https://www.engineeringnews.co.za
Components|Engineering|Hydraulics|Instrumentation|Mining|Safety|Services|System|Technology|Equipment|Maintenance|Products|Solutions|Infrastructure
Components|Engineering|Hydraulics|Instrumentation|Mining|Safety|Services|System|Technology|Equipment|Maintenance|Products|Solutions|Infrastructure
components|engineering|hydraulics|instrumentation|mining|safety|services|system|technology|equipment|maintenance|products|solutions|infrastructure

Highest level hoist safety for mining sector

ABB’s Ability Safety Plus for hoists ensures the highest level of personnel and equipment safety

ABB’s Ability Safety Plus for hoists ensures the highest level of personnel and equipment safety

27th November 2020

     

Font size: - +

SPONSORED POST (Virtual Showroom): Global technology company ABB has announced the market launch of the first Safety Integrity Level 3 (SIL 3) certified mine hoist brake system, hoist monitor and hoist protector. ABB Ability Safety Plus for hoists is designed to ensure the highest level of personnel and equipment safety.

The suite of mine hoist safety products includes Safety Plus Hoist Monitor (SPHM), Safety Plus Hoist Protector (SPHP), and Safety Plus Brake System (SPBS) including Safety Brake Hydraulics (SBH).

Designed according to IEC62061 international 'safety of machinery' standards, the products have been independently certified for quality assurance by the Research Institute of Sweden.

ABB’s Ability Safety Plus for hoists includes the new ABB SIL 3 SPBS, which is the mining industry's first fully independently certified SIL 3 mine hoist brake system. SPBS is designed to increase the safety of personnel riding mine hoists as well as the safety of the equipment, hoist and shaft infrastructure. The new SPHP provides enhanced protection for the mine hoist and mine shaft infrastructure equipment.

ABB SIL 3 SPBS handles the application of the safety brakes during emergency stops and the prevention of brake lift. ABB SIL 3 SPHP monitors the speed and position of the hoists and also monitors the instrumentation used by personnel accessing or using the hoist from different levels, for example, at gates and maintenance platforms, emergency stop buttons and remote lockout points. The ABB SIL 3 SPHP interfaces with the safety brake system to bring or keep the hoist to a safe state and also interfaces with the drive and hoist control system.

“This is a significant milestone in mine hoist safety representing a world first for fully certified Safety Integrity Level 3 hoisting,” said ABB global product line manager for hoisting, Oswald Deuchar. “Labour safety is a key priority for mine operators and increasing legislation underlines this imperative. The ABB Ability Safety Plus for hoists suite of products, SIL 3-rated components and self-diagnostics will ensure high availability of the mine hoist while providing the highest level of safety. These products are ready-made safety solutions, which are exhaustively tested in-house, and designed for tough mine environments.”

ABB offers safe, optimised and fit-for-purpose hoisting solutions designed by mining engineering teams, and has almost 130 years of experience in hoisting with more than 1 000 hoisting solutions installed worldwide, integrated with a portfolio of advanced digital services such as ABB Ability Performance Optimization for hoists to ensure highest availability and productivity.

For more information visit Creamer Media's Virtual Showroom

Comments

Showroom

Goodwin Submersible Pumps Africa (Pty) Ltd
Goodwin Submersible Pumps Africa (Pty) Ltd

Goodwin Submersible Pumps Africa is sole distributors for Goodwin electrically driven, submersible, abrasion resistance slurry pumps.

VISIT SHOWROOM 
SAIMC (Society for Automation, Instrumentation, Mechatronics and Control)
SAIMC (Society for Automation, Instrumentation, Mechatronics and Control)

Education: Consulting with member companies to obtain the optimal benefits from their B-BBEE spending, skills resources as well as B-BBEE points

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION







sq:0.124 0.184s - 246pq - 2rq
Subscribe Now