Cranes and hoists often operate in hazardous, dangerous and potentially explosive areas, where a single incident can cause significant, personal injury, damage, downtime and loss of income or production. In addition to being indispensable to manufacturing, processing and distribution operations – where often, if the cranes stop, business stops – cranes and hoists are also … Continue reading 5 reasons to specify an ATEX and IECEx approved crane in hazardous environments →

In today’s digitised business world, traditional in-class learning and training is becoming less and less prominent with individuals and businesses opting for an online learning experience instead. From webinars to e-conferences, online courses and even virtual classrooms, organisations can choose from a range of different interactive online platforms that upskill staff, provide personal development opportunities … Continue reading Online Learning is Transforming The Way We Skill Staff →

In Australia, there is growing public awareness regarding the health and comfort of people operating within homes, schools, and workplaces with poor indoor air quality. Some years ago TechRental’s product manager added some Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) analysing instruments to its vast fleet of test and measurement products. This sparked the curiosity to investigate the measurement … Continue reading Is Indoor Air Quality a Problem For You? →

Most mine sites have flammable liquids. This means workers are threatened potential explosions, fires, burns and other hazards due to these liquids. This whitepaper shows how thermal imaging cameras can effectively prevent fires due to flammable liquids on your mine site – using extremely high optical resolutions and high measurement range of –20 to 1500 C. The … Continue reading Mining Fires – Is Your Site Safe? →

Geobank 2017 is a secure and flexible data management solution designed to protect your most valuable asset – your geological data. Most mining and exploration companies struggle to maintain the quality, integrity and usability of their essential data. Some of the problems with inaccurate data are visible, but unfortunately this is not always the case. … Continue reading Secure And Flexible Data Management Solution Designed To Protect Your Most Valuable Asset →

St Fergus Gas Terminal in north-east Scotland is a notoriously difficult construction site given it location. It’s also a nationally critical gas infrastructure facility providing 20% of the UK’s gas needs, via the National Grid plant to the National Transmission System. To prevent terrorism the site is protected 24 hours a day by armed police guards. It … Continue reading ePermit At St Fergus Gas Terminal →

The user friendly and reliable Sandvik Control System forms the backbone of load and haul, and drilling machines. It is essential for operating mining automation products, such as Sandvik’s AutoMine, AutoMine Tele Remote and OptiMine. To find out more, download the infographic by filling in the form below. 

Energy efficiency and reliability are some of the biggest issues facing industrial plants today. At the same time, the demand placed on DC voltage supply is continually increasing, and having the right circuit breakers is crucial. Circuit breakers are necessary in almost every industry across manufacturing. Electronic circuit breakers are far superior to mechanical circuit … Continue reading Ensuring Plant Safety With The Latest Innovation In Circuit Breakers →

Operators, regulators, authorities acknowledge the inherent risks of driver fatigue and distraction is implicated in approximately 60 per cent of mining accidents and up to 30 per cent of road crashes while the Federal Government estimates road crashes cost the Australian economy $27 billion per year. There is also big difference between workers fatigue and … Continue reading Wake Up To Driver Fatigue And Distraction Monitoring →

Mineral Blue is an advanced, cloud-based safe work system for the mining and resources industries. Mineral Blue is an iSSoW system – an integrated Safe System of Work – or a Safe Work system. The keynote of Mineral Blue is simplicity. It has been developed to streamline safety processes using the Internet and mobile devices. By reducing … Continue reading Cloud-Based Safe Work System For The Mining And Resources industries →

Drives can save an average of 40 per cent of the electricity a motor uses as well as reduce related CO2 emissions. Since industry accounts for one-third of the world’s electricity consumption, and electric motors consume 65 per cent of industrial electricity in regions such as the EU, the potential global energy savings from a … Continue reading MV Drive Solutions for Large Industrial Applications →

Bearing reliability is a crucial component of productivity and uptime in expensive machinery and plant throughout industries such as mining, manufacturing, bulk handling and primary production. If a bearing fails, production can grind to a halt. In challenging environments or operations where the risk of contamination is high, this Sealed Spherical Roller Bearing (SRB) is … Continue reading Bearing Contamination – How to Prevent a Problem that Causes 25 per cent of All Premature Failures →

Tyre Monitoring Systems (TM Systems) are quickly becoming a “mandatory” Industry Safety Control measure for all vehicles using pneumatic tyres. Authorities and industry standards call for such technology to be utilised to mitigate vehicle accidents subjected to braking, tyre inflation, tyre blowouts, roll-overs and fires. Tyre / Wheel-related accidents and fatalities occur in many industries not … Continue reading Tyre Monitoring Systems Save Tyres, Fuel, Equipment Damage And Lives →

Most mining equipment has a wide range of moving parts, and is subject to vibration and unpredictable, rugged conditions. This makes it especially vulnerable to fatigue failure. Dubbed Spiralock, this whitepaper introduces a new thread form with vibration loosening resistance far superior to both the standard nut and the all-metal locknut. To download this whitepaper, … Continue reading Mining Cost Savings: Small Details Make A Big Difference →

Australian mining is an industry which requires wise investment and looking at all available options when considering the set-up of a new plant or attempting to reduce costs in a brownfield operation. This whitepaper takes a look at the advantages of using a Semi-Mobile Sizer Station – a non-fixed structure which carries out the same … Continue reading Semi-Mobile Sizer Stations – Cutting Costs And Reducing Noise, Dust And CO2 Emissions →

This case study from Mineral Blue describes the implementation of the ePermit electronic Permit-to-Work system at St Fergus Gas Terminal in north-east Scotland. St Fergus is a notoriously difficult construction site. A cold wind blows off the North Sea, and chills bones beyond freezing. It’s also a nationally critical gas infrastructure facility, providing 20 per … Continue reading Case Study: ePermit At St Fergus Gas Terminal →

This research paper outlines the design philosophy and objectives of the iSOL8 system, which automates isolation processes using cloud technology, intelligent lock boxes, NFC radio tagging and mobile devices. iSOL8 employs an interlocking system of technology constraints that act to prevent work starting on plant until it is known to be isolated. It reduces costs … Continue reading Automating Isolations Using Mobile Devices →

Vehicular Collisions (V2P, V2V, V2I) are one of the most significant safety events that occur in all Industries. While there are numerous standards and guidelines (ISO 5006 / 16001) for mitigation of Operator Visibility / Collision Avoidance around machines, equipment and vehicles, they are still not being implemented as mandatory in the workplace. This whitepaper looks at … Continue reading Seeing Clearly – Heightening Visibility For Vehicle And Machine Operators →

This strategy paper reviews the main risks of implementing cloud-based systems in the oil and gas and mining industries, based on experiences on both sides of the table, implementing safe work systems, as project managers and solution providers. It also considers the benefits. New deployment models can remove major bottlenecks and make real differences to … Continue reading Implementing Cloud-Based Safe Work Systems →

Most mining equipment has a wide range of moving parts, and is subject to vibration and unpredictable, rugged conditions. This makes it especially vulnerable to fatigue failure. Dubbed Spiralock, this whitepaper introduces a new thread form with vibration loosening resistance far superior to both the standard nut and the all-metal locknut. To download this whitepaper, … Continue reading Mining Cost Savings: Small Details Make A Big Difference →