- Feb- 2016 -5 FebruaryIndustry News 01_2016
When joints must not come apart
FLEXCO mechanical connectors: Rivet Hinged System achieves high tensile strength and distributes loads uniformly over the conveyor belt. With the Rivet Hinged mechanical connectors for use in surface and underground mining, rivets penetrate the fabric inlays in the conveyor belt without damaging the fibres. They are fitted from the top…
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Houghton-Fluid HYDROCOR CV 50 DF – operating the shield support at the German Mining Museum Bochum
The German Mining Museum (Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum – DBM) is the most important mining museum in the world and one of the most visited museums in Germany, with around 365,700 visitors per year. In the underground visitors’ mine, the world of coal mining is described in detail and amongst other…
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BEUMER is celebrating an anniversary – 80 years of customised and efficient customer solutions
With innovative system solutions for intra-logistics in conveying and loading technology, palletising and packaging technology as well as sortation and distribution systems, BEUMER has established an excellent position in the world market. These solutions are applied in various industries such as cement, lime and gypsum, agriculture and mining, chemicals, pharmaceuticals,…
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Fibre ropes in mining – wishful thinking or reality?
While fibre ropes have been used as far back as ancient Egyptian times, it was not until the industrialisation of the 19th century that steel ropes first became key to a wide variety of applications. Thanks to its array of important properties such as high stability and breaking force, abrasion…
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Closure of the Auguste Victoria mine
As part of the closing down of the German coal mining industry, the Auguste Victoria mine in Marl ceased to operate at the end of 2015 (Figure 1). This move means that there is now just one coal mine left in the Ruhr region of Germany and only two working…
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STEAG commissions 60 MW wind farm in Turkey on schedule
November 2015 saw STEAG GmbH, based in Essen, commission the last eight turbines at its wind farm in Süloglu in the north-west of Turkey. A total of 20 wind turbines, each capable of generating 3.0 MW of electricity, have been put into operation there one by one since September. This…
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Energy consumption in Germany in 2015
Energy consumption in Germany reached 13,335 PJ or 455.0 mt ce in 2015. According to provisional calculations by AG Energiebilanzen (German Working Group on Energy Balances), this constitutes a 1.3 % increase on the previous year. This rise is due for the most part to slightly colder weather compared with that in…
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New endowed chair for Smart Mining Machinery at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg
An endowed chair for Smart Mining Machinery will be joining the TU Bergaka-demie Freiberg in the summer semester of 2016. The chair will be working in the Faculty for Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering and will be co-financed by the professional associations for construction/building materials machinery and for mining in…
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Making coal mining more sustainable: TFH Georg Agricola zu Bochum in cooperation with the Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Colombia is one of the world’s largest coal producers. Germany meets around one fifth of its coal needs via imports from Colombia, making it one of the country’s top three suppliers. The Columbian mining industry has come under criticism, however, for poor working conditions and low environmental protection standards. The…
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Helmuth-Burckhardt-Prize 2015
The Helmuth-Burckhardt Prize awarded by the German Raw Materials and Mining Association (VRB), Berlin, was presented in 2015 to two winners: Jasmin Korbmacher MSc and Nicole Prochnau MSc. The two prize winners both studied Raw Materials Engineering at the RWTH Aachen University, graduating with flying colours. The umbrella organisation for…
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