Location

Rio Tinto Mine, Western Australia

Challenge

To lift and lower into place large conveyor sections for more efficient installation procedures. Mammoet, a leading heavy lifting and multimodal transport solutions specialist needed to install 98 large conveyor sections as part of Rio Tinto’s Western Turner Syncline Project, at their open pit mine 20km northwest of Tom Price, in the outback of Western Australia.

Solution

Enerpac helped Mammoet achieve a 4X productivity increase by delivering two, stage lifting sets both consisting of four BLS506 cylinders operated by a ZE split flow pump. With Enerpac’s system, Mammoet was able to significantly increase its conveyor installation rate lowering four conveyor sections per day and increasing their efficiency fourfold, despite the rugged conditions of the site.

Products

ZE-Series Pump, BLS506 Climbing Jacks