Voith

Material Handling Solutions for Mining

Website

www.voith.com/fluid-couplings

Email Address

startup.components@voith.com

Address

Voithstr. 1,
74564 Crailsheim,
Germany

Phone

+49 79 51 32 40 9

Fax Number

+49 79 51 32 48 0

Key Components for belt conveyors and shaft hoisting

Voith is offering a range of key components for belt conveyor systems and shaft hoisting. All our products are highly reliable and make your operation more efficient. We offer a range of products for belt conveyors, AFCs, crushers and shaft hoisting.

Voith offers fluid couplings and solutions for highly efficient and reliable drive system solutions for the mining industry and the handling of raw materials. The coupling protects the drive system from damage even under extreme operating conditions.

This reduces down time and ensures a continuous production process. Our drive solutions are reliable and specifically tailored to each drive system – from individual couplings to complete driveline solutions.

TVVS coupling in belt conveyor drives.

Voith offers complete solutions for efficient shaft hoisting.

Voith provides complete drive solutions for belt conveyor drives.

Voith TurboBelt Hese Pulleys are engineered to perform.

Voith fluid couplings ensure high productivity of the AFC.

Material handling products and solutions for mining projects

New to our portfolio are further key components for belt conveyors and shaft hoisting. Voith takes a complete systems approach to belt conveyors. Choose from a range of key material handling components for a long lifetime of efficient and reliable performance.

Voith now also supplies complete solutions for efficient shaft hoisting and optimum flow of material. All our systems are adapted to the individual requirements of the mine. Our product portfolio includes:

Voith Fluid Couplings for application in belt conveyor, AFC and crusher drives
Voith TurboBelt Drive Packages
Voith TurboBelt TT Linear Booster Drive and components for belt conveyors
Voith TurboHoist systems for shaft hoisting applications

Customised Couplings for mining applications

Voith has been a trusted long-term partner of the mining industry with a successful track record that extends more than 50 years. We work closely with international OEMs, mine owners, and equipment operators to ensure that our systems meet industry needs and standards.

Our overarching goal is to keep your operation running at optimal performance and productivity. We pride ourselves in delivering customised solutions tailored for your business.

Every Voith mining product is designed and built based on many years of conveying technology and material handling know-how. Our systems have long been recognised for their flexible customisation options and outstanding reliability in any environment. All are now available through the worldwide network of Voith sales offices, backed by an extensive local service network.

About us

Voith Turbo, a Group Division of Voith GmbH, is a specialist for intelligent drive solutions and systems. Customers from highly diverse industries such as oil and gas, energy, mining and metal processing, mechanical engineering, ship technology, rail and commercial vehicles rely on advanced technologies from Voith Turbo.

Voith sets the standards in the markets energy, oil & gas, paper, raw materials, and transportation & automotive. Founded in 1867, Voith employs more than 39,000 people, generates €5.3 billion in sales, operates in about 50 countries around the world and is today one of the largest family-owned companies in Europe.

White Papers

Principles, Features and Benefits of Hydrodynamic Couplings

Voith Turbo provides fluid coupling and drive solutions for the efficient and reliable operation of systems in the mining industry and the handling of raw materials.

Tanjung Enim Coal Mine Has No Unplanned Downtime Since 1997 Due to TVVS Couplings

The Indonesian mining company Bukit Asam has always been pleased with the reliability of its installed Voith fluid couplings at Tanjung Enim Coal Mine in Sumatra. The fluid couplings ensure smooth start-ups day after day and a long service life for all components, especially the belts.

Fluid Couplings Avoid Unexpected Downtimes of AFC Drives

The Jin Cheng Coal Group decided to replace the two-speed motors on its armored face conveyors (AFCs) with Voith fluid couplings (type 562 DTPKWL2), in order to prevent chain breaks as well as gearbox and motor breakdowns in the future.

