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BHP declares force majeure at Olympic Dam

BHP Billiton has declared a force majeure on copper and uranium contracts after damage to the main shaft at its Olympic Dam site.

22/10/2009
Manage your assets

One manufacturing company has managed to install a set of recession proof features. Jessica Darnbrough writes for Australian Mining.

26/05/2009
Super efficient

One company has improved efficiency and throughput at a processing plant by establishing a predictive life cycle for its primary crusher.

21/05/2009
DME calls for emergency steering systems

THE NSW Department of Mines and Energy (DME) has issued a safety alert urging mines to fit equipment with emergency steering systems after a worker sustained severe injuries in a dump truck accident.

09/03/2009
The Edge of Reason

A small-time contractor has hit his straps after investing in reliability. Jessica Darnbrough writes.

16/10/2008
An automated response

One minesite has teamed up with their supplier and combined automation with technology and procedure to achieve a world first production milestone. Jessica Darnbrough writes.

16/07/2008

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Products

Automated Control Engineering releases ACURO-XR absolute encoders

Automated Control Engineering has released the Hengstler ACURO-XR absolute encoders, which feature wear-free multi-turn technology.
Industrial gear units

SEW-Eurodrive has unveiled its locally produced X-series industrial gears.
Terex unleashes new articulated truck

Terex has released a 40 tonne articulated truck for mine sites.
Ronson Gears releases new gear shapers

Ronson releases the new Hydrostroke Internal Gear Shapers.
Bonfiglioli engineers improved HD drive power packs

Bonfiglioli releases improved HD coupled drives.
Rockwell Automation launches Allen-Bradley LDC- and LDL-Series linear servo motors

Rockwell Automation has launched the Allen-Bradley LDC-Series and LDL-Series linear servo motors.
TURCK releases Kubler F36 optical absolute encoder series

TURCK has released the Kubler F36 optical encoder series, designed completely without gears to eliminate wear and sensitivity to magnetic fields.
Bonfiglioli Transmission at Bulkex 09

Bonfiglioli Transmission will introduce its advanced heavy industrial drives, which are suitable for use in the minerals processing industry, at Bulkex 09.
Up-size me

SEW-Eurodrive has up-sized its X-Series of industrial gear-units to include helical and helical-bevel gear technologies which deliver torques from 58,000 to 475,000Nm.
A friendly robot

ABB has announced the launch of the robot IRB 4600, which features a compact and lightweight design with an upper arm of aluminium and spur gears of ABB’s own design.
Wethead technology runs dry

Bucyrus has launched wethead cutting technology for its series of continuous miners.
Gear reducer

Baldor Australia has released a range of gear reducers that are said to deliver high power/torque densities of 450,000Nm in a compact footprint.
Portable pixel powers plant

Unilux has introduced the pocket pixel, a pocket-sized, battery-powered pulsed LED light for high-speed inspection applications for plant maintenance and predictive maintenance applications.
Engineering solutions at QME

David Brown’s engineered solutions for all power transmission requirements will be on display on Stand 6071 at QME 2008.
Company supplies design package to Pilbara

Aurox Resources is currently developing the Balla-Balla magnetite deposits in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and has commissioned Siemens to undertake the engineering and design of the electrical scopes of supply for various packages.
Hyperdrive positioning drives

Sick Stegmann has released a differentiated hyperdrive portfolio which takes up the automation trend of "format adjustment to measure".
Gear reducers upgraded

BREVINI Australia has upgraded its range of gear reducers, now with peak torques up to 89,000 Nm and with a ratio range from 13:1 to 10,000:1

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