Tag: Safety
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Ontario Mine Rescue Competition Winners Announced
The Ontario Mine Rescue program has been a standardized province-wide collaboration between all mine operators since 1929. Continuing this tradition, mine rescue skills were put to the test at Workplace Safety North’s annual Ontario Mine Rescue provincial competition in June. In this week’s Blog, we look back on the results of the competition, which demonstrate…
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Safe Reliable Electrical Connections for Mining Applications
Most mining applications require electrical connections that can handle frequent connection/disconnection with reliable conducting power and proper safety ratings. This week’s Blog from the experts at MELTRIC looks at their switch-rated devices that use solid silver-nickel material as the contact surface, producing for superior conductivity with spring-loaded butt contacts for thousands of consistent and reliable…
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Rear Eject Bodies Boost Productivity and Safety
While many warnings are well heeded, others are treated as guidelines that can be challenged, especially when there’s an opportunity to increase production and profits. This week’s Blog from Philippi-Hagenbuch, Inc. looks at ways rear eject bodies can help maximize production without the need for risky techniques or endangering workers.
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Switch-Rated Plugs: The Ideal Connector for Electrical Power on the Move
At a remote construction site, finding electrical connections that are safe and easy to operate can be more challenging compared to within a facility or permanent worksite since resources are limited. This week’s Blog from MELTRIC takes a look at their switch-rated plug solutions that have become the top choice of power connectors for guaranteed…
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Caterpillar Autonomously Hauls More than 1 Billion Tonnes of Material with Cat® Command for Hauling in Less than a Year
Cat Command is marking a major milestone! Trucks equipped with Cat® MineStar™ Command for hauling have autonomously moved more than 1 billion tonnes of material in less than a year. This week’s Blog takes a look at what Cat MineStar technology brings the job site, and what it may mean for your operations.
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Cordless Cap Lamps Breaking Ground in the Mining Industry
“Amazing product. Light is powerful and batteries last forever.” “Awesome cap lamps.” ” Most durable cap lamp I ever used.” “Brighter than anything I used before.” “Dropped it in the muck and it still worked.”
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Innovative Network Capabilities Lead to History-Making Mining Operations
With the increasing quantity of mining sites around the world comes the added risk of disasters. This week’s blog from Rajant looks at their wireless network solution, and how it can enhance innovative and advanced technological capabilities, and ensure incidents can be investigated rapidly and effectively – not only powering robotics, drones, and mobile equipment…
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Provix: Improving Visibility at the Mine Site with Thermal Cameras
Navigating heavy equipment in darkness, dust, fog, rain, snow, and steam is a challenging task, and equipment lights can be distorted causing additional visual distraction. This week’s Blog from Provix Inc. takes a look at how their thermal camera solutions can make your mine site safer.
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Brokk Introduces Pedestal Boom: Plug-and-play for Efficient Breaking
Brokk, the world’s leading manufacturer of remote-controlled demolition robots, recently introduced the Brokk Pedestal Boom, a compact, stationary breaker boom system for the mining and aggregates industry. The new machine range allows producers to apply the power and precision of Brokk’s demolition robots to primary breaking tasks that feed mobile crushers, jaw crushers, gyratory crushers,…
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Cordless Cap Lamps Breaking Ground in the Mining Industry
Written by Karly Winfield, Technical sales consultant at Provix Inc. Cordless Cap Lamps from Provix are a crucial part of personal protective equipment (PPE) in underground mining and tunnelling. The Wisdom Cap lamps act as an important visual aid for miners where darkness prevails. Conventional cap lamps utilize a battery pack that is worn…