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    Technical Information Shaft Hoisting and Ropehandling Technology (Impala Platinum Limited, Illovo, South Africa)

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    - Impala Platinum Limited in South Africa needed to construct Shaft 17 to mine ore from a depth of around 2,000 meters but did not have a winder with sufficient capacity. - SIEMAG TECBERG provided two refurbished German winders that could be used for sinking the main shaft and later converted for production use. - The winders were modified to work with a single skip for the initial sinking phase and would later be converted to the standard Koepe winding method using metal blocks and friction pulley liners. - Additional equipment such as a large friction winch, clamping and lifting devices, and rope handling systems were supplied to suit the needs of the deep shaft

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    - Impala Platinum Limited in South Africa needed to construct Shaft 17 to mine ore from a depth of around 2,000 meters but did not have a winder with sufficient capacity. - SIEMAG TECBERG provided two refurbished German winders that could be used for sinking the main shaft and later converted for production use. - The winders were modified to work with a single skip for the initial sinking phase and would later be converted to the standard Koepe winding method using metal blocks and friction pulley liners. - Additional equipment such as a large friction winch, clamping and lifting devices, and rope handling systems were supplied to suit the needs of the deep shaft

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    - Impala Platinum Limited in South Africa needed to construct Shaft 17 to mine ore from a depth of around 2,000 meters but did not have a winder with sufficient capacity. - SIEMAG TECBERG provided two refurbished German winders that could be used for sinking the main shaft and later converted for production use. - The winders were modified to work with a single skip for the initial sinking phase and would later be converted to the standard Koepe winding method using metal blocks and friction pulley liners. - Additional equipment such as a large friction winch, clamping and lifting devices, and rope handling systems were supplied to suit the needs of the deep shaft

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    Technical Information Shaft Hoisting and Ropehandling Technology (Impala Platinum Limited, Illovo, South Africa)

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    - Impala Platinum Limited in South Africa needed to construct Shaft 17 to mine ore from a depth of around 2,000 meters but did not have a winder with sufficient capacity. - SIEMAG TECBERG provided two refurbished German winders that could be used for sinking the main shaft and later converted for production use. - The winders were modified to work with a single skip for the initial sinking phase and would later be converted to the standard Koepe winding method using metal blocks and friction pulley liners. - Additional equipment such as a large friction winch, clamping and lifting devices, and rope handling systems were supplied to suit the needs of the deep shaft

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    TECHNICAL INFORMATION

    SHAFT HOISTING AND ROPEHANDLING TECHNOLOGY


    (IMPALA PLATINUM LIMITED, ILLOVO, SOUTH AFRICA)

    WWW.SIEMAG-TECBERG.COM

    TECHNICAL INFORMATION

    SHAFT HOISTING AND ROPEHANDLING TECHNOLOGY


    As mining in the platinum belt at Rustenburg in South Africa
    progresses, the workings have to push forward to everincreasing depths. Impala Platinum Limited is no exception
    and in 2007 the company decided to construct shaft number
    17 to extract ore from a depth of around 2,000 metres.
    The sinking of the main shaft had to be started as quickly as
    possible, but there was no winder of the required capacity
    available at the time. The construction and delivery of a
    new winder would have taken too long and wrecked the
    customers tight schedule.
    At this time, the customer was discussing with SIEMAG
    TECBERG the possibility of finding a suitable winder for the
    new shaft among the machinery decommissioned following
    the phasing-out of coal mining in Germany. The Koepe
    winder installed at the Goettelborn mine seemed to meet
    the requirements for mining ore at Shaft 17. Since a second
    hoisting system with a second Koepe winder was planned
    for transporting material and personnel, the solution was
    adopted of using the two winders for the final mine in order
    to sink the main shaft.

    SKIP TRANSPORT DURING SINKING OPERATIONS


    The twin-drum machines normally used for shaft sinking have
    a resetting (clutch) device to allow two skips to be hoisted
    and lowered alternately and to load and unload them at the
    same time as the distance to the foot of the shaft steadily
    increases. Koepe winders are unsuitable for operations of
    this kind, but when suitably converted, can work with one
    skip. It was therefore decided to dismantle the machine at
    the Goettelborn shaft and transport it to South Africa. It
    was also decided to replace the electrical control system
    at the same time and construct a new drum locally to cope
    with both the shaft-sinking operations and the subsequent
    mining operations. The high constricting pressures from the
    five-layer coiling of the loaded rope made drums with extrathick sheet casing necessary for both machines.
    In the case of Impala 17, single-kibble operation was
    sufficient in the initial shaft-sinking phase and the converted
    Goettelborn winder proved suitable for the purpose. This
    allowed work on the shaft to be started early and the second
    kibble went into operation when the service winder was
    completed to allow enough material to be hoisted as the
    travel distance increased. As opposed to conventional shaftsinking winders, this solution allows kibbles to be hoisted

