Maintenance Products & Services
HOME-GROWN innovation doesn’t get much better than the Nivek Industries’ story.
The initial concept for the remote controlled, hydraulic, belly plate jack was one borne out of necessity when Kevin Cant was nearly crushed while removing a belly plate.
After the incident, Kevin immersed himself in finding a safer way to remove and replace belly plates.
After three years of design and experimentation, the first Tracked Elevating Device (TED) was trialled on a local Hunter Valley mine site.
Since then, TED has evolved into an essential maintenance tool for mining workshops and field repairs.
Boasting 14 attachments currently, with more in the concept phase, TED can be utilised for a multitude of maintenance tasks.
Nivek Industries recently won an award for ‘Excellence in Innovation’ through the Singleton Business Chamber and will be progressing to the next level as a finalist of The Hunter Business Awards, announced in August.
Its products are now seen across a large range of resources projects in Australia, with Peabody’s Wambo coal mine in NSW as one example.
Wambo coal mine general manager Albert Scheepers said TED was solving the real issues in safety.
“It sits high on the hierarchy of controls as an engineering solution, taking employees out of the line of fire by removing them from the hazard,” Mr Scheepers said. “Every site needs a TED!” Nivek’s next TED attachment, due for release in September, will also be a game changer in mining maintenance.
With an international mining giant already onboard trialling Nivek’s new tool, all parties are incredibly excited about the potential safety and efficiency gains it will bring to a myriad of maintenance operations.
Updates on the progress of this exciting innovation can be found on Nivek’s Facebook (@TrackedElevatingDevice) and Instagram (@nivekindustries) pages.