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Good Vibrations for draglines and shovels

Applied Fiber Manufacturing makes a case for replacing steel cables with high-tech fibres as the material of choice for supporting the massive booms of cranes and draglines. Tests showed their fibre-fitted product reduces vibration that causes damage to surface mine draglines and shovels.

Jim Pumphrey and Allen Plymon*
High-tech fibre supports installed on a shovel

High-tech fibre supports installed on a shovel

Fibre has been providing benefits for rigging solutions across the globe for decades. Applied Fiber combines their termination technology for high-capacity applications (defined as upwards of 1 million...

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