One of the largest gold mines in Australia, located in southeast of Perth, produces around 750,000 ounces of gold annually and 80 million pounds of copper and has a workforce of 2,000 people. This mine has an expected life of 20 years.
Thank you to the Peruvian mining sector. Thank you for the space to discuss your challenges. Thank you for the opportunity to redefine conveyor reliability together. So much to work together on. So much to learn together.
This technical bulletin will outline the causes of blister formation and will detail a series of simple steps that can be implemented to prevent this problem occurring.
Experts from Elastotec and the University of Newcastle explain the why it is vital to understand the coefficient of friction between the pulley lagging and the belt for optimising the design, performance, efficiency, and safety of conveyor systems.
A large bauxite mine in Australia, running an overland conveyor with an ST3600 belt, 1050mm wide, has successfully introduced Elastotec Hot Vulcanised Ceramic Pulley Lagging to one of its sites.
The Elastotec aim is no pulley failures due to inadequate pulley lagging. Compare the difference between cold bonded and hot vulcanised lagging to see that hot vulcanised lagging is A GOOD BUSINESS DECISION.
Elastotec, a specialist in pulley lagging, has partnered with TUNRA Bulk Solids and the University of Newcastle to better understand how close to the fatigue limit lagging is operating.
Lagging Selection is key to obtaining the best possible lagging performance and a recent visit to a pulley refurbishment facility emphasised this with three pulleys on the floor – two with cold bonded ceramic lagging and one with hot vulcanised ceramic lagging.
Experts from the University of Newcastle and Elastotec investigate the emerging issues around pulley friction, the complexity of the issue, and the failures that may result.
Lagging can be of good quality and application can be correct, but lagging can still fail and does. Everything seems right but the lagging still doesn’t perform to expectations. So why does this happen? It’s because the lagging selection is not right for the application.
