Multimillion-dollar conveyor drive order for SEW-Eurodrive

Rio Tinto has awarded SEW-Eurodrive a multimillion-dollar order to supply conveyor drives for the Nammuldi iron ore mine in the Pilbara. The company has placed the order as part of plans to increase production to 23 million tonnes per year.

SEW-Eurodrive will supply six belt conveyor drives for Rio Tinto Iron Ore Projects and Developments, two 710 kW drive assemblies for the stockyard stacking conveyors and four 1250 kW drive assemblies for the overland reclaim conveyor.

SEW’s Heavy Industrial Solutions division, located in Melbourne, is equipped to assemble all six complete drive assemblies, four of which weigh 26 tonnes each. The drive assemblies will be delivered in March 2014.

“We assemble and service our Heavy Industrial Solutions range here in Australia,” said Ian Tribe, national products manager for industrial gears.

“This, combined with the modular design of the units and our extensive local stock holdings, means that the end user can receive their order quicker and have greater access to spare parts for servicing purposes.”