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Groundwater sampling made fast, efficient and reliable
Rope-winch systems used for groundwater sampling at opencast mines have to operate reliably and over long periods of time. Replacing the rope and rope guides is an expensive operation that can occur all too frequently. When a request was sent to the Völkmann Engineering Works the Dortmund-based repair company was…
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New Technology investigates the Market
The west Saxon company of Veit Müller produces long-lasting, durable energy storage for special requirements. It works with virtually no loss over extremely long periods of time. The charge can be done in various ways, also during removal. The storage is done mechanically by elastomeric material, especially coupled power turns…
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Rapid and Safe Mine Development
On 13th march 2015 IBS, an engineering company located in Bischofsheim in the Rhön region of Germany, presented its newly developed roadheading system Type SM 150 to customers from all over the world. Together with their strategic partners, the IBS-team demonstrated the newly developed roadheader SM 150 with OMP (Outburst…
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Prognosis provides a precise time window
Nearly every business knows what it‘s like when a machine malfunctions unexpectedly. One reason for this may be that the maintenance schedule has not been properly matched to the machine. Servicing routines are done too early or too late. Cassantec now offers condition-based prognoses that can prevent this kind of…
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Wengeler & Kalthoff rolls out a new taphole drilling giant
Building on its recently established partnership with Moers-based Holtmann Fahrzeug- und Maschinenbau GmbH (http://holtmann-moers.de) has enabled Wengeler & Kalthoff (W&K) to reach a new dimension in taphole drilling technology. As a well-known manufacturer of breakout machines Holtmann will be able to use the new W&K tool not only to supply…
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New Bucket Wheel Excavators for NLC in Neyveli, India
Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd. (NLC) has inaugurated two new state-of-the-art Bucket Wheel Excavators with an operating capacity of up to 6.800 m3 per hour for their Mines-II Project. The 1400L Excavators were erected and supplied by TAKRAF INDIA LTD., Chennai, in collaboration with TAKRAF GmbH, Germany. The giant crawler mounted excavators…
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Flexco belt centring system prevents wear and spillage
The facility to correct belt alignment is a key factor for preventing product spillage on belt conveyor installations. Flexco Europe GmbH supplies a range of belt centring devices for this very purpose. These systems use sensors to identify and correct any off-tracking. This also helps reduce and even eliminate damage…
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Cat’s new GH800B longwall plough system delivers high performance on a thin-seam face
Caterpillar has developed the GH800B coal plough system for the rapid extraction of very thin seams. Building on the operating features of the tried and tested GH1600 plough system the Caterpillar coal face team in Lünen (Germany) collaborated with personnel from Ibbenbüren coal mine (RAG Anthrazit Ibbenbüren GmbH) to design…
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Water spray system for dust suppression
Tunnelling operations, opencast mining and bulk materials processing, handling and storage are activities that frequently generate large amounts of dust. High levels of dust make are also a problem in the waste recycling business. This has an adverse effect on people and on the environment and results in increased wear…
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Proven top performance: Voith’s 1,000th TPKL fluid coupling goes to a Chinese 6.4 MW belt conveyor drive
Voith recently manufactured their 1,000th fluid coupling type TPKL. This coupling will go to the DaTong Coal Mining Group in China. The group has already made good experiences with Voith fluid couplings: Convinced by the good performance of hydrodynamic power transmission the decision for the drive line arrangement in the…
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