We will save you lots of money on your mine hoist by using non-proprietary parts.

We do this by freeing you from the proprietary hoisting manufacturers. Safety is the primary consideration, followed by cost. Components and systems are used in other industries. Control logic is implemented using a standard programmable controller. 

Proprietary  Approach: The big  companies of course want to keep their equipment proprietary, which translates  into special, hard to replace, and must come-to-them replacement parts. This is  fine if you want to depend on them for help. You may be purchasing one of a  kind, or otherwise hard to replace hardware. You might not think of this, but  you will also be purchasing proprietary software.  

Mine-Hoist.com  Approach: We are  your alternative to high cost mine hoists. Our philosophy is to keep the  equipment as much as possible of the “Off The Shelf”  type. If you like to monitor the PLC program yourself, we can even provide you  the commented source code for our PLC programming. The reason we take this  approach is that we are not in the business of selling you hardware. We are  experienced engineers, and we sell you that experience. 

A typical  scenario: You are  developing a slope entry to a coal mine, with tracks below a conveyor. The hoist  will be used to transport workers to and from the bathhouse above to the slope  bottom where they will board other transportation. Besides people, supplies and  equipment, including a continuous miner will be transported using the tracks.  You realize that it would take a huge hoist to handle the rope pull needed to  raise and lower the mining machine. You also realize you do not want the workers  to have to travel as slowly as the equipment and supplies would travel. You  think about these requirements and then contact one or two of the big name hoist  manufacturers. When you hear their budgetary price, you realize you have a big  problem with the money they say you will have to spend. You decide to Google and  see if there might be some other solution. You find our website, Mine-Hoist.com,  and decide to contact our Chief Engineer Grant Ashley at 865-482-1736, or grant.ashley@comcast.net.. 

A  Pleasant surprise: A short  time after contacting us, you begin to realize you might not have to blow your  budget. Our Chief Engineer talks with you over the phone, and you agree on a date for a consultation at your  mine site. During this visit, you learn that it is possible to purchase a brake  safety car for transporting the workers, but to also leave it attached during  supply trips. When handling the continuous miner you can easily connect a rope  sheave to the safety car, dead ending to a fixed point near the hoist house,  effectively multiplying the rope pull by 2X. This alone will greatly reduce your  hoist size. You also learn that the hoist can be sized smaller by running the  supply trip at a slower speed than the lighter mantrip. By the end of the initial visit, you are seriously  considering following Mine-Hoist.com’s money saving  approach.  

The  outcome: We will save you lots of money on your mine hoist by  using non-proprietary parts. We do this by freeing you from the proprietary  hoisting manufacturers. Safety is the primary consideration, followed by  cost. Components and systems are used in other industries. Control logic is  implemented using a standard programmable controller.

Braking systems  are spring applied for maximum safety and  reliability.