Platinum · South Africa
Platinum mining — Spillage and belt-edge damage eliminated
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Verified outcomes
Dominant outcome
~4 yrsbelt lifeSecondary metric
Eliminatededge damageSecondary metric
Eliminatedspillage
03 / Engineering narrative
The situation, the problem, and what changed.
- 01
The situation
A platinum operation experienced severe misalignment that caused both spillage and progressive belt-edge damage.
- 02
The problem (root cause)
The misalignment was creating compounding cost: belt edge wear shortened belt life, spillage created clean-up labour, and the underlying mistracking was never fully corrected.
- 03
What Tru-Trac did
Tru-Trac installed a Taper Trough Tracker after the loading zone and a Dual Return Tracker before the tail pulley.
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The outcome (measured result)
Spillage and edge damage were both eliminated. The belt operated for almost four years before scheduled replacement — well above prior service life.
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