Mining & Aggregate
An iron ore mine operator in Peru needed to replace some of the brakes on one of its rope shovels imported from China. The electric-powered shovel utilizes a series of electric motors with brakes to drive the hoist, propel and swing movements. Unfortunately, the original Chinese-made brakes didn’t perform as expected.
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Equipment used in the mining industries is subject to extreme mechanical stresses: it has to operate in challenging climatic environments, yet has to work reliably with an operational lifespan frequently measured in decades. In many cases, the easy-to-reach resources have already been extracted, meaning today’s equipment is increasingly sophisticated and having to work even harder to reach what is left.
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A U.S. mine equipment manufacturer needed a robust, reliable brake solution for one of its larger crushers. The brake provides emergency stop functionality in case of a jam or other problem conditions.
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A large drilling and blasting contractor needed to replace a brake on one of its larger rotary blast hole drills utilized in mines and quarries. The brake is mounted to the main cable pulldown winch drive motor that raises and lowers the heavy drill head and pipe string sections on the drilling tower.
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An open pit coal mine operator in the western US needed to replace some of the brakes on its overburden spreader. The massive machine features two large intake and discharge conveyor booms along with a heavy counterweight boom.
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