Australia’s Mining Monthly — December 2017

http://www.miningmonthly.com December 2017 AMM 47

COMPANIES & ORGANISATIONS

IN THIS ISSUE

Adani Mining 4

AMEC 14

AusIMM 1, 15

Australian Bauxite 23

Australian Institute of Geoscientists 14

Australian Pump 46

Azure Capital 45

BDO Capital Markets 12, 13

BHP 11, 13, 25

Caterpillar 11, 19, 47

CERI 17

ChinaGeologicalandMineralSurvey 48

CMEWA 14

Consolidated Tin Mines 22

Deakin University 24

Deloitte 45

Elphinstone Group 19

Enerpac 47

Flanders Electric 11

FortescueMetalsGroup 11,38

Green Distillation Technologies 24

Hitachi 10, 11

HSBC 28

IronPlanet 8

Kalgoorlie Power Systems 16

KPMG 13

Komatsu 11

Maptek 8

Micromine 8

MinEx Consulting 14, 15

ModularMiningSystems 35,36

Newmont Mniing 16

NSWMineralsCouncil 18

NSW Mines Rescue 40

NSW Resources Regulator 26, 27

Pilbara Minerals 13, 45

PricewaterhouseCoopers 4

Queensland Resources Council 28

Queensland University of Technology 24

RioTinto 10,11

ROIL 23

Rolls-Royce 37, 38

Roy Hill 10, 11

Sandvik 6, 7

Shanghai Gold Exchange 48

Sharecafe.com 13

SRK Consulting 45

Stanwell Corporation 10

TerraCom 30

University of WA 17

US Geological Survey 48

Victaulic 34

VTT Technical Research Centre 37, 38

Wollongong Coal 27

CATERPILLAR is ofering a dynamic gas
blending retroit kit for the Caterpillar 785C
mining truck that allows engines to run on
both diesel and liqueied natural gas.
DGB lowers fuel costs while maintaining
diesel power and transient performance.
Caterpillar Gas Engine Business
commercial manager Steve Igoe said the
company had recently completed validation
of the 785C retroit kit.
“hekitwillallowcustomerstoreducefuel
costs signiicantly by using LNG,” he said.
“Natural gas and LNG ofer both economic
andenvironmentalbeneitstothemining
industry.”
he 785C retroit kit is the irst DGB

system Caterpillar has ofered for mining

machines. It will be available for purchase in

JanuaryfromtheglobalCatdealernetwork.

Caterpillar plans to ofer additional DGB

systems in the future.

“he retroit kit is built on proven Cat

DGB technology and has been used in the oil

and gas industry since 2013,” Igoe said.

“heretroitkitofersapeaksubstitution

of up to 85% of diesel with natural gas and

gets the same performance, reliability and

payloadasadieseltruck.

“his will allow our customers to realise a

20% to 40% saving on fuel costs, which can

represent millions of dollars each year for a

large mine.”

Caterpillar cooking with gas

A dynamic gas

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kit is being offered

for the Caterpillar

785C mining truck.

’TIS almost the season to be maintaining
and this tool may be just the thing for that
maintenance engineer that has everything.
Enerpac has released the new range of
Sync Grip Pullers.
hese tools feature synchronised
movement of their locking jaws for
simultaneous engagement and greater safety.
he Sync Grip Pullers come into their
own when a job requires something to be
gripped and pulled of a shat. hink a host
of gears, pulleys and other shat-mounted
components have to be speedily removed
from static and mobile plant.
Enerpac national sales manager Darryl
Lange said a safety and workplace beneit
was that the pullers would even grip on
surfaces where normal pullers would slip of

• for example on tapered bearings.
  he SG-Series Sync Grip Pullers – in
  mechanical and hydraulic conigurations
  up to 45 tonnes capacity – optimise safety,
  simplicity and speed of removal of bearings,
  bushings, gears, sleeves, wheels, ly-wheels,
  sprockets and other shat-mounted items.
  “hese simple, safe, swit and easily
  applied tools oten mean that one worker can
  do a job that oten requires two with other
  tools,” Lange said.
  “hey do away entirely with outdated
  heat and impact processes that are not only
  inherently more hazardous, but which can also
  damage valuable parts and cause further delay
  in projects where time is already precious.”
  For loads up to 20t, the SGM-series
  mechanical pullers provide an economical

and eicient option, with all the same high-

strength features as the hydraulic option.

For more complex tasks, up to 45t,

the MPS-series hydraulic pullers ofer

hydraulically applied pulling force through

a detachable hydraulic cylinder to increase

pulling capacity and reduce operator fatigue.

“heir smooth, simple and safe operation

means that, instead of impact hazards

created by removal methods using hammers

and levers – with risks to both the workpiece

and maintenance personnel – Sync Grip

Pullers draw parts smoothly and precisely

without the need for heating or prying,”

Lange said.

“Sync Grip Pullers are the latest evolution

of Enerpac’s advanced puller technology.

“Being able to facilitate simultaneous

engagement of each jaw adds an additional

level of safety and reliability to a very

common industrial process.”

Maintainer’s little helper

This could be just the thing for

the maintainer with everything.