Text Box: Kidd Creek Falconbridge, ON Falconbridge Tracks Liner Wear Life The Kidd Creek Division mining operations of Falconbridge Ltd. got much more than extended wear life when it switched to Durex-Camline rubber/ceramic lining systems. They also got a system for predicting when the liners should be replaced. The regional Durex-Camline field rep put one of their technical service representatives on site at Kidd Creek. Among other responsibilities, the tech rep is loading all of the liner wear parts data into a special computer system developed by the Durex-Camline field rep. All liner replacement dates are entered along with liner wear history and tonnage processed to date. The system then analyzes the data and reports on the actual and projected wear of every liner in the system. This helps managers look ahead and schedule liner changeouts when it's convenient, not when it's a necessity after someone spots a worn-out liner. "This system presents a good example of Durex-Camline 'Partnering'," says Bob Watt, Hoisting Mechanical Foreman at Kidd Creek. "We work together with Durex-Camline to improve the productivity efficiencies of Kidd Creek."  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Text Box: INCO Ltd. Copper Cliff, ON Extends Lining Wear with Durex-Camline Ceramics Any operation that mills 44.000 tons of nickel and copper per day needs a lining system tough enough to minimize downtime. That's exactly what INCO Ltd. in Copper Cliff, Ontario, got when it called Durex-Camline. INCO runs 13 mines, one mill, and one smelting operation in the Sudbury Basin area of Ontario. INCO and nearby Falconbridge Ltd. combined are the largest underground mining operation in North America. A recent skip/dump chute application at INCO's South Mine demonstrates how Durex-Camline saves INCO maintenance time and money. From the skip, muck (ore) is dumped into a bin, then to a dump chute 6 ft. wide by 30 ft long by 4 to 5 ft. deep. At the South Mine site, the 5,000 tons of material dumped every day (six days a week) is heavy, sharp abrasive, and large-sized to -6 in. with slabs as big as 14+ in. Originally, the chute was lined with 60 durometer rubber with a wear life of only six months. Changeout of the linings took four people eight hours each for a total of 32 man-hours. Durex-Camline recommended a 3-in. rubber/ceramic lining system covering the entire bottom of the chute and halfway up the sides. After four years on the job, the Durex-Camline solutions not only extend wear life, they can add productivity as well. At INCO's North Mine, a truck dump chute conveyed ore and rock. Its lining was 2-1/2 in. thick 425 Brinell steel material with rubber sideliners. "Our maintenance crews were changing out the linings every six to seven months,"says Jean Jutras, maintenance planner at Copper Cliff North Mine. "Changeouts often happened in winter months, which increased complications and lost time. Now, a year after installing the Durex-Camline rubber/ceramic liners, both the feed and discharge ends show less than 20% wear." Equally important, Jean says that the rubber/ceramic lining system now allows the truck dump chute to handle about 25,000 tons per week of ore and rock—basically all of the production material.  


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