TECHNOLOGY

Underground gearbox transportation made safer with local innovation

LARGE gearboxes can be transported more safely underground when there is no access to monorails or any other types of traditional lifting methods thanks to a solution created by a Central Queensland based company.

 The gearbox is connected via rated chains to the top beam of the lifting frame.

The gearbox is connected via rated chains to the top beam of the lifting frame.

Mackay Conveyor Equipment claims it has designed and engineered a solution - the Gearbox Installation & Removal Skid - to make installing and removing the gearboxes more safely. It came about after...

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