MINE HOISTS
components to be ended toward the end of April.
The erection of the mine hoist is scheduled for the
second quarter of 2020.
In 2020, UZTM will also supply a SHPM 3.25×4
kn (cage-type) hoist to Siberia Polymetals.
In addition to two mine hoists for Siberia
Polymetals the stock of orders received by UZTM
includes five mine hoists of various types and
sizes.
Siberia Polymetals JSC operates in the Altai
Territory where many unique polymetallic ore
deposits are located including those containing
ores with high content of copper, zinc, lead,
precious metals. The Korbalikhinsky mine extracts
copper, lead, gold and silver.
The first large components of two double drum
production winders for Slavkaliy’s Nezhinsky
potash mining complex in Belarus were recently
completed by Thyssen Schachtbau subsidiary
OLKO-Maschinentechnik GmbH
halves of the double-drum Blair machines, which
each has a diameter of 7 m and a width of 4.2 m,
have completed their journey to Belarus. More
components will follow and all the work is
currently on schedule. The countershafts alone
have a length of 13.2 m and an average diameter
of approximately 1 m. The countershafts weigh 70 t.
The Nezhinsky mining and processing operation
has four hoists. One of them will be used to lift
people and cargo in a cage shaft. Another one will
be used as a backup. The two main OLKO
production winders are being installed in the skip
shaft to extract the potash ore. The hoisting
machines are being delivered to the construction
site to be assembled on site. The project is being
handled by Thyssen Schachtbau subsidiary OLKO-
Maschinentechnik with the electrical component
of the project being supplied by Siemens. Siemens
Vice President for Mining, Excavation & Transport
Christian Dirscherl, told IM: “After the successful
delivery of the complete electrical package to
OLKO for Anglo American’s Woodsmith Project in
UK, Siemens is due to again supply all of the
electrical equipment to OLKO the Slavkaliy project
in Belarus. The project includes the electrification,
drive system and automation with the latest
developed SIL-3 winder technology controller, or
WTC, for the shaft hoisting systems. Within the
drive system, the hoists will be three low speed
synchronous motors with Sinamics SM150 AFE
medium voltage drives. Siemens is proud to work
again with OLKO for another mine hoist project
and support them with our reliable drive system
and our state-of-the art WTC.”
Thyssen Schachtbau and Siemens also
remotely commissioned a new mining hoist
recently at Uralkali’s Solikamsk-2 potash mine in
Berezniki, Russia, from offices in Germany over
4,000 km away. A Siemens operations manager
working in Thyssen’s office Mülheim was
connected to the winder room online, watching
the machinist via webcam and giving instructions
on how to proceed. This online connection was
originally intended only for fault localisation and
remediation
Another UZTM hoist for UMMC
Russia’s Uralmashplant (UZTM) recently began the
shipment of a mine hoist to Siberia Polymetals JSC
(an enterprise of UMMC). Hoist SHPM 5×4 kn is
intended for a mine under construction at the
Korbalikhinsky ore deposit. This is the second
machine of this type manufactured at UZTM.
At present, Uralmashplant is the only Russian
manufacturer of mine hoists. The plant
manufactured the first mine hoist, SHPM 5×8, in
2018 for Gaisky GOK (an enterprise of UMMC in
Orenburg Oblast); it was commissioned in August
2019.
The new skip SHPM 5×4 with 4-groove ropedriving
pulley of 5 m in diameter is capable of
hoisting up to 33 t of ore per cycle from a depth of
1,100 m. UZTM will supply this machine to the
customer together with equipment for the
mineshaft.
“The supply of complete equipment is very
important for us. The manufacturer and supplier
rolled into one provides us with direct assistance
at each phase of the work,” said Evgeny
Lyubchenko, Construction Project
Manager at the Korbalikhinsky
mine of Siberia Polymetals.
The successful factory tests of
the hoist witnessed by the
representatives of the customer
and the
enterprise PO
Montazhnik JSC
contracted for site
erection took place in
the mid-March. In early
April 2020 UZTM began
shipment of machine
Timberland’s 73 years of experience
Timberland Equipment Ltd is a privately owned
Canadian company established in 1947 making
2020 its 73rd consecutive year in business with
over 9,700 projects. The headquarters and largest
manufacturing facility is in Woodstock, Ontario,
Canada.
Timberland is first and foremost a hoist,
tensioner and winch designer & manufacturer for
the mining industry. Timberland designs and
manufactures mine service hoists, production
hoists, general purpose material hoists, personnel
hoists, mine construction hoists, rescue system
hoists & cages, rail car puller systems, rope
tensioning systems, reel winders, solid and split
sheaves, E-Houses, low to high voltage VFDs, local
and MCC controls, and conveyor belt tensioning
systems.
The list of mining companies and shaft sinking
contractors counted as customers is impressive,
with Timberland supplying hoists to Vale,
Glencore, Placer Dome, Barrick, CMAC, Thyssen,
Cameco, Canadian Salt, Suncor, SNC Lavalin, BHP,
Goldcorp, Rio Tinto, RUC, Clough, Stantec, Hatch,
Teck, Alamos, PCS, Mosaic, Redpath, DMC Mining,
Cementation, Dumas, Agnico Eagle, Thyssen
Mining, Oyu Tolgoi, and many others. “We’ve
designed and manufactured over 100 stage
handling hoists, over 50 mine escape hoists, over
40 mine construction/mine service hoists, several
single and double-drum production hoists, over 50
rescue systems,
and well over 100
general
Timberland says it is first
and foremost a hoist,
tensioner and winch
designer and manufacturer
for the mining industry
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