Tag: Engineering
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Smarter Maintenance Starts with Better Data: Why IO-Link Matters for Maintenance, Automation, and Engineering Teams
In mining, failures don’t happen suddenly – the signals are there. The challenge is catching them early. The week’s Blog from Ionic Mechatronics shows how its innovative IO-Link solution provides maintenance, automation, and engineering teams the data they need to act sooner, troubleshoot faster, and keep operations running.
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Black Rock Engineering: Delivering Practical Solutions for Modern Mining Operations
In an industry like mining, where complex systems where even small inefficiencies can have significant impacts on production and cost and conditions can change rapidly, having a responsive and adaptable engineering partner is essential. This week’s Blog takes a look at one such partner – Black Rock Engineering – which has positioned itself as a…
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Martin Engineering Highlights Safe Conveyor Equipment Design
Conveyors are among the most dynamic and potentially dangerous equipment in bulk handling. This week’s Blog from Martin Engineering discusses how making conveyors safer is a long-term strategy and how a safety-minded design at the planning stage can reduce injuries by engineering hazards out of the system.
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Samantha Espley Joins the BESTECH Team to Spearhead The Whole Mine
In November, Sudbury engineering firm BESTECH announced that CIM President, Samantha Espley, would be joining their team as VP of Mining Transformation. This week’s Blog examines that announcement and looks back on Ms. Espley’s storied career in this industry.
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Engineering Professor Travis Wiens Tackles Potash Mining Challenges
With financial support from the International Mineral Innovation Institute (IMII), Travis Wiens has started a research project to find a digital solution to a age-old process. This week’s Blog examines how out-of-the-box innovation is working to make underground mining safer at potash mines in Saskatchewan.
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Vertical Wet Pit Cantilever Pump Handles Solids Up To 4” Diameter
Vertiflo Pump company makes a rugged, dependable Vertical Wet Pit Series 1100 Cantilever pump with a vortex and fully recessed impeller. The pump is designed for solids pumping in light to medium slurries in many mining applications, including floating retention pond pumping systems. Coal Prep Plants can rely on the durability of this pump design…