Capital Equipment News January 2017

The Metso had truck rubber lining acts as a barrier to protect the truck bin from impact and stress of loading and dumping.

IMPROVING TRUCK BED LONGEVITY During loading and unloading, a dump truck bin receives the greatest amount of wear from severe abrasion, while noise and vibrations have their fair share of impact on the operator. With that in mind, Metso has launched its haul truck rubber lining said to absorb impact way better than steel, writes Munesu Shoko.

rubber lining is designed to maximise the availability of haul trucks, while reducing service and maintenance. Michael Gyberg, global support manager Nordics, Europe, Africa & Middle East, Screening Media and Lining Solutions at Metso, says the Metso rubber lining was developed from years of on-site experience in some of the toughest conditions. The optimised rubber lining is said to offer four or more times service life than traditional steel lining. “In addition, once it is time to make any change-out, only a few individual lining modules need to be replaced,” says Gyberg. Savings abound According to Gyberg, once the Mesto haul truck lining has been installed, fleet owners don’t need to worry about expensive unplanned maintenance or regular lining system adjustments. The modular design makes the lining easier to install and maintain than traditional steel options. This is further boosted by the possibility to only replace individual modules instead of the entire lining. “You can easily arrange for the quick

K eeping your haul trucks moving with maximum availability and finding ways to keep downtime to a possible minimum, is an important part of ensuring good haul truck productivity. When it comes to issues of haul truck uptime, one critical issue that never gets the attention it should is the lining change-out process for truck bins. While it is not a regular process to deal with, long shutdowns, mainly due to welding work or time consuming shipments of truck boxes for box refurbishment and lining change-outs, may wreak havoc to production timelines due to the amount of downtime involved.

The Metso haul truck rubber lining is a solution that acts as a barrier to protect the truck bin from the repeated impact and stress of loading and dumping heavy, abrasive material that can cause expensive damage to the box and truck as a whole. Officially introduced locally at Electra Mining Africa 2016 in September last year, Metso’s modular rubber lining system reduces impact, wear, carry-back and noise. “It’s tough enough to squeeze maximum profitability out of a mining or aggregate operation. Unproductive trucks make it even tougher,” reasons Julian Steinmann, sales specialist, Screening Media and Lining Solutions at Metso South Africa, adding that Metso’s haul truck

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