Mining equipment
Kibbles, skips & man-riding conveyances
Shaft conveyances for hoisting rock, equipment and people, designed and verified to mine shaft & winding standards.
We design and supply the conveyances that run in a mine shaft: ore skips and kibbles for material, and man-riding cages for personnel, with the detaching hooks, catch gear and running gear that make them safe in a working winder. They range from production hoisting conveyances for a reopened deep shaft to slung kibbles and lifting exoskeletons used to dewater and strip out an old one.
The range
- Ore skips – self-tipping rock-hoisting skips with detaching hooks and headframe catch gear, rated for continuous duty.
- Man-and-materials cages – single- or double-deck personnel-and-materials cages, removable decks, rated for both personnel and material travel.
- Kibbles – muck and equipment removal slung beneath the main cage, anti-rotation by interfacing with the shaft’s guide legs, pallet-fork handleable, hinged for loading at depth.
- Lifting exoskeletons – protective frames to lower heavy, sensitive equipment (e.g. an electrical panel to a deep pump station) safely down the shaft.
| Ore skip | Payload ~6.5 t, self-weight ~5 t; personnel-egress rated; integrated detaching hook |
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| Man/materials cage | Payload ~8.5 t or ~32 persons; two decks; compartment ~2,156 × 1,706 mm |
| Kibble | Payload ~3 t; envelope ~1,630 × 830 mm; single-point lift; underwater-capable variants |
| Factors / codes | Rope emergency factor to BS ISO 19426-4; S355/S275; AISC 360-22; BS ISO 19426-1/-2/-4/-5/-7; UK Mining Regs 2014; Shaft/Winder ACOP; LOLER 1998 |