    6-Rope Koepe production winder (formerly at Goettelborn shaft, Germany), currently modified as sinking winder

    singly and independently of one another. On conclusion of


    the sinking operations, the two machines will be cleaned, the
    ropes removed, and then converted for Koepe-type hoisting
    by bolting metal blocks in a ring around the drum to create
    trapezoid grooves, and to fit the usual two-part friction-pulley
    liner blocks for six-rope hoisting. This conversion work has
    already been rehearsed in our workshop so that the actual
    work on-site can be completed as quickly as possible.
    SIEMAG TECBERG was able to offer this solution as tried
    and tested technology because several conversions of this
    type have already been carried out in similar cases and the
    concept approved as sound and effective. In addition to
    the two winding machines, SIEMAG TECBERG will also be
    supplying the rope sheaves for the mining operations. The
    great depth makes the stress on the ropes very high, which
    means that the machines and the rope sheaves had to be
    specially dimensioned.
    These two factors the depth and the high rope weights
    are also the reason why Impala has purchased a large
    SIEMAG TECBERG friction winch. This pulley makes it
    possible to raise or lower all six ropes, each measuring
    2000 metres, at the same time in less than three hours.
    The tractive forces occurring can be as high as 180 tonnes.
    Like most others, the friction winch is mounted on a chassis
    and can therefore be moved to different positions. For this
    reason, it is suitable not only for installing and changing the
    ropes in the two hoisting systems at Shaft 17, but also for
    those two at Shaft 16. (For more details on friction winches,
    see our separate technical information).

    6-Rope Koepe service winder, currently modified as sinking winder

    Clamping and lifting devices are also being installed


    at both shafts. These are a fast and reliable means of
    relieving the weight in order to carry out frequently
    recurring work on the ropes. The two clamping and lifting
    devices for shaft 16 were designed for an operating load
    of 170 tonnes and are therefore suitable for hoisting a
    full conveyance from the very deepest position. A third
    clamping and lifting device is intended for handling one
    tail rope in each case. Together with the necessary
    rope reelers, messenger winches, deflection sheaves
    and other aids, SIEMAG TECBERG has developed and
    supplied complete solutions for rope-handling and
    changing specifically for the customers needs. (For
    more details on clamping and lifting devices, see our
    separate technical information).
    The rope-handling systems selected have made it possible
    to avoid processes which are normally time-consuming
    and dangerous, as well as the over-dimensioning of the
    drive engines for the hoisting machinery which would
    otherwise have been necessary to hold the abovementioned loads.
    With its machinery and rope sheaves as well as its
    handling devices and other equipment, SIEMAG TECBERG
    has again proven its outstanding expertise in the field
    of shaft hoisting by again extending the limitations of
    previously realised plant and machinery.

    1 to 6-Rope friction winch, max. traction force 1,800 kN

    2 x 4-Rope clamping and lifting device, double-sided, max. rope load 1,700 kN

    TECHNICAL DATA
    KOEPE ROCK HOISTING DUTY

    KOEPE MAN HOISTING DUTY

    Winding data

    Winding data

    Type of winding

    production

    Type of winding

    service

    Type of conveyance

    skip/skip

    Type of conveyance

    cage/counterweight

    Type of shaft

    vertical

    Type of shaft

    vertical

    Monthly winding capacity

    260,000mt/m

    Winding distance

    1 872 m

    Winding capacity

    700mt/h

    Payload

    27 t

    Winding distance

    1,922m

    28.8 t

    Payload

    33mt

    Weight of cage, with rope


    attachments

    Maximum unbalanced load

    330kN

    Maximum unbalanced load

    135 kN

    Maximum suspended load


    (T1+T2)

    3,525kN

    Maximum suspended load

    3,560kN

    Number of ropes

    Number of ropes & Diameter

    6 x 50mm

    Diameter

    50 mm

    Winding speed

    18m/s

    Winding speed

    15 m/s

    Friction pulley & drive

    Friction pulley & drive


    Nominal Diameter

    7m

    Nominal Diameter

    6m

    Pulley / Motor speed

    49.1rpm

    Pulley / Motor speed

    47.8 rpm

    Type of motors

    overhung AC

    Type of motors

    overhung AC

    Motor power RMS, approx.

    1 x 7,500kW

    Motor power RMS, approx.

    1 x 4,000 kW

    SINGLE DRUM SINKING DUTY (BOTH MACHINES)

    Winding data
    Type of winding

    sinking

    Type of conveyance

    single kibble

    Winding distance

    1,900m

    Payload

    16mt

    Weight of kibble

    7.8mt

    Maximum unbalanced load

    463kN

    Maximum suspended load

    463kN

    Number of ropes

    Diameter

    51mm

    Winding speed

    15m/s

    Drum & drive

    Rope reelers, drum diameter max. 3.0 m

    Diameter, centreline of rope,


    approx.

    6.7 / 5.85m

    Coiling width, approx.

    1.85 / 2m

    Drum / Motor speed

    40.9 / 47.8rpm

    Type of motors

    overhung AC

    Installed motor power RMS

    7,500 / 4,000kW

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