Videos

Voith Key Components for Material Handling in Mining

Voith key components for material handling in mining

Press Releases

The Right Voith Drive Solution for Every Belt Conveyor

Voith recently delivered 36 fluid couplings for an iron ore distribution centre in Malaysia. Starting this year, the couplings will be used in the drives of 16 belt conveyors supplied by the BEUMER Group. For each of the belt conveyors Voith has offered just the right fluid couplings.

3 July 2014

Voith CPC 1600 Fluid Coupling Doubles Productivity in Chinese Coal Mine

An additional 350,000 metric tonnes (mt) of coal production a month has been made possible at the Chinese Sandaogou coal mine in Shaanxi Province, thanks to the powerful CPC 1600 AFC (armoured face conveyor) coupling.

2 July 2014

Voith Fluid Couplings are Used for 4.8mW Belt Conveyor Drive in China

When high reliability and power are needed, the mining company Xishan Jinxing Energy Co. Ltd relies on the fill-controlled 866 TPKL fluid coupling from Voith.

30 June 2014

New Fluid Couplings Raise the Productivity of High-Powered Belt Conveyors

Developed especially for the drives on open-pit mining belt conveyors, the latest fluid coupling technology from Voith provides many benefits.

20 March 2013

New Voith Turbo Fluid Coupling for Open-Pit Mining Belt Conveyors

Open-pit mining belt conveyors often transport extracted raw materials over long distances. Voith Turbo has developed a new coupling, the TurboBelt 780 TPXL, for the drives of these belt conveyors.

5 December 2011

Voith Releases New CD-ROM about Fill-Controlled Fluid Couplings

Voith Turbo, the drive technology specialist, presents animations of fill-controlled fluid couplings on a completely new multimedia CD-ROM. Fill-controlled fluid couplings operate on the principle of hydrodynamic power transmission, meaning that torque is transmitted by a liquid – and occurs in a

30 November 2008

TurboSim for Simulation of Drives with Voith Fluid Couplings

Conveyor systems in mining applications are reaching higher and higher outputs. On the one hand, this makes increasing demands on materials and functionality, and on the other, plant engineers request detailed information on the anticipated start-up behavior already during the project stage.

19 October 2008

Robust Fill-Controlled Fluid Coupling Increases Production in Mines

The Voith type TPKL family of fill-controlled fluid couplings (turbo couplings) has a new addition: the alignment-free version (TPKL-T) is Voith Turbo's response to demand from users who want an alignment-free drive solution. Since the market introduction in 1998, the Voith TPKL series of couplin

19 June 2007

Voith Turbo fluid couplings certified for mining in China and Russia

There are strict standards in China and Russia for imported mining equipment. Only those products that are certified and approved after meeting regulations can be used. The regulatory specifications and standards also place high demands regarding hydrodynamic couplings on the technical know how o

31 October 2006

Voith Turbo Acquires Valvex Ventiltechnik GmbH

As of 01/04/2006 Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG, Crailsheim, Germany, is taking over Valvex Ventiltechnik GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. Valvex Ventiltechnik, founded in 1971, specializes in developing and producing explosion-proof solenoid valves and valve groups that are used primarily in the

28 April 2006

New Voith Turbo Fluid Coupling TurboSyn Synchronizes Speeds

With the new friction turbo coupling TurboSyn, Voith Turbo has succeeded in increasing the economy of single drives and utilizing the potential for energy savings. With this new fluid coupling, the nominal slip for which fluid couplings are renowned has been eliminated.

