We explore our globe and dig huge quarries, pits that contain stone, slate, and marble. Over the hill, a mining facility uses a similar processing environment to extract metal-rich deposits and precious minerals. Long production trains grow outwards from stone crusher machines, acting as automated sorting, cleaning, and transportation systems. It’s a highly refined process, […]
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It’s a tough life for industrial mining gear. The equipment cuts into rocks and kicks up clouds of gritty debris. Special seals prevent moisture and dust from penetrating the gear housings and causing extensive damage, but those same gears and drive shafts still need care, the provision of oil and grease so that the moving […]
Read moreIf a 49-er from the old Californian gold rush was to materialise inside a 21th-century mining facility, we have no doubt he’d be lost. His old wooden screening cradle has no place in a high-volume industry where the manufacture of mining equipment is defined by engineering plastics and mighty alloys. He’d hop on his mule […]
Read moreEngineers turn to every conceivable form of transportation when designing mobile mining equipment. The equipment, with a few notable exceptions, must function as well as its contemporary stationary cousin but must do so while navigating tough terrain. Big-wheeled roadsters with reinforced suspension frames dot this landscape, but there are also examples of large mining contrivances […]
Read moreIt sometimes feels like everything inside a mine is on the move. Rocks are sliding down walls and sweat is sliding down brows. Down among the machines, conveyors and screening decks are vibrating, which is okay as engineering plastics and rubbers offset the vibrations. They cancel the accelerated wear and tear associated with the blurring […]
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