Aloca is a finalist in the 5th Annual Prospect Awards for designing a bearing lifting jig that removes the hazards that come with unsecured loads.
A range of gearboxes and bearings from Baldor have helped one minesite save on downtime.
Rio Tinto Coal Australia's Mt Thorley Warkworth Coal Mine is a finalist in the 5th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards for its innovative approach to mine safety.
Alcoa is a finalist in the 5th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards for designing a bearing lifting jig that effectively striped the hazzards involved in lifting bearings into place.
Innovation, occupational health and safety and environmental management were the big winners at the 5th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards.
The 5th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards has attracted the strongest field ever.
FOR many years, Alcoa’s fixed plant maintenance personnel have utilised webbed or wire slings wrapped around the circumference of large bearings to lift them into position, or remove them from crushing and conveying equipment.
THERE’S much lip service paid to innovation and it’s usually tied to the bottom line, but when it comes to safety and health: innovation is priceless.
A MODIFICATION to drilling equipment, a new method of removing oil filter housings, and a lifting jig for bearings, have received accolades from judges in the 2008 Chamber of Minerals & Energy (CME) Safety and Health Innovation Awards, announced recently at CME’s annual Occupational Safety and
Engineering plastics supplier challenges rusted-on traditionalists to lift their game. *Brent Whyte writes for Dotmar Engineering