Januar - 2015
Twiflex Ltd./Hilliard Corp. (USA) has supplied multiple braking systems to Metso Minerals Industries, Inc. for their Mount Milligan mine, located in North Central British Columbia, Canada. The open pit mining operation will provide mill feed at a nominal rate of 60,000 t/d (21.9 Mt/a). Annual mine production will average 81 m lb/year copper and 194,000 oz/year gold in concentrates.
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A heavily laden conveyor can have an enormous amount of potential energy, so has to be treated with the utmost respect if accidents are to be avoided. Steve Powell, Product Manager for Twiflex Ltd., an Altra Industrial Motion company, looks at parked-off conveyor brakes, and how they can improve safety during maintenance.
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