Engineering the future
TORQUE Enterprises Pty Ltd has been supplying low emission explosion protected diesel engine systems to the Australian underground coal industry since 2015.
Thirty 120kW engine systems are currently in service, many of them with more than 10,000 hours of service completed.
Torque Enterprises director Bevan Garioch said there were several key points of difference that make the company’s diesel engines perfect for use in mining operations.
“Our engines are supercharged with less than 10mg/m3 diesel particulate pre-filter (0 post filter) with the diesel particulate filter life sitting at over 30 hours and able to reduce carbon monoxide by 70pc,” Mr Garioch said.
“The waterless exhaust system and mechanical fuel injection, along with our industry leading serviceability, means our engines have the lowest whole of life running costs compared to others on the market.”
Torque Enterprises has designed and built a 10T explosion protected Load Haul Dump (LHD), and the first machine has completed more than 1600 hours to date at Broadmeadows mine QLD.
“The second has been delivered to its new owner and will be on hire at a coal mine in the Wollongong area in the near future, and machines three (3) to nineteen (19) are currently in production – many of which will be delivered in the 2019 calendar year,” Mr Garioch said.
Torque Enterprises has also designed and manufactured a 160kW Explosion Protected Diesel Engine System (ExDES) which will be the power plant for the 12T Torque Titan.
Torque Enterprises has sold two 12T LHDs as part of a (x10) unit contract with the 12T machines to be delivered June 2020.
Mr Garioch believes that these bigger machines will be the future given that nothing in underground coal mining is getting lighter.
“The 160kW ExDES is currently at Test Safe and is 50pc of the way through the testing criteria with plant design registration approval expected by the first quarter of 2020,” he said.
Torque Enterprises will have a 10T Torque Titan on display at AIMEX at stand J125.