12 April 2005

Calculating Torsional Vibrations of Drives with Hydrodynamic Couplings

A hydrodynamic coupling (fluid coupling) in the driveline has many positive characteristics. Positive features such as smooth starting, load-free motor run-up and torque limitation are widely known. Another characteristic, i. e. the damping of torsional vibrations in the driveline, of

5 November 2004

A Sophisticated Soft-Start System – Voith Turbo’s TVVS Fluid Couplings

Many of the Voith Turbo customers already know which benefits the TVVS soft-start coupling offers to their drive systems. On this subject, you can now download or order a new brochure from our website. The TVVS coupling is the most sophisticated, constant-fill fluid coupling i

15 September 2004

Voith Turbo Fluid Coupling’s Website Online in Spanish

People talking Spanish may communicate with almost half a billion (500.000.000!) individuals all over the world... Therefore the entire Internet presentation of Voith Turbo product group ''Startup Components'' is now available in Spanish: Here you may retrieve all im

27 July 2004

New Fill-Controlled Voith Turbo Fluid Coupling for High-Capacity Conveyors

The fill-controlled fluid coupling type TPKL represents a new drive concept which has been developed by Voith Turbo as a compact and actively controlled drive, especially for belt conveyors. Since its introduction, more than 150 drives have been successfully installed – primarily in the USA

22 March 2004

New Brochure about Fluid Couplings with Valve Control for use in Armoured Face Conveyors

Voith Turbo, Start-up Components, prepared an new release of a brochure describing "Constant-fill fulid couplings with valve control". Valve-controlled fluid couplings (type designations TVF, TVVF, TVVFS) are available in a wide range of designs and ratings to meet the requirements of

26 June 2003

High-Performance New Development from the Sector Start-Up Components – 10 MW Coupling Combination Opens up New Markets

The product group Startup Components developed a high-performance and slip-free 10 MW coupling combination (Type 1210 TPL-SYN) in order to increase efficiency of drives in big mills of the cement and minerals processing industry. American companies prefer synchronous motors in the dr

22 April 2003

Fluid Couplings Animation Released

Voith Turbo, Start-up Components, prepared an animation depicting the fluid coupling type TVVS and its function. The TVVS coupling is a very reliable driving component regarding to constructional as well as to hydrodynamic aspects. The essential properties of the TVVS-c

18 March 2003

Hydrodynamic Couplings for Underground Hardcoal Mining

At the end of October the 'China International Conference and Exhibition on Coal Processing, Utilization & Environmental Protection (CCPUE)' took place in Bejing, China. Dr. Rainald Finzel, General Manager 'Start-up Components' at Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG attended this conference. H

14 January 2003

Voith Turbo Couplings for Hazardous Areas

Already today the constant fill Voith Turbo Couplings meet the requirements of the Explosion Protection Directive 94/9/EU applicable EU-wide as of 2003-07-01. On the 23 March 1994 the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union issued the Directive 94/9/EU to approximate the

5 April 2002

Projects

Escondida Copper, Gold and Silver Mine, Atacama Desert

The Escondida copper-gold-silver mine is located in the Atacama Desert, Chile.

Bingham Canyon, Copper Mine, Utah, USA

Rio Tinto’s Kennecott copper mine in Utah plans to use renewable energy sources to power its operations.

Target 1 Gold Mine, Free State Province, South Africa

Target 1 is a South African single-shaft underground gold mine with an estimated life of mine of seven years.

SNIM Open Pit Iron Ore Mining – Mauritania

Miferma (Mines de Fer de Mauritanie) was created in 1952 to exploit iron ore deposits in the Kedia d'Idjil area of north

Cannington Silver and Lead Mine, Queensland

The Cannington silver mine is located in north-west Queensland, 200km south-east of Mount Isa, near the township of McKinlay.

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Potash Mine

The Rocanville potash mine is 16km north east of Rocanville and approximately 200km east of Regina, south-east Saskatche

Ngezi Platinum Group Metals Mine, Zimbabwe

Located about 150km south-west of Harare, Ngezi is Zimbabwe’s principal platinum-group metals producer.

Nevada Gold Mines, US

Nevada Gold Mines, a joint venture between Barrick (61.5%) and Newmont Goldcorp (38.5%), comprises ten underground and 12 open-pit mines, two autoclave facilities, two roasting facilities, four oxide mills and five heap leach facilities.

