P&H 4100XPB Rebuild with Wearite bushes
Posted by Chris Padman
on 11 December 2020
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ZEMEK Engineering has recently installed new Wearite bushes on a client's P&H4100 Dipper door.
Wearite's demonstrated benefits:
Improved safety
- Dry ice use eliminates liquid nitrogen handling risk.
- Safer handling with less than 3kg Wearite parts vs 20kg OEM metal parts.
Reduced Cost
- Two large bushes fitted under 30 minutes.
- No grease required in operation.
- No line bore required when replacing Wearite bushes.
See the simple installation ste...
Posted in: Rope Shovel Safety WEARITE |
Canadian - Australian Collaboration Bears Fruit
Posted by Paul Hockings
on 1 December 2020
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Canadian Trade Commissioner, John Williams met with Zemek management and staff during his recent visit to the company's offices in Mackay. John has a keen interest in business collaboration between Canada and Australia and the mining industry is a key sector.
Bay 6 Solutions of Edmonton in Canada have developed a revolutionary rare earth magnetic filtration technology for heavy mining equipment known as Mag-Shield. Mag-Shields have been shown to significan...
Bay 6 Solutions of Edmonton in Canada have developed a revolutionary rare earth magnetic filtration technology for heavy mining equipment known as Mag-Shield. Mag-Shields have been shown to significan...
Posted in: Mag-Shield |
Safety and Savings for Rope Shovel Operators
Posted by Ray Kemp
on 27 November 2020
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Rubber Boom/House Buffer
Problems- Manual lift into place. Time consuming and unsafe. Difficult to change out as locating pins bend. Rubber material not durable. Solution Single Piece Polyurethane Safely lifted by crane - lifting point provided. Reduced fitting time. More durable material = longer part life. Zemek...
Problems- Manual lift into place. Time consuming and unsafe. Difficult to change out as locating pins bend. Rubber material not durable. Solution Single Piece Polyurethane Safely lifted by crane - lifting point provided. Reduced fitting time. More durable material = longer part life. Zemek...
Posted in: Rope Shovel Spare Parts Safety |
Stocking Critical Spares for Rope Shovels
Posted by Chris Padman
on 20 November 2020
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Zemek has supported Rope Shovel operators with stocks of critical spares for decades. Today the Zemek Mackay warehouse holds the latest generation spares for Komatsu P&H 4100 and CAT Bucyrus 7495 series shovels. These parts have been continuously upgraded in collaboration with operators and provide the best possible service.
Zemek Mackay holds-
· Latch bars
· &nb...
Posted in: Rope Shovel Spare Parts |
Case Study: Mag-Shields Improve Excavator Availability
Posted by Chris Padman
on 12 October 2020
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Challenge
A fleet of Hitachi EX5600 excavators operated at a Queensland coal mine were suffering lost time due to high rates of Contamination Sensor Alarms. These alarms necessitated stopping the machine while maintenance checked and cleaned the sensors before the machine could start again.
Further, the elevated levels of iron in the machine's hydraulic system were causing reduced component life. Solution After hearing of success with similar Hitachi machines...
Further, the elevated levels of iron in the machine's hydraulic system were causing reduced component life. Solution After hearing of success with similar Hitachi machines...
Posted in: Mag-Shield |