Due to the immense workload of ore handling chutes, in conjunction with the conditions underground, these chutes will have to be replaced at one stage or another, in order to keep running at design capacity. Most mining companies only have GA drawings of these chutes. Chutes, especially with liners, are
In order to keep old shafts safe & profitable, major mining companies in South-Africa is replacing corroded shaft steelwork at a rapid pace. Most old shafts only have GA drawings, thus manufacturing shaft steelwork especially in shaft bottoms, can become very complicated. TLJ specializes in shop detail drawings of shaft
At one of the Driefontein shafts, Sibanye Stillwater installed a system designed to transport personnel from underground to safety in case of an emergency. The system had some complication during installation & commissioning. Sibanye Stillwater contacted TLJ to assist with the project. The aim was to ensure that the system
One Thursday night an earthquake caused some pipe supports to fail underground at a Kloof shaft. Sibanye Stillwater acted immediately and contacted TLJ to help resolve the problem. The next morning TLJ was on site, and immediately started working on a solution. By 11h00 Saturday morning TLJ completed the drawings
In 2018 Sibanye Stillwater decided to upgrade their mill feed conveyors at their Beatrix operation. The old conveyors were deteriorating and needed to be replaced. TLJ was tasked to produce shop detail drawings for the new mill feed conveyors. Project deliverables: Shop detail drawings for 2x mill feed conveyors. These
Sibanye Stillwater required and an alternative method to conduct their weekly shaft exams one of their shafts. Due to the time-consuming process of attaching & detaching a conventional underslung basket, an alternative way was required. TLJ designed a cage with an open type top deck and a conventional bottom deck.Â
Sibanye Stillwater required the installation of three new 400NB pump columns in one of their shafts. The shaft did not have enough space against the sidewall to install these new columns. To overcome this problem the new pump columns were placed between the rock & man compartments, something never done