mm rollers could do with larger “drums” over them — about an inch or two in diameter. That helps prevent belt slippage and improves tension adjustment. It ought to be easy to 3D print ...
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This 'Dune' isn't fiction. It's the longest conveyer belt in the US and moving sand in Texas
A more than 40-mile long conveyor belt filled with sand stretches from the oil fields of West Texas to New Mexico, all for the purpose of one mission: oil production KERMIT, Texas -- It's longer ...