Black Thunder Thermal Coal Mine, Wyoming

The Black Thunder thermal coal mine, located in the Southern Powder River Basin of Wyoming, US, was opened in 1977 and for many years was the largest single coal operation in the world.

Obuasi Gold Mine, Ghana

The gold operation at Obuasi, 200km north-west of Accra in Ghana, was the major asset of Ashanti Goldfields Company (AGC), established in London in 1897.

Dawson Complex, Queensland, Australia

The Dawson Complex is located 185km south-west of the Queensland port of Gladstone, Australia.

Ekati Diamond Mine, North-West Territories, Canada

The Ekati diamond mine is approximately 300km north-east of Yellowknife, near Lac de Gras in Canada’s North-West Territories. It is Canada’s first surface and underground diamond mine.

Mount Isa Copper Mine, Queensland, Australia

Mount Isa Mines (Xstrata 100%) operates two separate mining and processing streams, copper and zinc-lead-silver. Mount I

Samancor Chrome Mines

With low electricity prices, South Africa has been able to expand chromite and ferrochrome production more or less continuously since the AOD process was developed in the 1960s to use ferrochrome smelted from lower-grade ores.

Venetia Diamond Mine

The Venetia diamond mine, which opened in 1992, is De Beers Consolidated Mines' flagship operation. Situated 80km from M

BHP Coal Mine – Crinum – Queensland Australia

One of Queensland's new generation of underground mines, Crinum produced its first longwall coal in June 1997. Located 6

Olympic Dam Copper-Uranium Mine, Adelaide, Australia

Olympic Dam is a huge mining centre in South Australia, 560km north-west of Adelaide. The site hosts an underground mine and an integrated metallurgical processing plant.

Skorpion Zinc Mine

Inaugurated in September 2003, the Skorpion zinc operation in south-west Namibia comprises an open pit mine, mill and a

Batu Hijau Copper-Gold Mine

Batu Hijau copper-gold mine is located on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa in the province of West Nusa Tenggara, 1,530k

Debswana Diamond Mines

Debswana is the world's leading producer of gem diamonds, contributing about 30% of world output by value from four mine

Antamina Copper-Zinc Mine

The Antamina copper-zinc mine is located in the Andes Mountains of Peru, approximately 285km north of Lima in the Depart

Radomiro Tomic Copper Mine

Radomiro Tomic was the first mine to have been entirely developed by the Chilean state copper-mining company, Codelco. L

George Fisher Lead, Zinc and Silver Mine

In 1947, MIM geologists discovered a lead-zinc-silver deposit 20km north of Mount Isa, named Hilton after the then Mount

Mount Isa Lead, Zinc and Silver Mine

A 1923 silver-lead ore discovery in Queensland, Australia, lead to the formation of Mount Isa Mines and the development

Ernest Henry

During 1993, in a bid to replace declining copper reserves at its Mount Isa operations, MIM Holdings bought into a Queen

Raglan Nickel Copper Mine, Quebec

Situated in the Nunavik territory of Northern Quebec, Canada, the Raglan nickel-copper mine is part of Falconbridge’s In

Boulby Potash Mine – United Kingdom

In the 1960s, with fertiliser demand growing and the UK reliant on imported potash, ICI decided to develop reserves 40km

Longwall coal mine – Twentymile – Colorado

The Twentymile longwall coal mine is located 30km south west of Steamboat Springs in north-western Colorado, USA. It is

Anglo American Gold and Silver Mine

Exploring for barytes in Santa Cruz province, Argentina’s geological survey identified gold mineralisation at Cerro Vang

Gold Fields Ltd Gold Mine – Driefontein – South Africa

Driefontein is located in South Africa’s West Wits Line goldfield, about 60km south west of Johannesburg. Driefontein Co

