The team at Advanced Industrial Products (AIP) have built a name catering to the unique challenges of Australia’s harshest worksites. According to Tony Brown, AIP Category Specialist, underground mining comes a lot of additional safety factors including static electricity and the risk of fires. AIP...
With many years of experience catering to the mines and quarries sector, CRAM is now offering overhaul and repair on vibratory screen exciter gearboxes. “The great thing about the Mackay workshop is that it’s centrally located for so many coal mines and quarrying sites up in...
For industrial worksites, over-used and misplaced items account for a large portion of overspending on consumables and everyday tools. According to Brenton Finch, B2B eCommerce Manager at Motion Australia, the company’s leading selection of inventory management solutions can help to track and assess these factors...
A quarrying and materials recycling plant in Melbourne’s west has undergone a V-belt upgrade on their primary crusher machines, eventuating in a $90,000 downtime cost saving. Rob Michaelson, National Product Manager for Belts at Motion Australia, explains that the customer was only getting two to...
BSC Bundaberg has been working alongside one of Queensland’s most environmentally conscious gold mines, offering an upgraded roller bearing solution on their fleet of dump trucks. Branch manager Dale Jackson explains that the RexnordLink-Belt product offers premium misalignment capabilities, and field adjustable clearance that is...
This year marks 50 years of service for BSC Orange in New South Wales. About 30 minutes Northwest of the branch is the Hanson aggregate quarry in Molong. “We have been solutions providers to the Hanson quarry since I’ve been branch manager here,” says Branch Manager of...
Misaligned pulleys and incorrect belt tensioning are some of the most common causes of belt failures in belt drive systems. Derek Hill, National Sales Manager - Industrial at Gates, says these failures can be prevented by using correct tools for belt installation and tensioning. Moreover, considering...
BSC Bundaberg Branch Manager Dale Jackson recalls how failing to order gland packings for a scheduled gearbox replacement almost caused a major downtime for a large gold mine. Luckily for the mine, BSC partner Seal Innovations was able to cut the gland packing and deliver...
When BSC Bundaberg Branch Manager, Dale Jackson learned about regular coupling failures in a mine’s dump trucks, he suggested installing Lovejoy Quick-Flex® coupling by Timken with steel hubs as an alternative solution. The couplings do not need to be realigned and can be replaced just by replacing the element,...
When BSC Technical Sales Representative David Harwood realised that a sand washing plant was replacing bearings in their main conveyor weekly, he resorted to help. The solution he proposed was using Timken’s spherical roller bearing solid block housed units to resist high abrasions from coarse sand. The result was better...
