In July and August 2021 SIEMAG TECBERG GmbH, Haiger/Germany, and LLC EuroChem-Usolskiy Potash Complex signed agreements for the delivery of shaft hoisting systems. LLC EuroChem-Usolskiy Potash Complex is part of EuroChem Group AG, a major Russian company group based in Zug/Switzerland, that specialises in the production of fertilizers and operates its own mining sites and further-processing systems for phosphates and ...
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DMT GROUP has announced the expansion of its digital service offering with a new capability in remote rope inspection. This follows the successful completion of a first test-run on a transmission mast of Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Europe’s second largest media company. DMT is the first company in the world to offer remotely assisted non-destructive rope inspections – delivering benefits in ...
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Weinheim/Germany based Freudenberg Sealing Technologies’ battery companies XALT Energy and Freudenberg Battery Power Systems have forged a successful relationship with MacLean, the largest Canadian-based mining equipment manufacturer, to further the use of clean, battery-electric energy to power mobile equipment used in underground mines. Freudenberg Battery Power Systems’ XMP76P battery sub-pack, part of its XPAND Modular Pack portfolio, is providing safer, ...
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ambeRoad Tech GmbH, Aachen/Germany, closes a financing round with various business angels to expand its proprietary software amberSearch and distribution. The founding team (Figure 1), consisting of Julian Johannes Reinauer, Philipp Reißel, Igli Manaj and Bastian Maiworm, pursues the vision of making enterprise search a no-brainer. They enable employees to find knowledge that is stuck in different data silos or ...
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Atlas Copco Power and Flow, Antwerp/Belgium, has introduced a new technology platform – the Wear Deflector – for its WEDA D70 electric submersible dewatering pumps (Figure 1) that deliver exceptional performance, enabling construction and industrial sites to remove water more reliably and improve productivity. At the heart of Wear Deflector is an innovative hydraulic design that provides a high level ...
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Seafloor massive sulfides are a valuable mineral raw material found at the bottom of the deep sea. The “Vertical Approach” is a method for extracting seafloor massive sulfides using the trench cutter method, an established technique in specialist foundation engineering that is operated and supported in the deep-sea environment from a ship on the open sea. As a relatively small-scale ...
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Smart-Ex® 02 users can now independently update the intrinsically safe smartphone by the Pepperl+Fuchs brand ECOM Instruments, Assamstadt/Germany, to Android 11 (Figure 1), quickly and easily. Thus they benefit from the numerous advantages and brand-new functions of the cutting-edge operating system. These include improved voice control (voice access), better management of access rights to camera, microphone and location for apps, as ...
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“The AirScrape<sup>®</sup> has landed” is the title of the new story on the website of Kinder, one of the leading providers for conveyor components in the Pacific region. The impressive progress of the AirScrape® with its contact-free and dust-minimizing mode of operation (Figure 1) has long been observed by Kinder. They were particularly impressed by the YouTube videos about the ...
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Climate change, environmental pollution, resource scarcity, global population growth: these are the defining issues of the 21st century. Approaching them by transitioning to a circular economy is one of the central challenges of our time. TOMRA Sorting Mining, Wedel/Germany, a global leader in sensor-based technologies with more than 50 years’ experience in diverse sectors such as the food, recycling and ...
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The pump manufacturer Tsurumi Europe GmbH, Düsseldorf/Germany, now offers an impact cover that protects the build-in water level sensor even in the event of massive force (Figure 1). The installation is very simple: loosen the two screws of the sensor, put on the protective cover and fasten the screws. From now on, the sensor is protected from external damage. After ...
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