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Fenner Conveyors , part of Michelin , recently delivered the highest ever strength rated conveyor belt from its steel cord factory in Kwinana , Western Australia . Possessing a breaking strength of 6,300 kN / m , the Australianmade , custom-designed belting was successfully delivered to a NSW gold mine in October 2024 .
The conveyor belt will be installed on a critical system for the underground gold mining operation . Designed with a high strength rating , the conveyor belt will provide operational reliability and support lowering asset lifecycle costs .
Plant Manager , Nick Annetta , said manufacturing of the ST6300 conveyor belt includes a steel cord carcass with FireBoss K cover protection for flame resistance . It will be installed on an existing conveyor onsite which has been operating with this strength rating of belting - but through other conveyor belt suppliers .
“ The system is critical to the gold mining operation . As with all our clients , we have taken every care to ensure a high performing and fitfor-purpose solution which we know will perform ,” said Annetta .
Manager of Technical and R & D , Christopher Ball , said prior to this the highest strength conveyor belt made at Fenner Conveyors ’
Fenner Conveyors has delivered the highest ever strength rated conveyor belt from its steel cord factory in Kwinana
Kwinana factory was rated to 5,600 kN / m – a total length just shy of 4 km .
“ We typically receive requests within the 2,000-4,000 strength rating range , however this gold mine required a higher rated specification custom-designed for this unique system ,” said Ball .
“ The equipment in our Kwinana factory is designed to make belts with this strength rating - in fact , our equipment can produce conveyor belt with a breaking strength of up to 10,000 kN / m . Our manufacturing and engineering teams have the expertise to execute , but this is the first time we ’ ve had the opportunity to deliver to this
specification .”
“ With a 41.3 mm engineered thickness it ’ s also one of the thickest belts we ’ ve ever made ,” explained Ball .
The state-of-the-art conveyor belt factory in Western Australia produces circa ~ 270,000 km annually across its three press lines , supporting Australian mining customers with an ability to deliver high quality product with reduced lead times .
NSW Business Development Manager , Dean Callaway , said that Fenner Conveyors has been supplying to the underground gold mine for the last seven years and has been able to demonstrate expertise to the client across its comprehensive conveyor solutions portfolio .
“ We started supplying our steel cord conveyor belt to other systems onsite , and the client was impressed with how it was performing . Soon after we became the incumbent for steel cord belting onsite ,” said Callaway .
“ Demonstrating reliability in our product over this time , naturally the client allowed us to propose a unique design for this particular conveyor system as the current belt is nearing forecasted belt life completion .”
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