Gold Fields Ltd Gold Mine – Kloof – South Africa

The Kloof gold mine lies approximately 60km south west of Johannesburg and 20km from Carletonville, on the border of Gau

Boliden Silver Mine, Garpenberg, Sweden

The Garpenberg silver and base metals operation is wholly owned by New Boliden, based in Stockholm, the entity created i

Newmont Gold Minera Gold Mine – Minera Yanacocha – Peru

Some 45km from Cajamarca in northern Peru, at an altitude of 4,700m, Minera Yanacocha operates a complex of five gold mi

RTZ Iron Ore Mine, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia

The Hamersley Basin mining area lies in the Pilbara region of north-west Western Australia, 1,100km north of Perth. Thro

Boliden Copper Mine, Aitik, Sweden

Aitik copper mine is one of four mines owned by Boliden. Located near Gallivare, northern Sweden, the low-grade Aitik co

Boliden Mining Company Gold Mines

In 1924, the Holmtjarn gold deposit was discovered at Boliden, near Skelleftea in northern Sweden. Soon after, the Bolid

Placer Dome Gold and Silver Mine – Misima – Papua New Guinea

The Misima open pit gold/silver mine lies to the east of Misima Island, 200km east of mainland Papua New Guinea (PNG). I

Minera Alumbrera Ltda Copper and Gold Mine

The Bajo de la Alumbrera (Alumbrera) copper-gold mine in Argentina is owned and operated by Minera Alumbrera (MAA). It c

Placer Dome Copper-Gold Mine – Osborne – Queensland Australia

The Osborne copper-gold mine is located 195km south-east of Mount Isa in Queensland, Australia.

Outokumpu Lead and Zinc Mine – Tara – Eire

The Tara lead and zinc mine is located at Navan, County Meath, approximately 50km northwest of Dublin.

Gold Mine – Zarafshan-Newmont – Uzbekistan

Newmont Mining's announcement in July 2007 of an agreement which was to see it receive $80m from the government of Uzbekistan to settle the ongoing dispute over the seizure of assets brings to an end the largest direct foreign investment in the country.

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Phosphate Mine

The Aurora phosphate operation is located at Lee Creek in Beaufort County, North Carolina, USA. The largest integrated p

BP Exploration Coal Mine, Kaltim Prima

Kaltim Prima, one of the new generation of Indonesian thermal coal producers, is located in north-eastern Kalimantan.

Gold Mine – Kanowna Belle – Western Australia

Kanowna Belle gold mine is located some 20km north east of Kalgoorlie. Delta Gold NL and Geopeko Gold discovered the ore

BHP Coal Mine – Mount Owen – New South Wales Australia

Mt Owen is located in the Upper Hunter Valley of New South Wales, 20km north of the township of Singleton. Comprising on

Twistdraai Coal Mine, South Africa

The Twistdraai mine and washing plant is part of Sasol Mining's Secunda Collieries complex. Lying in the Highveld coalfi

Portman Mining Ltd Coal Mine – Burton Coal – Queensland Australia

Burton is located in Queensland's Bowen Basin, 150km south-west of the coastal town of Mackay.

Carbocol and Intercor Coal Mine

The largest coal mining operation in Latin America, Carbones del Cerrejón Norte was developed by a joint venture between the Colombian state organisation, Carbones de Colombia (Carbocol) and Intercor, a subsidiary of the US energy company ExxonMobil.

Finsch Diamond Mine, Northern Cape

The Finsch diamond mine is located near Lime Acres, 165km west of Kimberley in the Northern Cape province.

RWE Power Lignite Mines, Rhineland Lignite, Germany

The Rhenish (Rhineland) lignite-mining region covers a 2,500km² area to the west of Cologne.

Deutsche Steinkohle (DSK) Coal Mine

Hard coal mining in Germany, centred on the Ruhr, Saar and Ibbenbüren coalfields, was amalgamated into Deutsche Steinkohle AG (DSK) at the beginning of 1999.