Weighbridge Load Cells Replaced at Copper Mine
Accuweigh’s Newcastle branch recently replaced a set of weighbridge load cells that were regularly failing and causing disruptions to production output at the Tritton open cut copper mine in NSW.
The previous weighbridge load cells were a very tall design and unable to cope with the increased truck weights of late combined with the added stress of the weighbridges continual rocking back and forth as heavy trucks enter and leave the weighbridge.
A set of Accuweigh’s AccuCell weighbridge load cells were fitted as these are a much shorter rocker pin design of load cell with a substantially increased load surface area which helps stabilise the weighbridge under load. The copper mine’s weighbridge was only available on weekends due to the mine’s heavy production schedule.
In a single working day, the six existing weighbridge load cells were replaced and the weighbridge was fully weight testing using Accuweigh’s weighbridge test before the weighbridge was calibrated and then certified for trade use.
The Tritton open cut copper mine located near Nyngan in NSW with the underground ore deposit blind at surface and was first discovered by drilling a geophysical anomaly. Mining of the Tritton ore body commenced in 2004 with the development of an access decline and stope production commenced in March 2005. In 2006 Tritton mine produced 23,088t of copper in concentrate.
Accuweigh is Australia’s largest supplier of weighbridges and weighbridge load cells and has fully trained weighbridge crews and weighbridge test units operating in all mainland states.
