Keech Castings Australia, manufacturer of a range of GET for the Mining and Construction Industry, now offers to the Underground Mining Industry the Keech Mechanical Bucket (KMB).
The KMB is based on a proven Canadian design, used extensively in hard rock North American mines such as Nickel, Gold, Copper and Zinc mines.
The KMB is constructed from Quench & Temper steel plate for maximum strength and wear resistance.
The KMB is unique in that the bucket is manufactured in two sections. The front section being the Lip System with a variety of mechanical or weld on edge systems to choose from, and the back end that offers a variety of capacities and protection systems.
Major benefits include:
- Easy access to underground mines.
- Ability to change the bucket front or back end as wear or damage occurs, while the loader remains at the underground work shop.
- Increased bucket availability which in turn increases production time.
- Low maintenance turn around time with the bucket front lip section being changed out in approximately 3 hours.
- Reduced spare bucket inventory with the ability to carry either front lips or bucket back ends underground.
- The entire KMB is “hammerless”.
The KMB is available in sizes 7m3 to 12m3 to suit all underground loaders.
In addition to the KMB, Keech Castings Australia offers a full range of standard rock buckets, to suit all LHD underground loaders.
To further increase bucket availability use Expander System pivot pins to connect the bucket or where ever a pivot pin is used.