Modern Mining December 2024

MATERIALS HANDLING

Tru-Trac’s belt trackers effectively resolve misalignment issues, ensuring smooth and reliable conveyor operation.

Jonathan Rogoff, CEO at Tru-Trac.

Shaun Blumberg, COO at Tru-Trac.

Tru-Trac’s innovations: a game-changer for bulk materials handling By Nelendhre Moodley Time is money according to Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States, and as mining houses remain committed to meeting production objectives, plant stoppages are a costly endeavour and a reason why both miners and suppliers alike target preventative measures to ensure a smooth flow in operations. “L ow commodity prices continue to place pressure on miners who remain keen for their operations to run optimally and why Tru-Trac is driven to innovate and bring to market solutions that meet and surpass conveyor system and, subsequently, unplanned stoppages as a result of belt misalignment.” Innovation and technology Tru-Trac’s drive for developing innovative products is underpinned by the company’s focus on manufacturing products that are reliable and align with industry needs.

industry needs,” Jonathan Rogoff, CEO of Tru-Trac, tells Modern Mining. Tru-Trac manufactures specialist conveyor components for the global mining and bulk material handling industries. According to Shaun Blumberg, COO of Tru-Trac, the company focuses on the working life of critical components to ensure operational efficiency of the conveyor system. “The conveyor system forms a key component in any plant and inefficiencies on the conveyor system impact the overall productivity of bulk materials handling. One of the biggest contributing factors tos unplanned stoppages, is misaligned conveyor belts. Given this challenge, Tru-Trac has a line of conveyor belt trackers that automatically keep the conveyer belt on-track, thereby preventing damage to the

Prior to the launch of a new product, the product is tested extensively, undergoing stringent quality assurance testing programmes and prototype testing procedures to ensure there is full confidence that the products being taken to market will perform in the required application. According to Rogoff, two sets of ethos pervade the company’s innovation drive – simplicity in innovation and optimisation of existing designs. “We believe simplicity is a sign of quality and thereby design our products with simplicity in mind. An overly complicated product design often lends itself to greater failure in the

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