Category: Mining Equipment
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Wear Resistance: the Underlying Property in Modern Steels
Recent research predicts that the mining automation market will be worth $3.29 billion by 2023 — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.7 per cent since 2017. Yet, while automation greatly enhances productivity, it also places additional demands on steel components. In this week’s Blog, we examine why wear resistant steels are becoming increasingly…
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Accessing the Inaccessible
Carlson Software is helping to make the inaccessible accessible with its Cavity Auto-Scanning Laser System (C-ALS) Gyro, a valuable tool that provides safe, quick, and reliable mapping capabilities for otherwise unreachable underground cavities. This week’s Blog takes a look at this technology and at how it is currently being used at the Cigar Lake Mine…
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Buy New, Buy Used, or rent? The best value for your mine safety equipment
In the efforts of balancing efficiency and cost, buying used equipment after a rental period can offer mine operators more value for their money. This week’s Blog takes a look at the benefits of buying used and at why it might be the best option for your mining company going forward.
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Six Ways Industrial Weighing Scales Give Mining Companies a Competitive Edge
An overloaded haul truck puts the safety of a mining site at risk, the safety of employees, and also risks damaging the structural integrity of the haul truck itself. This week’s Blog shows how industrial weighing machines can help ensure that your haul trucks are carrying loads within the permitted weight limits.
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Thermal Imaging Versatility in the Mining Industry
In the mining industry, where adverse weather and environmental conditions are workplace norms for hundreds of thousands of workers, thermal imaging has been proven a dependable tool to help limit unscheduled downtime and improve workplace safety. This week’s Blog takes a look at how thermal imaging used in predictive maintenance programs can save time, resources,…
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Using specialised lifting tools for safer and easier maintenance
Mining is a high risk industry with the potential of danger lurking around any corner. Weir Minerals takes this risk seriously and puts safety at the heart of everything the company does. This week’s Blog takes a look at Weir Minerals and their commitment to the manufacture of processing equipment of the highest standard, as…
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Polyurethane protects mining equipment From high impact and wear applications
Mining equipment must withstand some of the toughest abuse in terms of impact and wear due to the harsh environment and long hours of use. Traditional materials such as rubber and steel – tough as they are – may become damaged or can experience severe wear in contact with a variety of sharp or coarse…
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Beyond MWD – Seismic While Drilling Established subsurface evaluation technology from oil and gas enters the Mining Industry
Beyond MWD – Seismic While Drilling Established subsurface evaluation technology from oil and gas enters the Mining Industry Written by Thor Kallestad and Jamie Rector at DataCloud Over the past 20 years the oil and gas industry has seen the role of production geophysics grow rapidly. Production geophysics is aimed at improving oil and gas…
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Primary crusher foundations saved by polymeric concrete solutions
A common cause of equipment and machinery wear in the mining industry can be traced back to vibration that causes eventual fatigue, resulting in severe cracks and a loss of material, as well as premature failures in such areas as concrete foundations and their anchoring systems. This week’s Blog takes a look at Belzona and…
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Who’s watching when you aren’t? AI-powered machine vision – enhancing remote monitoring and real-time pipeline leak detection in metals mining
An undetected pipeline leak has the potential to endanger workers, damage local ecosystems beyond rehabilitation, contaminate drinking water supply, and leave community livelihoods in ruins, as well as cost mining companies millions of dollars in damages. This week’s Blog takes a look at Canadian software company, IntelliView Technologies, whose innovation takes video and image analysis…