Bearing failure leads to longwall fire

A FAULTY bearing was behind a fire at a New South Wales underground coal mine.

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The temperature probes installed were discovered to be 290mm long compared with a specified length of 450mm.

Longwall operators smelt burning and found a 30cm flame on the side of the conveyor boot-end pulley.

The belt was stopped, and water was applied to the pulley.