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Conduit systems for hazardous areas

Conduit systems for hazardous areas

Protect and connect critical power and data cabling in many different industries, including oil and gas, mining and food production

Seeing red: protect valuable mining assets

Seeing red: protect valuable mining assets

Wear, corrosion and abrasion resistant materials are vital to the mining industry. Rubber products are key to the protection process

Cranes take the strain

Cranes take the strain

Mining Machinery Developments (MMD) has undertaken a multi-million pound factory expansion featuring new cranes from Street Crane Company

The tractor factor

The tractor factor

The world's biggest tractor – the Tractomas - is now in operation at an Australian coal mine

Belting along to efficiency

Belting along to efficiency

The improved reliability of conveyors allows their use over more uneven terrain including horizontal and vertical curves. Maurice Jones reports

Generating strategic pit and dump designs

Generating strategic pit and dump designs

Mine planning engineers can create mid-bench based designs, and generate phases and reserve reports

Lasers picture it

Lasers picture it

Laser technology has revolutionised surveying in mines. Maurice Jones reports

What killed the canary?

Since the phasing out of canaries in the UK some 30 years ago portable and fixed gas monitoring instruments have taken over. Maurice Jones reports

Taking the 'wonder' away

Developments in mine communications tend to be based on widespread computer communications in digital form and employ Wi-Fi

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General Monitors: photoacoustic principle of gas monitoring
Excessive groundwater can be one of the greatest and most costly problems faced in underground mining. Maurice Jones reports.
Developments in mine communications tend to be based on widespread computer communications in digital form and employ Wi-Fi
US$300 million is being invested in mines in the USA’s Appalachia region
 

Drilling

Larger steel drills straighter holes

Larger steel drills straighter holes

A specialist, drilling contractor in New England has recently switched to Sandvik’s new,...

Overcoming problems with hole deviation

A quartzite quarry in Virginia wanted to increase its production and had also been experiencing...

Prime drilling power

A new air bearing design means more operating hours for the Sandvik RR321 premium rotary drill bit....


Safety

Plugs and caulks: fighting excessive groundwater

Plugs and caulks: fighting excessive groundwater

Excessive groundwater can be one of the greatest and most costly problems faced in underground...

Safety brake for mine hoists

VMS-3 is characterised by a strengthened, longer housing which integrates additional springs for...

Water management for sustainable mining

Victoria Kenrick explores the challenges of water management within the mining industry

Maintenance

Burner wear components for coal fired power plants

Burner wear components for coal fired power plants

Robert Howard describes the negative impact of eroded and deformed burner nozzles and core air tubes

Actuators offer significant torque advancement

AUMA is extending its portfolio of modular electric actuators to include an SQ .2 part-turn range...

Subsidies: a platform for innovation

Femke Schaefer and G Bertels consider results from the Dutch Economic Subsidy Programme concerning...


Drives and Controls

Water-cooled clutches and brakes for heavy duty tensioning

Water-cooled clutches and brakes for heavy duty tensioning

AquaMaKKs are air, hydraulic or spring-set actuated units, integrating non-metallic composite water...

Quarrying and mining operator saves E2,970 on bearings

Reliability problems were resulting in bearing failures every two-months, or 440 hours of operation

Conveyors

Brakes vital to overland coal conveyors

Brakes vital to overland coal conveyors

Transporting vast tonnages of coal overland requires the highest levels of expertise in...

Marine-dredged sand and gravel

Tarmac Shoreham uses Sandvik CV217 to process marine dredged aggregates

Armoured chain conveyor for salt mine

KD Maschinen commissions AUMUND armoured chain conveyor for a German salt mine


Technology

Longwall systems supplied to four mines

Longwall systems supplied to four mines

US$300 million is being invested in mines in the USA’s Appalachia region

Shock and ore: tough and reliable drive systems get things moving

When building a materials handling or processing machine for mining the first requirements are...

Overcoming bearing failures

NSK's Asset Improvement Programme (AIP) has achieved 10-times bearing life

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