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Overcoming market challenges with revolutionary technologies
Phil Burge explores the ways in which plant and maintenance engineers can reduce operating costs, while improving machine reliability and...'Active Barrier’ is designed to detect an incipient explosion
BMT WBM’s latest innovation to enhance safety in underground coal minesMarine mining: exploiting mineral resources below the sea
Code is the first international instrument to address environmental aspects of this emerging marine industry
Drilling
The quest for straighter holes
German basalt quarries choose Sandvik 60 for longer service life and higher penetrationThe quest for straighter holes
Selwyn receives environmental approval for ScoZinc mine
Potential to provide a secure supply of zinc and lead to meet future needs of zinc and lead markets in AsiaLarger steel drills straighter holes
A specialist, drilling contractor in New England has recently switched to Sandvik’s new, larger Sandvik60 drill steel. By Steve Minett
Maintenance
VIDEO: Improving power station longevity
Wear protection: ceramic, metallic and polymer linings on hoppers, transfer chutes, bunkers, feeders and trifurcator sectionsVIDEO: Improving power station longevity
The energy complaints carol
Crying out for energy companies to hear his message, the UK's Energy Ombudsman has joined a choir of ombuds-angels to sing for changeOvercoming market challenges with revolutionary technologies
Phil Burge explores the ways in which plant and maintenance engineers can reduce operating costs, while improving machine reliability and plant productivity, through the use of a new generation of dedicated component technologies.
Conveyors
Mobile shiploader and link conveyor
The combined system handles coal at a peak rate or 1200 tons per hourMobile shiploader and link conveyor
Preventing wear on coal handling conveyors
Split bearing units used on underground coal handling conveyors are preventing premature wear.Caliper brakes provide extra 50 per cent pad area
Provide improved stopping and holding in a wide range of critical applications, including mine hoists and conveyor drivesSafety
EU proposes new offshore health and safety rules
The EU considers that the offshore industry's current risk-management practices are inadequate and has proposed new rules. This, says Eugene McCarthy, is providing a boost to offshore training organisations at the same timeEU proposes new offshore health and safety rules
Lock can 'speak for itself’
First ATEX certified high security door lockEnhanced electrical safety at port
Watertight and dust-tight with IP66/67 sealing as standardDrives & Controls
Water-cooled clutches and brakes for heavy duty tensioning
AquaMaKKs are air, hydraulic or spring-set actuated units, integrating non-metallic composite water jackets and superior heat-dissipating copper wear platesWater-cooled clutches and brakes for heavy duty tensioning
