Visit us at MINExpo International 2012

FibreMax will be present with a booth at MINExpo International 2012, which will take place September 24-26 in the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada USA. MINExpo INTERNATIONAL 2012 is the world's largest and most comprehensive exposition dedicated to mining equipment, products and services.

FibreMax will be present together with our representative for USA Delta Rigging & Tools.

More information will soon follow.

On mining equipment, like draglines or shovels, pendant lines are used to support the boom. Due to the type of work, which is highly repetitive, these pendant lines are submitted to a large number of tension cycles which influences the service life. Traditionally the pendant lines are made of steel wire rope. Steel wire rope has a limited service life when submitted to repetitive tension-tension fatigue cycles. This will require for the pendant lines to be replaced or inspected regularly which causes unnecessary maintenance downtime and lack of production time.

Light weight pendant lines from FibreMax, made from aramid fibres, are the material of choice when looking for an alternative to steel wire rope. Our pendant lines have an extreme high fatigue life, more than 15 times the life of steel wire rope, which will reduce the need for maintenance and costly downtime. FibreMax can manufacture complete customized pendant lines for all mining equipment. We can manufacture main boom pendants, lower boom pendants and intermediate boom pendants for draglines and rope shovels.

For more information on our lightweight pendant lines for mining equipment, click here.