PRODUCT News
54
MODERN MINING
June 2014
Atlas Copco has introduced a range
of eight Drum Cutter attachments
to its range of Construction Tools.
The DC Drum Cutter range is
available with service weights
from 200 kg to 2 000 kg, suitable
for carriers of 1-50 tonnes.
“Our Drum Cutters are an excellent
choice for rock or concrete wall and surface
profiling, trenching, frozen soil excavation, soft rock excavation in
quarries, demolition, and dredging,”says GordonHambach, Product
Line Manager Power Demolition Tools.“They are a complementary
product to our hydraulic breakers and offer an additional solution
for softer rock applications up to 100 MPa”.
Atlas Copco Drum cutters can be used underwater to a depth
of 30 m without additional installation. Due to small grain sizes,
cut rock or concrete can be used as backfill material without addi-
tional crushing.
Low noise and vibration levels make the new range suitable for
use on restricted jobsites and in sensitive urban areas.
The drum cutting technology used allows accurate removal of
material in tunnels and trenches, and from any other kind of rock
or concrete surface.
Kathryn Coetzer, Atlas Copco, tel (+27 11) 821-9000
Becker Mining South Africa says it has been
at the forefront of collision avoidance sys-
tems (CAS) in the mining sector for over 15
years.
“Our systems, which are designed
for surface and underground environ-
ments, have evolved progressively, based
on advancements in technologies and
expanding expectations from customers,
of the functionality of these systems,” says
Johann Smit, Chief Sales Officer, Becker
Mining South Africa. “Throughout the
development of the CAS product portfolio,
the company has maintained compatibil-
ity of the latest technologies, with even the
very earliest releases of CAS solutions.”
In many cases, low profile machines
operate in physically constrained sur-
roundings, with limited visibility for vehicle
operators. This common scenario, coupled
with the increasing volume of production
traffic and inevitable proximity of per-
sonnel around these machines, creates
circumstances conducive to injury, as well
as life threatening and fatal accidents.
The company’s internationally pat-
ented tri-technology solution, with‘critical’,
‘warning’, ‘caution’ and ‘safe’ zones, has
been designed to leverage the maximum
Becker Mining at the forefront of CAS technology
Becker Mining South Africa’s latest patented tri-tech-
nology Collision Avoidance System (the CAS-400 series),
with four proximity warning zones, has been designed to
overcome the limitations of existing systems.
Becker’s third and fourth CAS solu-
tions remain in full scale production and
are fully supported through extensive pre
and after sales programmes. In addition to
core vehicular equipment, these solutions
are complemented by personnel tags,
vehicle tags, infrastructure and self-test
equipment, as well connectivity solutions
to Becker’s extensive underground com-
munication product portfolio.
The ability of the company’s latest gen-
eration equipment to black box record
and then report possible incidents to a
centralised management information sys-
tem – through the Becker Mining Systems
communication networks – plays an
important role in pre-emptive operational
planning. This ultimately contributes to
the avoidance of proximity related acci-
dents and collisions, as well as pinch and
crush incidents. Tags installed on vehicles
and personnel facilitate additional value
added functionality, such as tagging and
tracking, as well as remote evacuation
signalling.
Becker Mining South Africa, tel (+27 11) 617-6300
Drum Cutter attachments
from Atlas Copco
reliability, repeat-
ability, redundancy
and scalability to
customers.
