Tsubaki underground chains for mining work with high shock loads

Many mining chains are available from Tsubaki.

The Canadian economy relies enormously on the mining sector. Tsubaki of Canada contributes to this industry with its wide selection of underground chains for mining. This lineup of industrial chains and other products are the perfect solutions for specialized equipment designed to reach materials at deep levels below the earth’s surface.

Because this is an extreme environment where workers must get in and out as quickly as possible, these applications require appropriate mining chains, which Tsubaki provides.

From shuttle cars to pumps

Workers in underground mines must extract material with blasting or such equipment as long-wall or continuous miners. This challenging environment has high shock loads, which may result in chain or sprocket failures that lead to unnecessary downtime. This is why operations require specially designed underground chains for mining for these rough applications. Tsubaki supplies chains and more for many applications:

• Bridge conveyors – sprockets for these material-handling machines.
• Continuous miners – large vehicles that operate directly in coal faces, scraping materials from ceilings and walls with giant teeth set on rotating steel drums. Special continuous-miner chains and sprockets are available for this equipment.
• De-water and slurry pumps – Tsubaki makes backstops and power locks for these units.
• Drift/incline conveyors – backstops, power locks, and power cylinders to keep these systems efficient and reliable.
• Face/roof drillers – the first machines into newly opened areas to shore up roofs and walls, to increase safety – requiring Tsubaki heavy-duty drive chains and Kabelschlepp solutions.
• Feeder breakers – conveyor chains that assist the conveyor mechanisms in these crushers; flight bars are also available from Tsubaki.
• Mine ventilation – cam clutches by Tsubaki for this application.
• Shuttle cars – critical machines that transfer hundreds of tons of coal from the development face to the transport conveyors, operating 24 hours a day in the harshest environments; Tsubaki makes specialized shuttle-car chains for these vehicles, plus sprockets and ANSI drive chains.

Trust the Tsubaki team for underground chains for mining, as the company has decades of proven innovation experience to keep machinery operating optimally.

Click here to learn about Tsubaki’s line of surface mining chains.

For more information, contact Tsubaki.

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