Howick Sputnick Replacement

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜: ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜
Revision Zero successfully completed the ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ in Q2 2024, located 24 kilometres northwest of Singleton in the Hunter Valley Region, New South Wales.

๐—” ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜†
The Howick Open Pit Mine holds historical significance as ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—น & ๐—”๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ’๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜†. Coal production in the region began in 1968 at the West Pit, which was originally part of the Howick Mine. Today, ๐—›๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ (which includes Howick) continues to play a vital role in the international coal market, producing over ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ-๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†. Mining at these sites relies on ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ, ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น techniques for efficient open-pit operations.
๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ญ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผโ€™๐˜€ Contribution

At ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ญ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ, we were proud to be entrusted with a ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด scope of work on this project. Our team was responsible for:

๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐Ÿฏ๐—— ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ for critical components
๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ for key structures, including:
โ€ข Conveyor head chute
โ€ข Intermediate chute
โ€ข Slurry distributor chute
โ€ข Feed launder
โ€ข Supporting steelwork (~6 tons)

Though moderate in scale, this project was a testament to our expertise in precision engineering and high-quality fabrication detailing. ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต-๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ remains at the core of what we do.
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